dfacto: agreed.. but there's something wrong when people working in the industry still prefer to pirate game products, or perhaps people who make a decent amount of income. Pirates aren't all struggling students and the impoverished.
I think most pirates don't think at all when pirating. They want a game, NOW!, and for FREE!. All these lofty explanations of why only go through their head when somebody asks them directly in their face why they pirate, because it's just much less embarrassing when you pretend you acted because of a proper reason or on a…
That's right guys. It's ok to pirate everything except DLC packs, monthly subscriptions, and expansion packs. Those are off limits. Gotta let game devs make money somehow. What kinda asshole would pirate that shit?
You will never convince a person who steals games to stop, so you guys are really talking to a wall at this point. All you can do is come up with easy ways to deliver content to the consumer like Steam and Apple AppStore. Pirates will continue to pirate, they dont give a fuck about you or your jobs. I've worked with people…
I'm not sure piracy is a crime. But I am sure that a lot of pirates do it because there are ZERO consequences to their actions. How do you attach consequences to their actions? Sadly because they ignore logic and the thoughtful debate hasn't gone well over the past 15 years, the industry had to kick it up a few notches and…
"Piracy is terrible!" cried the crowd that learned its craft on pirated software. I'd say there are exceptions to the rule, even if they aren't legal in nature.