| NightstrikerX said: I heavily, Heavily disagree. Piracy is never a good thing, any pirate who claims to be a gamer using naught but pirated games needs to go to prison or get a hefty fine. Piracy damages the very gaming industry that I, and everyone else should pay 40-60 bucks a game for. Don't wanna pay that much? Wait to buy it used or for it to drop in price. I don't believe piracy was a hardware pusher. It does more damage than good. |
This isn't directed at you personally, but I've always been curious about this (Warning: philosophy ahead!).
Why are people perfectly ok with buying used games, yet pirating is a horrid crime which people should suffer for? Neither gives the developer any more money (which is why DRM is being used to kill the used games market*).
For example lets take this to the extreme:
1) Only one person buys a copy of a game. They go home, crack it, upload it to the internet, and everyone else who wants to play it just pirates it. Total number of copies sold: 1.
2) Only one person buys a copy of a game. They go home, play it, finish it, then sell it on ebay to the next person, rinse and repeat for everyone who wants to play the game. Total number of copies sold: 1.
In both cases the developer has only sold one copy, yet morally (even for myself) 1 is 'bad' and 2 is 'ok'.
*On a side note, DRM removes the rights the consumer has in regards to copyright. If developers/publishers want people to respect their rights in regards to copyright, then perhaps they should repects the consumers rights.
