I confess, I pirated Doom (I copied that floppy), Quake, and Diablo 2, although it did take me almost 3 weeks to download Diablo 2 on crappy 56k I bought UT2K4 twice cuz I lost my install disc and I bought the Penny Arcade game twice, once on PC then on the 360 when I realized I like the controls better, sos I paid mah…
Woah! hold your horses there. You seem to have linked me with pirating software, which isn't true and not actually stated anywhere. I am a licensed user of 3dsmax and cinema4d, all my adobe software at home and at the work place are licensed to both me and my staff. We only use legitimate paid for software. My comment…
I dont think people think it hurts the industry that they get a copy for free, how does it matter when I (one person) gets my game for free when the developer sells millions of copies... I think when the game starts and the credits roll there should be a small text explaining the situation lol. That would be powerful it…
It's a huge problem of course, but at least MMOs solve the whole problem rather nicely. There's nothing saying other typically non-traditional genres for MMOs or MMO-like games can't exist. Take a look at Kart Rider. WoW calibur popularity for what is essentially a racing game. I'd argue that the mmo qualites of the…
amiga titles I bought: deluxe paint 3, shadow of the beast, leander pc titles I bought: quake 3, halflife 2 piracy on the pc has always been rife, but in no way compares to the amiga in its hay day, and we didn't even have the internet! I only ever shelled out for PC games I respected. 99% of other games I've played have…
In terms of game piracy its not something ive ever really bothered with... theres been a few games but theyre ones that have more landed in my lap as opposed to have been sort after. Most games i play generally have an online side that never work with a pirated copy so ive always ended up buying them because of that!…
Well, I've certainly pirated my fair share of games in my life. I did some as far back as middle school, just in the fact that someone would copy wolfenstein to a 3.5" floppy and pass it around, but I'd say actual piracy started in College. There are two reasons I see for this. 1) I was poor, as all of my money went…
To re-examine my late-night sake fueled post. To me, someone without a lot of excess cash to spend on games, when I go to a game store to browse some games, it's like walking into a library where all the books are sealed up. You can't read the first little bit to tell if the writing is good or that you might like the story…
This thread is about the idea of warezing/etc. and its a not a shame-on-you thread. Finger pointing and all that shit stops now. Consider this a first & last warning. :thumbup: To keep it on topic, here's a theory on illegitimate software useage I found interesting: I forget who it was, or perhaps where I read it, but I…