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Kasz216 on 03 September 2008
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Ail said:
Chemical said:
twesterm said:

I don't care why you pirate games (though the money excuse is still bullshit) but I do at least respect you admit you're a cheap fuck and that makes you somewhat better than the people that sit there and lie to themselves.

And yes, piracy does hurt developers.  That is why so many of them do not like putting their games on PC's or do not give their PC version half the attention they give their console versions.

 

From what I have read in interviews with developers, the main issue is the fact that they dont want to optimize the game for all different possibilities of Cpu, ram and video card.

Ail and twestern thank you for amusing me with your little crusade against piracy. It is fun to observe people battle against something that causes very little damage while ignoring a much bigger threat, used game sales.

 

I'm going to take a guess and say you don't work in the software industry.

I do so I actually have a clue of what damage it is causing to the industry I work in...


Are people working in the industry really the best people to ask about this?

Ask your average citizen why they can't get a job and they'll say "Illegal Immigrents."

I'd say the people to ask are the economic theoriests and the people who actually do research on the effects of piracy.  (The real studies, no the ones who just go from torrent site to torrent site counting download numbers then multiplying by $50.)

There is indeed a positive side to piracy as well, which no one seems to admit to, except Microsoft.  Who has the slogan "Don't pirate... but if you are going to pirate... pirate us."

Little actual research is done on the matter however since most studies are just funded by groups with agendas.  (Which is why the economizing of science sucks.)