I agree with points made by both sides, and often I can't decide which side to take ethically. I will say though that sometimes it is so much easier or makes more sense to pirate something than to buy it. For example, when I was learning Photoshop way way back in the day I couldn't even come close to paying for a copy, and…
Read this a few days ago and while a lot of it makes sense, he does come off as a bit of an ass. He says "these days" people make games because they want to be treated like rockstars, and those people are the ones losing money to piracy because they don't make 100% mass market or casual games ... bollocks. Back before…
[ QUOTE ] Also, the writer of that article claims to be 'reasonably good at business´. But somehow he doesn´t seem to have the slightest clue why gaming magazines dont have covers with spaceships on them instead of Lara Croft for example. The guy is incredibly shortsighted in my opinion. [/ QUOTE ] For the sake of being…
[ QUOTE ] And while not actually naming them, it nicely explains what epic is doing wrong and why they think the PC market stinks (they just announced that UE4 will be console only at first). [/ QUOTE ] Hmmmmm, maybe it´s just me but I couldn´t relate that article to Epic or UE4 in any way? Do you HONESTLY think epic is…
I'll just drop my few cents on how piracy actually works. I used to pirate pretty heavily in my younger days, something I've mostly moved away from now when I have a steady income. (I'll confess to downloading episodes of certain TV-series from time to time, and games that I have already pre-ordered and paid for, which for…