Pirates playing a game dev simulator complain about piracy

Re:Pirates playing a game dev simulator complain about piracy by StavrosK on Monday April 29, 2013 @07:27AM (#5625422)

It's a combination of convenience, sales, rise in disposable income, and the fact that I don't have time to play more expensive big-name titles (plus, I like indie games more).

The other day I saw a trailer about a game I found visually stunning (Anno 2100? I forget the number), and I checked the price on Steam. It was too expensive for something I'd play once or twice, and I thought of pirating it, but then couldn't be bothered to go through all the hassle. Therefore, I suspect it's mostly convenience.

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Re:Pirates playing a game dev simulator complain about piracy by jiggy2011 on Monday April 29, 2013 @08:21AM (#5625621)

I find myself reluctant to buy games that are not in sales, even if the normal price would be reasonable to me.

I wonder if there were less sales whether I would spend more on games, spend the same on less games or simply pirate more.

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Re:Pirates playing a game dev simulator complain about piracy by saalweachter on Monday April 29, 2013 @10:58AM (#5626529)

Eh, sales are just classic market segmentation. By periodically dropping the price of the game towards some minimally profitable number, they can divide the market based on how much you're willing to pay. People willing to pay the "full price" will do so in the first day/week/month, and then people who are willing to pay less and less will do so more and more months later.

To put it another way, they never planned to sell 10 million units at $60. They planned to sell 1 million units at $60, 2 million units at $30, 3 million units at $20, and 4 million units at $10. Price drops are the only effective and legal way to do that.

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