I think this is a two edged sword. I get frustrated to no end when I see minors walking out of a store with something like Gears of War, Halo and GTA. Parents do almost nothing to help prevent their kids from view "inappropriate" content. However on the flip side is it's really the governments right/responsibility to get involved in such affairs?

Because they add to the overall experience of the game. They give artwork, keyboard/controller commands, they give alot of backstory and on the side they make you actually feel like your getting somting for all the money you just spent. When i spend 60 dollars i want somthing more then a disc. Have you tried "figuring out" how to play NHL10 without the booklet there are over 5 pages of commends in there. Games like Final Fantasy have pages of story, character info, etc. It just gives you somthing tangible that makes your gaming experience that much better.

Does this make anyone else angry besides me? I don't have a problem with companies wanting to save money but I constantly feel like I'm getting screw by publishers. They seem to go out of their way to screw consumers out of their hard earned money. Doing this under the guise of being "green". Really rubs me the wrong way. I personally love getting manuals with my games. I always read them. It helps add to the game expreience as a whole. Most manuals give you extra indepth insight into the game that you just can't get from an "in game tutorial"? This is just another money grab. I hope the public see's through this guise.

I understand how advertising works just fine sir... but for the end user it doesn't cost a dime. Thats what I was getting at. Why would the average person pay for it if they can get it for free. I know very well how the industry works because i have associates who work within it.

The names themselves don't have any value, at least i don't think so, I rarely go to direct web addresses anymore. You could have website: www.xyzilovepennies123.com/blah and it wouldn't matter as long as you showed up in the first page of google results.

Not to mention you can get full length videos on the net for free now. Porn isn't going to be etting any more popular. Granted it still makes a gargantun amount of money but I can't see much more growth potential. Until they can develop somthing like a holodeck they have already done everything... seriously... everything. Personally I can't see how anyone would pay that kind of money for a Non-Physical piece of property but then hey someone spent 250k on a virtual space station so what do I know :P

If the domain is "so valuble" then why can't he sell it? Who the hell values these things? Granted it's a much clamored for domain but seriously... somthing is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. If no one is willing to pay for the domain it's not worth 100 million.