Those that do "hack" their Xbox360s do run the risk of having their 360 banned from Live. Microsoft has the ability to monitor how long it takes the 360 to read a DVD drive, and after collecting enough data on how long it takes for the game disks to read, it can be determined if the 360 is using legitimate games or pirated…
If people can get anything for free, and get it easily, then they will. ...And that pretty much sums up the issue. If anything is accessible consequence-free, people will grab it. Though illegal or morally reprehensible, you just won't be able to convince them not to. Some companies attempt to get around this by making…
Lets say you have a pirated copy of Max while you are going to school or learning the trade. You get good at it, get into the industry, and then studio has to buy you a license to use it in house. Companies like Autodesk are well aware of this. They know that if a company hires artists they will have to buy X number of…
If games were cheaper, would there be no piracy? I doubt it (although it may be reduced a little), but if games were cheaper then more would be purchased by the non-pirates. But can we sell games for cheaper? Digital downloads would point towards that, but as we have seen, that's not always the case. I suppose we'd firstly…
USB dongles are a good idea for anti-piracy. my company uses a WIBU dongle, and the game hasnt' been pirated yet. well, that could be because its limited distribution mostly for militaries. but you can get dongles containing up to 8gb nowadays for less than 25$…
Dude, get off your high horse. If one person on these boards tells me they have never used pirated media then they are lying. Is it theft? yes it is. do I know it? yes I do. Do I care? No I bloody well don't. Why? Because unlike the millions of people out there that play pirated games with no intention of buying, I DO…
Here's my opinion. It's difficult to judge the quality of games today. "How much is this game worth to me"? To my disadvantage, I have not played many games due to this question. I can't afford them all, I have bills to pay. And I don't pirate them. The most I've played, are because a friend had it. So the experience was…
lol, did you seriously just threaten to report me on a public forum? are you two years old? Sounds like you guys are getting a little defensive...wonder why? I wasn't attacking anyone on the boards directly with my post, but since you guys stepped up... :) And, for the record, I wasn't talking about the theft itself....but…
I download pirated games for one simple reason. It takes me up to 2 hours to download a Demo of a game I want to try from the official website, it takes me 45 mins to downlaod the full game from local torrent sites. I download the torrent then play the game for an hour or so and decide if I want it or not, then I either…