Video game piracy

[Alyxx Thorne]

Do you support illegal downloading of games or are you against it?

[Axeldeath]

Against... I'd like to hear some other's view on it

[Alyxx Thorne]

I have a very liberal attitude towards it. I don't think it's wrong trying a game before buying it.

[Axeldeath]

I have a very liberal attitude towards it. I don't think it's wrong trying a game before buying it.

 

As long as you actually buy it afterwards, I'm pretty sure that people wouldn't risk infecting the hell out of their machines just for a demo.

[Alyxx Thorne]

A lot of torrent sites actually have a feedback system that lets people label torrents that are infected, so piracy has become a lot safer lately than it used to be. As long as people are careful and know their sources well, it's pretty risk free.

[Axeldeath]

I don't use those torrent sites so I wouldn't know but still... If those torrent sites didn't exist then the PC gaming market has the potential to be a lot bigger.

[Alyxx Thorne]

I have started buying more games lately with all the sales on Steam and with the used games at GameStop. So I definitely don't think there's much excuses to resort to piracy anymore.

[Axeldeath]

I can semi-understand people wanting to try the game out before buying it but look at people like BTG's view on piracy, so far just through posts on this forum he has pirated Dragon Age II and will pirate Skyrim and Dead Island, just because they're not quite " his style ". People like this are the ones that are ruining the PC market

[Alyxx Thorne]

I think BTG is just trolling for negative rep. lol

[Axeldeath]

Well he's definetly getting some, there should be a rule that when you get to -100 you get permabanned

[Alyxx Thorne]

Well he's definetly getting some, there should be a rule that when you get to -100 you get permabanned

Even if his moral standards might suck ass I don't think you should take him too seriously. I think that's what he wants.

[Axeldeath]

He's good at arguing... If arguing meant making up random facts to support ridiculous statements

 

*EDIT* Uh-oh, just realised we're going a bit too far off topic now

Time to make a BTGBullseye Thread I suppose.

[Alyxx Thorne]

He's good at arguing... If arguing meant making up random facts to support ridiculous statements

 

*EDIT* Uh-oh, just realised we're going a bit too far off topic now

Time to make a BTGBullseye Thread I suppose.

Nah, I wouldn't give him that honor. lol

[Lord Sinister]

Steady on with the targetting of BTGBullseye please. Issues between individuals should be kept to PMs until it becomes a moderation issue (ie people are becoming abusive and so on). Lets keep things friendly.

 

Anyway, with regards to piracy, it's a tricky issue, although I will say I don't agree with a common standpoint that every pirated copy is a lost sale. That's just silly. A lot of people who pirate something may well have never purchased the game anyway. And some people who pirate things may end up buying the game later on.

[Kirkreng]

I actually am against video game pirating. But i still can see why some one would do it. I myself have pirated a game or two in the past, because i don't have the money and if i do my parents won't let me buy games(they absolutely hate gaming, kind of ironic since i love it ^^). Nonetheless i do think that the developers reserve the money for the games they make. What i do not like is people just pirating games for the sake of it. And to be honest pirating to test a game is a weak excuse, because that's what demo's are for, and if the game doesn't have one: to bad, you will just have to make a choice if you buy it or not based on what you know about the game.

[jempm55]

Pirating video games is like stealing from a game developer (well, IT IS) But when you BUY a pirated game, that's like having sex with a girl while her father's watching. You're enjoying the game while subtly insulting the guys who made that game. If you want them to continue on making great games, BUY THEM. But I think piracy nowadays is slowly dwindling down, with all of the games' measures to prevent such things. I predict that 5 years from now, almost all games will be digitally distributed, thus making software piracy a challenge.

[Alyxx Thorne]

It's definitely an issue that has moral and ethical connotations, since the developer obviously has put a lot of time and money into the project and deserves compensation.

[jempm55]

The revenue they receive is so large that they're compensated more than enough though (for the bigtime developers). They can at least show some generosity by giving away some free games, or free DLC or whatever. Or they can do what Valve did and release a bundle (Orange Box). That way more people can get their games without having to worry about paying to much.

[Axeldeath]

Yeah, for the big time developers, not the smaller companies

[jempm55]

So I guess it's okay to pirate games from bigtime companies, since it won't hurt their money flow? lol