stefcep wrote:
Console games are overpriced ( some say they are overpriced because of piracy, and others will say pircay exists because they are overpriced) and so people will always want to mod the machines to play "back ups". The easier it is to do this the more popular the system.
You have to take into account the systems are sold at a loss and Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft makes up for this by taxing games for their systems. This tax not only pays for selling the hardware at a loss but advertising their hardware.
Next like the movie industry the thinking is bigger is better thus larger devlopment costs leading to more loss when a game doesn't do well in the market. On a sidenote this also means there is a risk of of devlopment costs spiraling out of control causing another crash in the video game industry.
