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re: Anyone else think it's total BS that it cost the same to buy
Posted on 3/15/13 at 2:06 pm to TogaParty
Posted on 3/15/13 at 2:06 pm to TogaParty
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eta: stores also mark up to make a profit, so by eliminating the middle man (store), it would only be natural to assume the cost would be lower.
Exactly. Retailers take a 20-25% cut of the game sale. And it's another 5% cost to manufacture and ship the game. Digital copies also eliminate the used game "problem" that companies have. So you would think that cutting out those costs would lower the price of the game. It's the same shite with e-books too.
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Posted on 3/15/13 at 2:11 pm to ZTiger87
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Retailers take a 20-25% cut of the game sale
retailers generally buy physical goods at a wholesale price and then mark it up. thats not the same as "taking a cut". what you just described was basically a consignment.
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And it's another 5% cost to manufacture and ship the game
link?
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Digital copies also eliminate the used game "problem" that companies have
and?
digital games also get put on sale more often via services like steam
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So you would think that cutting out those costs would lower the price of the game. It's the same shite with e-books too
more nonsense that keeps getting repeated.
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