Then why on earth are you trying to marginalize the influence of piracy, or advocate it in any way? The retail establishment isn't doing modern game development any favors. We've got that. But that in now way makes it okay to either pirate or leech software. (It is better to call it leeching, less romanticism) With the…
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…
Hmm, don't know many commercial games you can start a career path and/or make money with. I guess if someone contributed models to Valve without actually ever buying or even playing TF2... that'd be pretty clever. Or a ninja gamer who only trains in professional matches. Piracy is mostly just an issue of respect weighed…
I'm saying this from my own personal point of view, and of course I'm not speaking on the behalf of my employer. I've seen my games pop up on torrent sites, and we've had mails go around the office pointing these things out. It doesn't make me sad, really, and I've never heard anyone get upset over it. There's enough…
I like to think of this issue as the "Robin Hood" syndrome. People like the story of Robin Hood. It is about oppressed people being rescued from their economic trials by a capable hero who takes from the rich and gives to the poor. Technically, this is a story about communism, where wealth is redistributed as needed. But…
I agree, great companies make good games and rarely fail. My company sort of falls into the rushed game category we do 2 a year and we're only on the PC and piracy isn't a big problem for us. We have a loyal, rabid fan base that devour our games and 95% of them draw a direct link between them buying our games and our…
Agreed, pretty good burn. I'm guessing you posted this to also have an interesting debate on the topic? In that case, I'm going to go ahead and respectfully disagree with you on one point. Where you said he should have bought the game instead of "stealing people's work". You're right about everything else, but I just…
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…
EULA: Anyone who games knows what it is in a general sense, so it can be considered common knowledge and therefore before you buy the game and can read its individual license you already have a general understanding of what its terms are. Aside from that. Ignorance is no excuse. Say what you feel about that statement I…
Ok, now I have to step in. Blaming the game industry for piracy is like telling a rape victim it was her fault for wearing slutty clothes in a bad part of town. Yes, traditional financing and distribution models are inefficient and outdated, especially since we derived them from other industries where a single product…