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In college I was broke, now I'm not, so I went piracy free. I even went and purchased some of the games I pirated in college.
I only condone piracy is if you want to try before you buy and borrow a friends copy.
While it may be true that piracy is killing profits, the game publishers/developers keep putting out games in hopes that they can make a lot of money. Otherwise what is the point? It can't be that risky or nobody would be doing it anymore.
Actually, if I never intended to buy game, it would have been because if I were to buy it in the store or online and I didn't like it (was nothing like the demo, was buggy, was too short, etc.), I couldn't return it for a refund. If I pay $50 for a GAME I should get my monies worth. That means an enjoyable experience and not looking online to troubleshoot a problem or feeling cheated because I finished it in a weekend.
I consider most PC games buggy from the day of release. If I have to be a beta tester, I surely am not going to pay for it. If I've deprived a game developer a days pay then tough shit. Fix your fucking game. The game may be playable but are you having fun?
The other side of the coin is that most people rarely finish games because of boredom. So, if they spent $50 or more on a game then they theoretically got ripped-off. Those false advertisements wouldn't have something to do with it, would they?
So, who's stealing from who?
I read through this entire thread several times and I haven't seen any form of an answer to a question I have:
What is being done to combat the piracy of CoD4, or any game for that matter?
because its impossible to pirate console games.
The game industry is nothing at all like the RIAA, as there ISN'T a single governing body.
I forget which torrent site it was, but the top ten most downloaded pirated games from their site were console games. Only 4 were PC.
And the number of downloads for each game were in the millions. Sad.
4. Games on Steam. I don't know what the piracy statistics are for Steam games, but I imagine they can't be too high. Steam is effective because: it makes buying games easy, there's added value (ex. achievements and stat tracking), and games are sufficiently tightly linked to Steam that pirating them is more trouble than most people will bother with.
I hope others can stop pirating games, soon there won't by any games to pirate as developers stop developing for the PC platform.
Actually, there is. Never heard of the ESA (Entertainment Software Association)? Just like the RIAA is the meeting of EMI, Sony, Universal, and Warner music divisions along with numerous smaller companies the ESA is the meeting of EA, Epic Games, Activision (there's WoW), Ubisoft, Microsoft, ID software, Eidos, Capcom, Konami, and numerous smaller game companies. What's the goal of the ESA according to their own site? "The ESA works with government at all levels to make the voice of its members heard on a wide range of crucial legislative and public policy issues, including intellectual property protection, content regulation, and efforts to regulate the Internet."
Wow you people simply don't understand sarcasm when it slaps you in the face do you?
When I can afford the games, I'll buy em'.
When I can afford a movie theater ticket, I'll go.
When I can pay for DVD's, I will.
~ College Freshman
I hope you enjoyed the poem.
There should be an entity which governs the use of metaphors on the internet. Like, you should have to be licensed before you attempt to make one.Similar situation: Movies are much easier to pirate, all you need is a camcorder. They cost at least a couple million to make, and they only charge $9.50 for admission. They must be going bankrupt, why do we still have movies?
Similar situation: Movies are much easier to pirate, all you need is a camcorder. They cost at least a couple million to make, and they only charge $9.50 for admission. They must be going bankrupt, why do we still have movies?
Thats the dumbest shit Ive heard in a long time..Another BS justification for sneak thieving bastards..So.if you drop $50k on a BMW,you should be able to steal gas because your pocketbook is hurting??Get real..How about not spending 2k on a computer,buy a console and have plenty left over for games..
Then there's the whole matter of "continent" exclusives. Some games will never see the light of day in NA. Yet they have a fan base sometimes double that you'd find in NA. Culture differences I know, but considering the whole globalization concept, you'd think that bring a clue. {Those games for the most part I have no choice but to pirate.{/B]} To purchase an alternate console simply to play another continent's game is ridiculous.
I am familiar with the ESA, and the ESA is not a governing body. It does not manage licenses, it does not set prices, it does not do marketing and promotions. Also according to their site, "The ESA offers a range of services to interactive entertainment software publishers including a global anti-piracy program, business and consumer research, government relations and intellectual property protection efforts. ESA also owns and operates the E3 Media & Business Summit." Again, it is not governing anything.
You are stealing from them, why are you having such difficulties with this concept? I don't care if a game company puts out a steaming pile of shit in a box, pirating it is still wrong. It is still a product. This is how capitalism works. Yes the game companies are out for profit, of course they are. The only thin they owe you for your $50 is to help get it running in the case that it doesn't - you knew what you were buying before you bought it. Game demos, reviews, forums, etc... all provide insight into whether or not a game is a good buy - it isn't the game developers fault that some people who bought the game didn't take the time to determine if it was worth it. So no, it is not false advertisement, and game developers are not ripping off consumers.
Pirating games is wrong, always.
I really don't want to get into it, but you are very wrong but also right. The Hollywood studios barely make back their investments with most films. They spend 100+ million dollars on a movie will only make a few million profit from ticket sales. It's the big summer blockbusters that break first weekend records that they make the real money. Most studios only consider their films a success if they can make back their investment in the first weekend, or as close to it as they can. Sad but true, and it hardly happens.
It's sort of a broken system that is going to fail eventually if it doesn't change. The cost to make films needs to go down.
According to whom?Game reviews can be misleading since they rarely play the entire game through, which in that case they wouldn't wouldn't run into any game stopping bugs or other BS.
You wouldn't be saying that if were in the business yourself.Boo hoo if some game publisher didn't get my money.
Simply because no one wants to buy crap for $50 and get screwed. people pirate because they want to experience the game play and then buy. If they like the game they will buy it, if it sucks they will not. Again, good games make more money than crappy games. Crappy developers can go make console games...and I hope it stays this way!
Yep. After several years of buying games that got played for an hour or less you eventually realize you are getting screwed. Something you thought was going to keep you entertained for a few days, weeks or months just went down the toilet. Enough is enough.I don't know if this has been mentioned but:
Good games will make more money than crappy games.
Simply because no one wants to buy crap for $50 and get screwed. people pirate because they want to experience the game play and then buy. If they like the game they will buy it, if it sucks they will not. Again, good games make more money than crappy games. Crappy developers can go make console games...and I hope it stays this way!
According to whom?
You wouldn't be saying that if were in the business yourself.
At the end of the day, all you're doing is justifying your illegal acts. You don't like the product, so it's okay to not pay for it, even if you use it partially or fully. The games cost too much. The publishers lie (about what, exactly?). The industry is corrupt. Blah, blah, blah...
Let's face facts here. You're cheap; you don't want to pay to play, so you come up with half a dozen excuses why you're entitled to the software you pirate. It's pretty much that simple.
You're akin to the guy who walks into a strip club, gets a lap dance, then says, "Eh. I personally didn't like that, so I'm not going to slip any twenties in your g-string. In fact, I probably wouldn't have done so even if I did like it. So long!"
Basically if I don't like a product I BUY I should have the option to get my money back. If I don't like food at a resturant I have the right to refuse to pay for it. And I can go on and on.
Not every game reviewer plays the entire game through. But even so, you are trusting someone else's opinion. A glowing game review doesn't mean I will like the game.
Being cheap and getting ripped-off go hand-in-hand. I've been down that long road of bought and paid for shitty games--both PC and console--and am not playing their game anymore.
CPU: E4300@ 3.47
MB: Gigabyte DS3 Rev 1.3
RAM: 2x1gb of G. Skill DDR2 800
HDD: 160gb Wester Digital 7200rpm
GPU: 8800 GTS 320mb 675/995
PSU: Xclio 500w psu
OS: Vista 32bit
you could afford a pretty expensive PC though
Oh, and they give refunds if you hated the movie.
Basically if I don't like a product I BUY I should have the option to get my money back. If I don't like food at a resturant I have the right to refuse to pay for it. And I can go on and on.
Not every game reviewer plays the entire game through. But even so, you are trusting someone else's opinion. A glowing game review doesn't mean I will like the game.
Being cheap and getting ripped-off go hand-in-hand. I've been down that long road of bought and paid for shitty games--both PC and console--and am not playing their 'game' anymore. It really comes down to liking the game enough to pay for it. The value of a game is what I think it's worth, not them.
Been there, done that. If the food sucks from the first bite (it's cold or tastes bad) I should not have to pay for it. In most cases I'll get a new order.Why should you be able to refuse to pay for food? Have you not ingested it? The only reason you should not have to compensate the restaurant for the food is if the food was not served as advertised- if there was some kind of error in the cooking or preparation of it. But if the food was provided to you as advertised it would be, and you did not like it, you do not have the right to simply not pay for it.
I think you need to do some research on life.
The game requires a valid CD key to play online, but the CD doesn't have to be in the drive.
Bullshit, YES YOU DO need a legit CDKEY.
You can play on un-punkbustered servers with a fake one though.
My friend tried. They didn't. Regardless of whether we liked it or not, the movie theatre- and even the movie- did the job they were payed to do- to render the experience of AvP: R upon myself and my friend.