ok ok, let me ask u hv u ever seen a stomping machine? let say for doom 3 u need 3 cds. well on a DVD u need only one. doom3 = 1.57 GB I am from the philippines, one of the biggest producer of pirated stuff. let me tell u the cost to produce dvd vs cd is not significant. I know people that have 100,000 to 300,000 dollar stomping machines. do u know how much is a DVD +R 8X, it is only $0.10 wholesale. Almost the same price as a CD-R. Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines produces so much pirated DVDs. it is crazy. A better explanation, is that most people still don't own a DVD reader. I bet u can get a sweet deal from Shanghai or Beijing or Shenjen to make DVDs for software, movies, games, whatever.