Cost of games drives parents to piracy

Check out this snippet from a Sydney Morning Herald article…

Yvonne Wallbank, a mother of three boys, said the “horrendous” cost of the of the Nintendo game cards was driving many parents to resort to piracy. Each of her three sons, Maxx, 12, Alex, 10 and Nick, 8, has his own Nintendo unit. Mrs Wallbank said her sons had to use their pocket money to buy the games cards. “I can understand why parents use the pirated games. But as the owners of a small computer-related business I don’t believe in cheating people of their rightful income,” she said.

Common now, that’s just fucking ridiculous. The game carts range from $7-$40, going from used to new. If you really want to get a game cheap, get it used, jeez.