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LucasReis
02/26/09

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BRAZIL - High tariffs and taxes also constitute market barriers for legitimate video game products.

Yeah, pretty much sums it up.

Drop the damn prices and we will be all over ya!
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Jonn
02/25/09

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I really feel like going to every comment in this post where people are complaining about how high game prices have forced them to piracy and replying "BAWWW."
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02/25/09

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The only way China is going to crack down on piracy is if Nintendo and everyone else pays a rather high 'protection' fee to the Chinese government in return for them cracking down on it. The upside in a morbid view is when the Chinese government cracks down on anything, the offending person tends to spend a long time, if not the rest of their lives in labor camps or a jail cell and that leads to pirates being..wary of such things.
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SpiritBoy
02/25/09

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They forget Israel.

Oh wait.

They don't even acknowledge us.
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phicaluk
02/25/09

@SpiritBoy: Is that anti-semitism or pro-semitism? It's so hard to tell sometimes.
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SpiritBoy
02/25/09

@phicaluk: Oh no, I'm not saying Nintendo is antisemitism, or me for that matter, it's just that Nintendo goods aren't officially published here.

And the problem with this is well, the prices for one thing, and the fact that we have no support.

So broken hinges stay broken.
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phicaluk
02/25/09

@SpiritBoy: Hmm, sucks. I guess you guys could import from Greece or Turkey or somewhere?
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gurfinki
02/25/09

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Sorry, but I will keep pirating games until the day console and game prices get somewhat decent in my country. I have a very low salary (way lower than most U.S. residents), and I just can't afford to pay $120 for a PS3 game, or $100 for a Wii game. Fuck that. I already paid $500 for my Wii, and $800 for my PS3.
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SsLordMagus
02/25/09

@gurfinki:

wtf! 120$ (US?) for a PS3 game!? The name of your country is?
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cppoet
02/25/09

@SsLordMagus: well, i don't know which country he's in, but I can definitely say that due to high customs duty charged on "hobby" items such as video games, the price of an xbox 360 game in the Bahamas is well over 100 dollars (US), maybe more like... 130 - 150 maybe... although I always just go to florida and buy my games and push them at the bottom of my bag so im not charged, then again our dollar is equal to the US' and salaries are relatively decent so im guessing that it could be alot worse - (high price of imports combined with a weak dollar)
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tabion20
02/25/09

@gurfinki: There you go. Piracy occurs when companies ask for way too much money in exchange of their services. Don't feel like getting raped by the big N? Do your own thing then and screw them. When they're not stark raving mad for cash anymore, then we'll see.
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Jonn
02/25/09

@gurfinki: Or you could just, y'know, save your money. You have no right to be entertained.
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Jonn
02/25/09

@cppoet: I work in an elctronics store in the Bahamas, and the maximum price on a new game is $110. Thing is, we're right next to Florida, so there's really no excuse. Heck, I'll bet all the people getting their obviously burned DVD from Super Video don't want to pay all of $15 for a movie. (gasp)
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Jonn
02/25/09

@tabion20: I can understand not wanting to pay X dollars for a game. But that doesn't explain why one thinks one should get it anyway.
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okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
02/25/09

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Go go China! China will be pleased :)

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Demonbird
02/25/09

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I think all of the nations on their list have bigger problems on their hands, and don't exactly need to take their time to go bust down someones door because they are selling flash carts, binging money into the country, for something widely seen as a toy.
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Ozymandias
02/25/09

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I kinda figured the US would be on there only to discover that it wasn't, then i remembered its easier to make some shovel ware wii game than pirate one.
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ThursdayNext
02/25/09

@Ozymandias: "I kinda figured the US would be on there only to discover that it wasn't,"

You're kind of the anti-Columbus aren't you. He went travelling the world not expecting the US to be on it and it was.

[Yes I know it wasn't the US then...]
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