Why are so many American games so up in arms against piracy?

[Hawk]

Mendicate Bias said:

superchunk said:

Mendicate Bias said:

Hawk said:

 

That's just it. You are completely wrong in that statement. Its a ripple effect. Just as the store is hurt as the loss builds up as more items are stolen, so to is the game dev or music writer. Eventually the losses get to the point where the publisher or development house can't afford 15 programmers and decide to fire a couple. Then those families are f'ed until they can find new work.

You are just being naive. Any money lost in large enough amounts affects everyone; and first to go are those that need those jobs and that income the most.

 

EDIT: Spend 2yrs making something with your own investment and then watch 1/3rd of people just walk up and take it for free before you pass judgement.

Being poor doesn't mean you should get anything but education and medicine for free. A game is far from a life necessity.

You missed the whole point I'm trying to make, the publishers aren't losing anything because even if that particular consumer wanted to they couldn't afford the game. Yes piracy sucks and everyone should buy their products, but prices should also be scaled accordingly. Scaling software prices is a synch when compared to hardware (although consoles are a different story).

Also thats ignoring countries like Iran who don't even get legitimate copies of games sent to them and have to pirate games if they want to play them.

If I made an entertainment product and was selling it in both America and Iran then I would adjust my prices accordingly for both countries and offer the consumer incentives for not pirating otherwise I would be foolish not to expect getting pirated.

Like I said before stop looking at it in black and white and pay attention to the shades of grey

 

 

AND, (to add to my post at the end of the previous page) do you have any friends that had to work their way out of a bad situation?  Had to work their way out of poverty?  People who do that have to WORK for it.  To get a better life, they have to work hard for it.  Spending your time pirating software, living off of other people, who are earning their keep, is NOT how you improve your life.  And people who say "Yes, it's ok to widdle your time away on software you stole, on luxuries, rather than try to make your situation better" do not help them.