Most game are not priced at zero... And games are definitely not a regulated part of the software industry in America. Also, your original statements are both

Most game are not priced at zero... And games are definitely not a regulated part of the software industry in America. Also, your original statements are both phrased in a way that implies "all". You failed to qualify blanket statements by saying (e.g.) "some". So if you don't want to admit you're wrong, fine: You're doing a poor job of communicating your thoughts. As to evidence of that, just count the number of replies you got that came to the same conclusion I did about an implied "all" versus an implied "some". Not like it matters, anyway... The counter-example if games alone pretty much kills your whole argument about regulation being correlated with higher prices. I think you are clearly a very smart person, and a very good programmer, who is suffering from the Dunning Krueger Effect in relation to the topic of Economics. Regulation can effect costs, but it's far from the only factor, and it's not even necessarily an important factor depending on the situation.