Quote Originally Posted by Niwashi View Post
That's because you're ignoring the difference between reasonable and cheap. Taking something that should be ten cents and charging five dollars for it is a five thousand percent markup. If that five dollar burger you compared it to were suddenly offered for two hundred and fifty dollars instead, that would be the equivalent of what you're calling "reasonable" when it's offered by a game company. Too many people ignore whether things are ridiculously overpriced or not so long as the price still falls into a range they can afford.
Agree with you there!

I'm sure they try to maximize cost with how many will buy it for the most profit, but when it's 5 dollars an item, and figure 10,000 people will buy it, it seems over prices for a piece of code that likely didn't cost 50,000 to make.