Thanks Josh for this one.
"It's hardly a controversial statement, is it? Nobody likes paying £40-£45 (50-60 Euros) for a new videogame, especially when it only cost 40p to make. And the truth is, you're being ripped off. Compared to videogames, replica football shirts are a bargain - as we'll show you here, there isn't a single reason that games couldn't be sold at £20, or even less. But what can you do? Well, you could always help achieve exactly that.
The videogames industry is largely run by idiots. They persist in perpetuating high prices even though it's a disaster for them as well as us. (Though the headline revenues from game sales get larger every year, more and more game publishers are going bust, more and more money is being lost, and thousands of jobs are vanishing.) The games industry, taken as a worldwide whole, actually lost in the region of £1 BILLION in 2001. (Source: Computer Trade Weekly) If you're waiting for them to drop prices voluntarily, you'll have a long wait."
News source: Fairplay website
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