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Originally Posted by Brainbug71
Are we saying then that @ £40.00 per game the industry is struggling to survive. 
Not that i'm an advocate of piracy !!! |
Lets see the suppliers charge £25.50 for the shops to get the latest game (no doubt the suppliers mark this price up at least £5 from the price they get it straight from the publishers from...then of course the developers get a further percentage of this....)
then the vat man takes 17.5% so your up to £29.96,
overheads etc and a new game at £39.99 (although we rarely sell anything at full retail anyway)
i dont disagree with ppl saying that a game is too expensive at £40 but its the fact that ppl dont realise how much work goes into them and the length of time alot of games are worked on..... ppl need to get paid for their months/years of work.....
edit: also as you saw in my post i did state that the prices would be cheaper if it was not for all this piracy - im sure the publishers mark up the price to counteract the losses they would have ensued....but this doesnt in anyway protect the suppliers or the retailers....