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by CJefferson
4181 days ago
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As you say, it's very hard to know how much companies are out. I would guess it was at least $40, else why pay $40 for a flashcart? A new gateway (the only 3DS card I'm aware of) costs $80. People who buy 3DS flash carts never buy a game again (in my experience), mainly because new non-pirated games require upgrading the firmware, which they can't do if they want their flash carts to keep working (this may have been improved, I haven't looked in a while). Also because they 'paid for piracy' (unlike on PC), they (I believe) feel happier not paying for games in future. |
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I will concede that this is reasonable for a lower boundary.
However, it's not that simple. Human psychology being what it is, if he couldn't buy the $40 flashcart it's not certain that he would buy say, two $20 games that he ended up putting on that flash cart. Maybe instead he orders pizza. Being blocked from the flashcart alters decision paths that don't always lead back to video games or even entertainment in general. But with that said, again, I'll accept $40 as a rough lower boundary.
> People who buy 3DS flash carts never buy a game again (in my experience),
Anecdotal, of course, but this seems reasonable. I don't dispute it.
In my own personal experience, people who start downloading movies never buy DVDs again. So not only do I agree, I think we can generalize it either to most entertainment, or all entertainment.
> Also because they 'paid for piracy' (unlike on PC), they (I believe) feel happier not paying for games in future.
Morally, they bought physical goods that employed other people and let those people earn a living. Additionally, those claiming to have been wronged here still earned millions and billions in profit.
Who can fault them for feeling as if no bad outcomes occurred?