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What about a game like Burnout 3 that you cannot buy on PC? Is there anytime it is okay to pirate?



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Meh, I am too obliged to morality to do something like that.

The only time I'd consider doing it is for some obscure retro game that costs hundreds of dollars for a copy and isn't available anywhere else.



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Ka-pi96 said:
If you already own it, then it's ok to "pirate" it.

If you don't already own it, then you're a filthy pirate!

Preach



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roadkillers said:

What about a game like Burnout 3 that you cannot buy on PC?

Then you buy a supported system if you want to play that game... d'uh.

Nobody is entitled to get every game for the prefered platform.



No its not.

Not that I have anything against piracy, but its that with games sales os the only revenue stream they have. You pirate them, and you take that away.



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Burnout 3 is $2 on Ebay



imo. I lost a bunch of games I bought in the past. I pirated like. 1 game in the last ~10 years. and that was Red Alert 2. am not giving EA money I bought that long time ago but lost the cd

 

now if you go on the general gaming subreddit they will tell you that pirating console ISOs is fine because apparently buying a console and supporting games is the devil. 



shikamaru317 said:

I am 100% against current generation piracy, though I'm ok with pirating older games to play on emulators.

and what makes it ok to pirate older games to play on emulators? your self entitlement?

you can get most of them for like 10 bucks on ebay or get a used copy for 5 and rip it to emulate it. 

 

I mean if its one of those games that cost a lot because they are rare. sure. but if the game is 10-20 dollars. you better buy it and rip the copy from it. plain irresponsible to just pirate a game that cheap 

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Ultrashroomz said:
Meh, I am too obliged to morality to do something like that.

The only time I'd consider doing it is for some obscure retro game that costs hundreds of dollars for a copy and isn't available anywhere else.

I don't blame anyone who has to resort to emulators at that point. If a publisher isn't making an older game available in any other format than the original run and wouldn't be making a dime off of you buying it secondhand as an only option, then I'd say go for it. Said publisher wouldn't be losing anything at that point anyway.



I guess it's ok to pirate a game if there's no possible way for you to obtain it, but now that the internet is a thing, you can basically obtain any game.



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