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The company has an immensely negative reputation among the Turkish gamers due to the Aral's predatory business practices such as monopoly, severely inflated purchase prices of the games in the market, and company's tendency of interfering with platforms such as Steam or publishers like Ubisoft and Capcom due to the disagreements over the pricing.
 
The company has an immensely negative reputation among the Turkish gamers due to the Aral's predatory business practices such as monopoly, severely inflated purchase prices of the games in the market, and company's tendency of interfering with platforms such as Steam or publishers like Ubisoft and Capcom due to the disagreements over the pricing.
  
Because of the majority of the games in the Turkish market is being distributed by Aral, company has an almost total monopoly over the prices. Many experts and gamers agree that Aral's policies (and by that extension, high prices of the games) are the reason why the Turkey is rife with software piracy.
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Because of the majority of the games in the Turkish market is being distributed by Aral, company has an almost total monopoly over the prices. Many experts and gamers agree that Aral's policies (and by that extension, high prices of the games) are the reason why the Turkey is rife with video game piracy.
  
 
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Aral
Founded: 1983
Headquarters:
Istanbul, Turkey

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ARAL A.Ş., or Aral İthalat is a Turkish video game distributor. Since 1995 it has been the exclusive video-game distributor of Sega for the Turkish market. Aral İthalat distributed the Sega Mega Drive II (Asian region) in Turkey.

The company has an immensely negative reputation among the Turkish gamers due to the Aral's predatory business practices such as monopoly, severely inflated purchase prices of the games in the market, and company's tendency of interfering with platforms such as Steam or publishers like Ubisoft and Capcom due to the disagreements over the pricing.

Because of the majority of the games in the Turkish market is being distributed by Aral, company has an almost total monopoly over the prices. Many experts and gamers agree that Aral's policies (and by that extension, high prices of the games) are the reason why the Turkey is rife with video game piracy.

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