I know you are just taking some random numbers to give an example, but you are grossly wrong when it comes to those numbers and procedures involved in getting the games in India.spindoctor said:rockstar had nothing to do with the pricing of gta 4. that was a business decision by 2k games. as to why they did it... they probably reckon that some little revenue is better than nothing. which is a great attitude to have, but understand that the revenue they got was absolutely tiny.
suppose they sold 1000 copies of gta 4. do you imagine it could be more? at 500 bucks a piece, that's a total of 5 lakhs in revenue. now subtract the cost of importing the game, clearing customs, packaging, distribution, distributor's profit. also, did you know that india has dedicated authentication servers for the game? yea, the cost of that came out of that 5 lakhs. how much profit do you think 2k got out of this deal?
let's be unrealistic and presume they got all that money as profit. 5 lakhs is about 10,000$. that's the revenue they get from selling 166 console copies in america. a game like gta4 is guaranteed to sell 10 million copies and they know it. tell me how much they care about the revenue equivalent of 166 copies?
if you think my estimate of 1000 copies sold is too low, double it. triple it. how about 10,000 sales? you think there are 10,000 people in india who bought gta4? and even if there are, their total revenue generation is the equivalent of 1700 console copies in america. according to wikipedia, gta 4 has sold 17 million copies. how much do you think they care about the revenues they get from releasing the pc version in india?
don't be under any illusion... they are doing us a huge favor by releasing games for 499. it makes very little business sense to do what they do... don't expect everyone should just follow suit.
Shripad said:I know you are just taking some random numbers to give an example, but you are grossly wrong when it comes to those numbers and procedures involved in getting the games in India.
Shripad said:To top it off, you underestimate the buying power of Indian consumers. If its priced right it sells. It sells hugely even though it might be very small % of the population. We have enough people who will buy good titles at something less than Rs.1k. Why do you think EA is enjoying more than decent success in India.
Hell the shop from where I buy games sold more than 100 GTA 4 copies in first few weeks alone. I know 10 people in my friend circle alone who got original Mafia II.
Shripad said:Price does make a lot of difference in Indian market.
Publishers have to understand the Indian market. There is a good market if price is right and if they ignore India, its their loss.
Nobody is doing us any favors, its just business. It might not give short term results, but if they have to tap the indian market. they have to start at low pricing.
hmm... i know what answer will i be getting but still i would give an examplespindoctor said:you have 3 options...1) buy the game 2) don't buy the game and don't pirate it either 3) don't buy the game but pirate it. doesn't really matter what you do, but we both know which option you will choose right?
all i'm doing is pointing out the hypocrisy of complaining about how publishers ignore india after pirating their shit.
i thought i addressed this earlier. black ops is going to sell over 20 million copies and will generate revenues of over 1 billion dollars. you think they care about 1k copies sold at 500?
you want to pirate black ops, go right ahead. next year you'll be back on the forum whining about how activision is not releasing the next call of duty here and pretending to not know how cause and effect works.
buddy u are absolutely wrong in that calculation volume does countsbut it makes sense it ativision doesn't release the game officially in india if they sell it for 1000rs then say 200 copies get sold they make 200000 but if they sell it for 2.5k and 100 copies get sold they make 250000
Ethan_Hunt said:*sneaks in like a stealthy ninja amidst all the hostile posts*
The intro mission of Black Ops is awesome!
*runs for life*