EntilZha said:
N.Genckel said:
EntilZha said:
I blame the HomeBrew channel piracy for part of the lack of sales of many games. I know several people who will only purchase the best of the best (Zelda, Mario, Metroid) and all others they download for free using HomeBrew or other methods.
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Then maybe, developers should make better games, if they want to charge so much? Maybe it's because only the best of the best are worth the price? And maybe, just maybe, you have no idea what you are talking about. The vast majority of Wii owners, do NOT have a softmod installed.
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You are right about the vast majority not having a softmod installed, but the numbers are still significant.
My step son uses the same argument about it being ok to steal something if HE believed it was over priced. I believe otherwise.
Here are some of the numbers on Wii piracy. These are not complete for all piracy, but show some that has been tracked. As an example, look at the number for House of the Dead. According to VGC it has only sold 0.620M. I also now realize there are other ways to pirate games besides the HomeBrew channel and it was not fair to single out that method. I have edited my original post above to reflect this.
Wii Game Downloads on BitTorrent in 2009
as of December 27, 2009
| # | game | downloads | released |
| torrentfreak.com |
| 1 |
New Super Mario Bros. |
(1,150,000) |
(Nov. 2009) |
| 2 |
Punch-Out!! |
(950,000) |
(May. 2009) |
| 3 |
Wii Sports Resort |
(920,000) |
(July. 2009) |
| 4 |
The House of the Dead: Overkill |
(860,000) |
(Feb. 2009) |
| 5 |
Mario Power Tennis |
(830,000) |
(Mar. 2009) |
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Which shows he's just excusing what he does. If I did a download, I'm taking something and not paying for it. I admit it. Although I do try to obtain a legit version if I can (not just claiming that; I bought the Castlevania Double Pack because I liked Harmony and Aria so much). What your stepson is doing is just leaving room to declare anything he wants to download as overpriced.
Not claiming you stated otherwise. Just expounding on what he meant by that.
And I see those numbers not as a million people who would have bought those games, but a million people who weren't going to buy them anyway. This again isn't claiming you stated otherwise, it's just in case anyone claims those are lost sales.
