twesterm on 22 October 2009
| scottie said: 1) I pointed out that your question was not worth answering. Your money is never going to be worth the same as other peoples, so why complain about it? Besides, someone pirating games means that they get more for their money, but it doesn't mean you get less for yours. 2) If in the long run you are finding yourself in financial difficulty more often than you are finding yourself with excess money, then you are spending too much. Cut back on something. 3) indeed I did. If there are 2 games I want in January I can buy 1 and then finish it and be bored for half a mont, and buy the next in Febuary. But then I have to buy the 2 games I wanted from Febuary's release schedule in march and April, then I buy March's games in May and June, Aprils in July August etc. Doesn't sound great. 4) I've covered this so many times. Obviously, if the person actually doesn't still buy as many games as they otherwise would have then it is harming someone. But many people don't, because they have morals As for your advice to Johann - that is not how the economy works. If everyone stops buying games for a while, the price of games rises. If people stop buying from retailers, then the retailers lay off employees, who then don't buy stuff and then that means other employees need to be fired. The actual way to get the price of games reduced requires vast government investment in local export businesses, then careful balancing of imports and exports, as well as long term political stability and shrewd managing of the economy by the government in order to increase the value of the currency. |
- I'm just asking why it's fair that your money goes further than mine that is worth absolutely the same. You get 2 games, I get the 1. Looking at that, I can just say oh, now I can only afford 1 game a month so I can pirate the rest and hey, I wouldn't be lying if I suddenly spent that extra $60 on something else.
- Agreed? That still doesn't justify stealing a game though...
- Looks like you'll just have to base your games on value then and rank them. And if a game doesn't last you that long, what's to stop you from renting it since that's only a fraction of what buying it would be? Maybe you just shouldn't blow through games so quickly or maybe read a book every now and then?
- So you're just saying it's best to sweep problems under the rug then and ignore them? Or is it alright right now that some people pirate games because they say they can't afford them but if everyone suddenly got clued in on the secret that just saying you can't afford them then it would become bad?
Your logic is full of double standards and contradictions and it's just ridiculous that you're still trying to defend it. Maybe if I write out your beliefs you'll see how stupid they sound?
- You can steal as long as everyone else doesn't do it.
- It's fine that you don't have to pay for every game because you're supporting some developers and some is better than none.
- Screw self control, by pirating a game you're actually keeping yourself form financial difficulty!
- I can't decide or wait for certain games so I might as well get them all now.
