One thing publishers can't keep doing is punishing the people who actually buy the game with DRM, firstly because people pirating the game can get around it anyway and secondly because it's fucking frustrating. It's like when I buy a new BluRay movie I have to sit through 10 minutes of anti-piracy bullshit before I can…
Actually, we're in agreement on that point as well. I don't approve of the current methods for dealing with leeching. I think that clever developers would be able to find much more creative ways to use the software piracy's own methods against it. I think that software piracy shouldn't be viewed as something to stop, so…
Kids these days... Pirating is a real problem, and it bothers me to no end to think about how each year the new generation of gamers are developing this attitude of entitlement towards free software. It's a bad habit that gets reinforced with every free download. But no amount of idealism is going to change the world, stop…
You are actively arguing that intangible products can only have an intangible value. If that is the case, then it is acceptable to "acquire" the intangible product in question without compensation? After all, the money that would be made from it is purely theoretical? It's all just ones and zeros, so no one is hurt, yes?…
"I'm not a pirate, I'm just a preemptive nautical salvage expert!" Seriously though, the whole orange simile and the whole "I wouldnt have bought it anyway" argument is complete and utter bull. First of all, games arent an essential foodstuff we would all benefit from having the ability to clone indefinitely. Secondly,…
In the above example, some companies are just draconian in their practices. I'm not against 2nd hand sales or lending games to friends, the whole thing of licensing is BS, i agree, if i'm going to pay so much money on a piece of software, I want to be able to use it without worrying about losing it. I'm against the large…
It's not her fault the first time. But if she repeatedly dresses slutty, and spends every single Saturday night just wandering about in bad parts of town, then yeah... something's wrong with her. That's not to say that her getting raped is fine. Much like how I'm not saying piracy is fine. But there's still a lot, a ton,…
But when you make that argument, you are assuming that all games should be priced similarly. (or at least that there should be some manner of arbitrary price cap) Are you honestly trying to tell me that a game like StarCraft II is NOT worth $60? I would argue that Blizzard is entitled to every cent of every $60 purchase.…
I never said anything like that, and I don't think like that at all. Who said anything about free? You're going from one extreme to the other. I'm saying that the current price of games is over-priced, when you take into account the new distribution model that's emerging (digital through the internet). How is it that if I…