Smashed said:
twesterm said:
Smashed said:
twesterm said:
coolestguyever said:
bobobologna said:
dsister44 said:
coolestguyever said:
What bothers me is when they steal games from the small developers/publisher that actually NEED the money.
I don't feel as bad if someone pirates an Activision/EA game as I would if they pirated a game like InFamous or Uncharted or something. |
Since when is Sony a small company?
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Sucker Punch however, is small and they probably want the money they deserve.
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This. I meant Sucker Punch and Naughty Dog, not Sony. If somebody pirates a game the dev isn't getting money either I would assume.
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Yeah, people love to forget that devs actually have bills, families to feed, and deserve to be paid for their work too.
It's easy to pirate a game when you pretend you're taking money away from some Bobby Kotick, not when you're taking money away from someone who spent years of their life pouring blood, sweat, and tears into the game.
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Why would I support and give my own money to something I might not even like?
Again... If the game is garbage I'll probably just finish it and remove it from my computer, if it's good I'll play the first few levels and then buy the game.
Simple as that.
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The thing is though you still get something from that game. Even just a demo doesn't guarantee that you'll love a game, it's just a chance you take with anything.
Especially if you finish the game, you should buy it. It's insulting enough to hear that you simply do that, but to say that you actually go so far as to finish it and then say eh, I don't like it *delete* and then be done with it is just terribly insulting.
After going to a movie, if you didn't like it do you demand your money back? Or do you just try the same thing and not pay for the movie until after it's over and only if you like it?
Hopefully one day you'll grow out of those terrible teen years where you think you deserve everything, life is simple, and you think you know everything...
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I try before I buy, sorry.
It's my money, remember? I wouldn't go to a movie that I think I wouldn't like. For example : The new movie 'Avatar' that just came out, first when I heard of I thought it was going to be stupid... until I saw the trailer.. I went to the movie the day it came out, and it's safe to say it was a fucking awesome movie.
See how such a little taste before you buy changes everything? Maybe not for you, but for me. That's like saying : Well... if you buy our game for $60+, you MIGHT like it.
Like I said before, if they had a demo for every game that released, I wouldn't pirate games as much.
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I have to agree with twesterm. It's ridiculous that the game is good enough for you to play and finish beating, but not good enough for your money. While I don't think that pirating is ok in any circumstance, I would have at least understood your reasoning if you said that you just try the game for a while, then don't finish and delete the game if you don't like it.
But to finish a game that you don't like? I think you are fooling yourself and trying to justify your piracy. And doing a poor job at that.
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