Dear Future Gamer

Nintendo did the whole £30 thing first you know, with the Player's Choice range. Alright, they were old games, but why is it only just Sony games now? It's like, so unfair! I sincerely hope that retail (as you so fondly call "the shops") start selling every Sony and Nintendo game at the cheaper prices, and not just as a promotional marketing stunt that lasts until July 15.

I read somewhere that this time-limited scheme is a move against software piracy which, actually, doesn't magically end on the 15th. If Sony and the big N really do want to end piracy, they should actively prolong this scheme as it will undercut software pirates. Look at it this way: why would Mr McPirate bother paying all that money for a Doctor V64 (or whatever it's called) when the official games are actually cheaper to buy than they are to pirate?

Neil Clowrey

FG: As you'll know by now Neil, most places have put their prices back up. Lower software prices are indeed a good weapon in the fight against piracy, but only if the volume of sales at retail increases significantly.