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Kona Palangi · 01-05-2008, 03:54 PM

I doubt any GTA piracy will topple the Double T empire. Those who pirated early copies are merely a drop of water in the ocean. Using the Gears of War model for base comparison, Grand Theft Auto IV has grossed roughly (estimation) $23,751,000.00 dollars via art, programming, and retail alone - on it's first day available no less. Furthermore, this is excluding all additional sales outside the UK which pushed 609,000 units. Suffice it to say, Rock* will be just fine. Publishers and developers could easily reduce end consumer cost and maintain profitability but gamers have accepted the current price as the standard. I wouldn't be surprised if GTA broke numerous financial records with the latest installment alone.

As far as the music industry is concerned, one of the central tenets behind the RIAA's attempt at suppressing P2P music sharing was because the college students struck a gold mine and the music industry wanted to claim rights. They utilized scare tactics and legal measures to delay its spread while they were in back room negotiations hammering out lucrative deals to provide specific services with their IP. since the dust has settled we have Zune, iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody and many others offering identical services now that the record labels (not the artists per se) have been "fairly" compensated.

01-05-2008, 03:54 PM	#17 (permalink)
Kona Palangi Staff Writer Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,094	I doubt any GTA piracy will topple the Double T empire. Those who pirated early copies are merely a drop of water in the ocean. Using the Gears of War model for base comparison, Grand Theft Auto IV has grossed roughly (estimation) $23,751,000.00 dollars via art, programming, and retail alone - on it's first day available no less. Furthermore, this is excluding all additional sales outside the UK which pushed 609,000 units. Suffice it to say, Rock* will be just fine. Publishers and developers could easily reduce end consumer cost and maintain profitability but gamers have accepted the current price as the standard. I wouldn't be surprised if GTA broke numerous financial records with the latest installment alone. As far as the music industry is concerned, one of the central tenets behind the RIAA's attempt at suppressing P2P music sharing was because the college students struck a gold mine and the music industry wanted to claim rights. They utilized scare tactics and legal measures to delay its spread while they were in back room negotiations hammering out lucrative deals to provide specific services with their IP. since the dust has settled we have Zune, iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody and many others offering identical services now that the record labels (not the artists per se) have been "fairly" compensated.