You didn't but your more than happy to overpay for the apple product or at the very least you don't complain about the apple product being over priced every time it comes up like you do the game.
It seems you can't separate buying something even without thinking it's reasonable - and not thinking it's reasonable.
Like, say, you go to a nice fancy restaurant to do something nice for you girlfriend - and you pay more than you think is reasonable - because you want to please her.
Get it?
I paid for the iPad Mini DESPITE thinking it's overpriced.
I might pay for BG:EE - DESPITE thinking it's overpriced.
There is no double standard, that's your imagination.
I never said anything about movies. If you think everything is over priced then why do you have such a problem with this game? Yet you open up your wallet to pay for other things that are over priced.
I'n not saying everything is overpriced - I'm saying some things have an unreasonable price.
In this thread we're talking about BG:EE - that's why I'm talking about its price. In the iPad Mini thread - I was talking about Apple products being overpriced.
Again, why the double standard or is it ok for things to be over priced if its something that you really want?
I'm not saying anything is ok or not. That's up to the invidual. I'm saying the price is unreasonably high from my point of view.
Well…. You did just buy a greatly overpriced tablet, so I guess that is right. Seems your contributing to the problem just as much as the rest of us. Which would be fine it you weren't always acting like your above that and you're some kind of crusader for what is honest, fair and just.
Have I claimed I'm not contributing to the problem?
It's ok if you want to imagine that I'm acting like I'm above others, because I have an opinion about what's fair - but that's on you.
If you can't separate what you know from what you have no knowledge of, that's not really my concern.
I don't consider myself above or below others, because I have no way of measuring that. I don't really care. We're all equal, in my mind.
So, the iPad mini doesn't offer a fair price either but you happily ponied up the cash.
What do you mean happily? I paid the price because it was worth it to me, even if it was too high. Correction, I THOUGHT it would be worth it - and it turns out that I'm right.
Then again, money means nothing to me - as long as I can afford it.
So, again why the double standard? How can you constantly bash things you feel are over priced or unfairly priced and then turn around and purchase something that is unfairly priced and keep your integrity?
Probably because in my world, you can buy things that are unreasonably priced knowingly, without having a problem with integrity. Integrity, to me, is about honesty.
Nice parting shot but I'm not biting.
Woe is me.
I know you have this fantasy scenario about me - and I won't get in the way. But on the off-chance that you're not interested in bitching from a position of ignorance - let me make it clear:
I'm not telling anyone what they should do - or what they should buy. I'm not telling the developers of BG:EE that their price is too high. It has nothing to do with me.
I'm looking at a product and I'm seeing a price I consider too high. I haven't used the word "atrocious" - that's you. I'd say it's no big deal - and it's not heavily overpriced - more like significantly.
Cash-grabs are the norm of this industry. That's pretty much what the mainstream industry is all about. That doesn't mean that games are worthless - and that I'm never going to buy another game in my lifetime. I don't feel obligated to never enjoy myself again - because I don't want to pay for something that has too high a price.
All I want to do is be conscious of my own opinions and speak them when I feel they're appropriate. There's no morality or claims of morality involved.
If you think otherwise, that is in your head based on your own limited perception of what other people are like.