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In article <3c7irk$cfo@CSOS.ORST.EDU> kolstadj@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Joel Kolstad) writes:

>In article <ezwriterD0G2qt.CMr@netcom.com>,
>kEN Colburn <ezwriter@netcom.com> wrote:
>>The japanese have brainwashed American parents into buying this 
>>overpriced CRAP for their bratty kids instead of TEACHING them something 
>>or READING to them from an actual BOOK.

>That's Japanese, you know, and they're lots of very friendly people.

>>$60 sega game costs what- $3 to make?

>The parts are perhaps $10.  Other "little things" might be $5
>more.  A big chunk goes into licensing fees.  Nintendo and Sega get a
>cut from every cartridge sold.

>On the other hand, I believe that PC game sales are even greater than
>"console game system" game sales.  Most of these are designed and
>manufactured in the U.S.  Floppy disks and CD ROMs are considerably cheaper
>to make than cartridges.

>>  i feel sorry for those parents that fall into this trap. We're bringing 
>>up a nation of TV and vidgame addicted morons.

>Are they addicated?  

>                                        ---Joel Kolstad

Joel, I agree with your analogy to PC games. The cost is in development of the 
SOFTWARE. Software is expensive to build and test. Most video games seem to be 
pretty well designed and tested to me. (I am a programmer by trade). 

Besides, it is not wrong to price things to what the market will bear. It is 
called a free market and capitalism. People just seem to get mad when someone 
else is better at the capitalism game then they are. ;^)




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