: Ok, so I get your point. Problem is, this isn't practical in the real world.
: Russia is the land of piracy, porn, malware and general craziness when it
: comes to all things computer-related. You're not going to get them to pay
: $60 for it (see how few PC gamers pay that price for games here.)

1. The game is online, so illegitimate versions can be banned.
2. Then you charge 20 or 30. Remember that big X graph in economics of supply and demand? Where they cross is what you charge.
3. Sell it in other countires.

: Free to play games are the inevitable result of people thinking that $X is
: too much to pay for a game.

Funny, of the top 10 moneymakers of 2014, not a single one was free to play. All of them were offered at a set price where you get everything. You go free to play when your game isn't any good and worth actually buying.