kitler53 said:
you place of employment approaches you and says, "you have been doing some excellent work we would like like to give you a raise." obviously your responce will have to be, "No thank you. I already make enough money to pay the bills." besides, for every massively successful game that is released there are probably 10 financial failures. The massive profit of one game is what allows a company like this to experient with new IPs and less popular niche titles without the thread of bankrupcy. then again, how many game companies have already gone belly up this year. |
I don't say it's correct to pirate games, I'm just saying that - in this case - it is a bit of an overreaction to make such a big fuzz about it. We're talking about Infinity Ward/Activision's Modern Warfare 2, which will probably one of the best selling games ever 
If they would be in a more troublesome situation, and, as already told, if they were a smaller, maybe independent company it'd be something different... though I'm thoroughly aware that most pirates lack that kind of thinking. But then again, one download more doesn't equal one lost sale. Many just wouldn't buy the game if they couldn't get it for free. Of course you can still call that immoral, but under these circumstances, it doesn't cause much harm at least.
