Anarchy Online

[Amadeus]

What bothers me about Game companies is they think the more will they raise the price of the game, the more will they earn. Well the harsh truth is the more they raise the price. the more piracy flurishes. In these days, there isnt a single popular game you cant get over the net and with the help of Bittorrent. Beacuse people dont have much money they revert to these. Of course, sometimes pirate games are of a lot less quality then their for sale cousins. Let me explain myself:

For instance, Halo 2. 5 million copies have been sold (at least at the beggining). The price for a Xbox version is 44,99$. Now imagine they would cut the price by two-thirds (15$). This would upmost certainly cause a rise of selling (x3 probably). True they would have the same profit....BUT they would crush piracy, beacuse the game would be so cheap people would rather buy better quality then get bad quality over the net. Heck even I can affor 15 bucks. I mean I do have a 45$ dollar scolarship, in these days, when they have to give me the money for the previous months, even 90$. Well ok, in truth I have a 90$ scolarship (In these days 180$) beacuse my mom takes half. But I still have a nice amount. The point is anyone would be able to afford such a game. With higher prices, come lower sales. Unfortunately, game makers dont realize that. And so I can only watch trough the glass of the store the copy of Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
(70$)

Also pirate games have a nack of not supporting multiplayer. Can you imagine whats that like for a MP-focused game such as Battlefield or Unreal Tournament? Trust me when I say in those games, singleplayer is only added for a better look.