That's a good start, but I suggest you replace "physical copies" with "ex-friend". Just before you back over them for the 4th time, ask out loud: "why are you taking food out of my mouth?" bump bump "Why are you forcing work over seas?" bump bump "Keep it up slackers and there won't be an industry for you to join once you…
It wasn't until I got a game job that I started buying the majority of my games. Mainly for financial reasons, as I would never have the 'so what I got it for free, this game doesn't deserve my money' mentality. I just flat out loved games and couldn't afford them :( No excuse, though I know. And now - I read people saying…
I'd also put that down to the simplicity of flashing these consoles. You don't even have to do anything to the DS lite, just buy a flash cart and some memory and your set to pirate. The Wii has some sort of clip chip and the PSP just needs some battery mod. How do I know all this? Because I've seen them all be done. People…
I think the only game i ever pirated was star craft because at some point someone borrowed it and never returned it. Movies, every once in a blue moon i'll watch ripped version of a movie online. That's mostly only when i didn't get to see it in theaters and want to know if i should buy it(always end up buying them…
lamont, your arguments continue to be retarded. First you argue that average joes lose their jobs for other reasons, therefore piracy is not to blame. Your second point is that you've never seen a studio close because of piracy. Have you ever seen one close because of low profits? Do you think there might be some sort of…
Had a break, been playing some Doom 3, still rocks hard :D Yes it's legit and in a box with instructions, so is every game I own... but... the story was different when I was in my teens. First the Amiga 500 then onto a PS2, nearly every game was pirated and we weren't connected to the internetz in them days... I think it's…
Console + getting a job changed everything for me. Now I have money (I spend like 100 a month on games, second hand though), and those damn X360 achievements make playing on PC seem worthless. NO SCORE to boast with!! Most of my friends play console also and they buy their stuff (second hand though). I think maybe one…
Yeah, but if enough someones buy your game you get royalties with which you might be able to buy yourself a cup of coffee. Perhaps even a doughnut to go with it! Back in the day I pirated everything. I don't think I bought more than a couple of games until I finished high school. Since then, it's been entirely legitimate…
While looking for articles about game piracy, I saw tons of people who said the same thing. Just wait for the demo, or read a review. But the thing is "You lead by example". If you go ahead and DL the full game for free, then who's to stop your circle of friends from doing the same thing? In the case of Titan Quest, people…
Funny you should bring this up Carlo, as last night had a conversation with two friends of mine where one was describing how he'd flashed his Wii console and then the other was interested in doing the same. I obviously jumped in and disagreed with doing it, but they straight out just didn't care. I went down the whole…