Game pirates suck

[Tabun Gas]

Do they not realize they are a big part of the reason we're in online-only service game limbo right now?

[76561199723263784]

More like the other way around.

[Silverlight]

They do not care because they do not have to deal with it.

[Focus]

Nonsense. We're in such a predicament because it makes companies more money.

Look at the real foe.

[Γαῖα]

If we still had the right to own a product we would still have a secondhand and rental market and thus negate the take up of downloading piracy.

[kingjames488]

if buying isn't owning...

how can one even steal a "service"?

the service exists in perpetuity... you might fully intend to pay for it... one day...

like winzip...

[Focus]

Origineel geplaatst door BlackBloodRum:

Believe as you need. :steamlaughcry:

Reality is a harsh mistress.

[Tonepoet]

I agree that game pirates suck. If you take advantage of somebody's services, you ought to provide fair compensation for that service, unless it was gifted to you.

However, with that having been said, I'm not of the mind that this would have never happened had the pirates simply played fair. Online only service game limbo would've probably come regardless because it's an easy way to make the customer lose track of their finances and keep them dependent on you without providing anything of lasting value to maximize profits.

People are only just now starting to get privvy to the importance of owning physical copies of their media rather than using online storefronts that only provide licenses to download it, now that it's practically too late and this stuff is in the middle of being phased out of the distribution chain.

[kingjames488]

Origineel geplaatst door Tonepoet:

I agree that game pirates suck. If you take advantage of somebody's services, you ought to provide fair compensation for that service, unless it was gifted to you.

so when do I get fair compensation for the things I pay for and not have it treated like a gift that can be taken from me at any point?

not to mention scumbag devs who ban you and "claim your community content" >.>

[trousers]

Oh I thought we had all of these online service only games because people keep buying them

[76561199723263784]

Origineel geplaatst door Tonepoet:

I agree that game pirates suck. If you take advantage of somebody's services, you ought to provide fair compensation for that service, unless it was gifted to you.

It was gifted to me. Somebody bought it and put it on pirate bay and said: here you go, for you.

[kingjames488]

without pirates you'd all be streaming games on... what was that failed game streaming platform?
scampad? steamdeck? galaxybox?

[Silverlight]

Anyone remember this old meme? It came to mind for no reason at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0e9UiXbd5o

[Nuheni]

I think of it as a full version demo with all the bells and whistles, that i can try out for more than the 2 hours Steam limit.
So I`ve used some pirated ones in the past, discarded some i did not like, but i also bought almost all of the Steam games i have as a result of trying them like that first.

[Grimmz]

what if you own the physical copy of the game?

wouldn't pirating be fine then? you know because i paid for the game, and i'm just trying to preserve it when the company shuts it down and kills the online service.

i think its wrong when the company just gets to one day take the game away from you which you paid for.

[NW/RL]

It is easier and more profitable to make a f2p live service game full of micro transactions than it is to make a full game the first time