Why do games cost more to direct download on a console than to buy a disc? Surely direct download saves the manufacturer costs on transport, shipping, actual materials for disks and packaging, setting up deals with retailers etc…
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This should be flaired as economics. Pricing, of anything really, is not necessarily determined by the costs, although the costs give us a minimum possible long-term price. Price is mostly determined by supply and demand. In this case the reason is “people are willing to pay that price”, and then the next step is to try to determine *why* people are willing to pay the higher price for direct download.
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