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post #61 of 83
5/2/12 at 7:45pm
Guys its just free market economy, supply and demand. All you gosh darn (insert term for logical-thinking people here) are socialists! Government regulation would kill business and stifle innovation and ruin the job creators! And the real reason its so expensive is the taxes are too high, probably 100%!

/sarcasm.
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post #62 of 83
5/3/12 at 3:30am
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Guys its just free market economy, supply and demand. All you gosh darn (insert term for logical-thinking people here) are socialists! Government regulation would kill business and stifle innovation and ruin the job creators! And the real reason its so expensive is the taxes are too high, probably 100%!
/sarcasm.

How can an digitally copied and distributed product/service be subject to supply issues? Demand, sure, but not supply.
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post #63 of 83
5/3/12 at 3:41am
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How can an digitally copied and distributed product/service be subject to supply issues? Demand, sure, but not supply.

They run out of serial-keys ?? tongue.gif

There's only so much serial key combinations you can create in a 25 character combo tongue.gif
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post #64 of 83
5/3/12 at 3:58am
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They run out of serial-keys ?? tongue.gif
There's only so much serial key combinations you can create in a 25 character combo tongue.gif

I know you're kidding, but I can't resist pointing out that there'd be more possible keys than the number of people who have ever lived laugher.gif
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post #65 of 83
5/3/12 at 4:38am
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I know you're kidding, but I can't resist pointing out that there'd be more possible keys than the number of people who have ever lived laugher.gif

Its more keys than probably all organisms ever to have inhabited the planet. 8.5*10^48 is a stupidly large number! /toomuchtimeonmyhands
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post #66 of 83
5/3/12 at 5:05am
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Its more keys than probably all organisms ever to have inhabited the planet. 8.5*10^48 is a stupidly large number! /toomuchtimeonmyhands

Oh yes but the key doesn't exist until it's purchased, so demand is always equal to supply. And they still get taxed. And if demand is high enough to support their "fair" prices, the "fair" prices will stay.

(yes I'm still trolling)
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post #67 of 83
5/3/12 at 5:41am
Its about time, maybe next they will look at hardware and car prices....
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post #68 of 83
5/3/12 at 6:38am
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And they still get taxed.

Digitally-distributed software may not get taxed. Steam games aren't taxed, at least not in Aus. VAT might apply for UK residents though, I'm not sure.
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post #69 of 83
5/3/12 at 6:50am
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Digitally-distributed software may not get taxed. Steam games aren't taxed, at least not in Aus. VAT might apply for UK residents though, I'm not sure.

Steam games are all taxed for me since Valve is a local company. Same with Amazon.com :l
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post #70 of 83
5/4/12 at 11:27am
maybe the dingo jacked up them prices?
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