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Re: Sigh... it's one thing when people you don't know online promote game piracy...
Man, this is a perfect example. Thanks for posting this. As I said repeatedly in this thread, piracy is a problem. This post highlights it. But it also asks the question of how to deal with it. Piracy is a problem, yes. But my original point is that there's very little to be gained from treating it as a crime. Say if they… -
Re: Sigh... it's one thing when people you don't know online promote game piracy...
Lets say you steal someones money, it harms them. Same thing If someone steal a portfolio and the consequences are that they dont get the job it harms them. (now i took the portfolio as an example because it was the only digital stuff i know you have published, i did not mean to personally attack or offend you and hope you… -
Re: Sigh... it's one thing when people you don't know online promote game piracy...
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… -
Re: Sigh... it's one thing when people you don't know online promote game piracy...
What basicly really freaks me out is when a person that clearly has the money to buy all the titles he wants to play refuses to spend the money. Said person pirated in his earlier years as a student. And besides talking with him about the issue I always thought that he would stop when he finally gets his wellpaid job. But… -
Re: Sigh... it's one thing when people you don't know online promote game piracy...
Piracy could be reduced if we had police for the internet, closing all the important warez sites and jailing too many bastards... but we all know we all like to have some things for free, like the apps for learning. What happens with the app store and the level of piracy for the iphone is incredible. That is a perfect… -
Re: Sigh... it's one thing when people you don't know online promote game piracy...
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… -
Re: Sigh... it's one thing when people you don't know online promote game piracy...
Certainly not my intention. I don't view you as a jerk, and I understand your logic. One Example: RIP Iron Lore: http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?t=42663 I agree that there are other, some more important, issues at the root of our problems in this industry. However, I would argue that piracy is much… -
Re: Sigh... it's one thing when people you don't know online promote game piracy...
Likewise, the same tactic was used for Titan Quest where cracking the game would break the quests, causing the game to crash. Result? Pirates have spread the bad word and many would-be buyers avoided the game expecting a bugfest. Whatever you do to counter pirates don't try to harm them or they will bite you back. If you… -
Re: Sigh... it's one thing when people you don't know online promote game piracy...
Which is exactly what I said. Either you didn't read my post fully, or you missed that. And I'll add another layer on top of that, where if there was no legitimate way to pirate it, their paying playerbase would have been larger, and if they found ways to get some of those they lost to play (like downloadable content), it… -
Re: Sigh... it's one thing when people you don't know online promote game piracy...
Yeah same feelings here! I've spent around $900 on games this year... probably another $300 on movies (I am more the gamer type :poly142::D) I just can't see why people buy beer for example yet have NO or little appreciation for games, movies and even literature and thus are unwilling to pay for them. I mean come one, some…
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