Another Look At Piracy

[vlad321]

Ail said:

Final-Fan said:

vlad321 said:

pizzahut451 said:
red:not all the time though. Take Modern Warfare 2 for example. The game was pretty good(for most people) and got pirated a lot.

Modern Warfare 2 is actually the biggest pile of shit ever released on the PC. I was sad to see it wasn't even more pirated.

Here you go again.  If it was really that bad, why would people even want it enough to pirate it?  Why would they bother?  Sheer spite?  That's actually pretty much the reason you gave me earlier:  anger/punishment directed at developers/publishers. 

@ Akvod:  vlad is answering your (B) question in a way I bet you didn't expect. 

That's where Vlad's whole argument about piracy not hurting developers doesn't work.

He claims piracy does not hurt developers and 3 posts later he claims he wants specific games to be massively pirated so that developers get the message.

So which is it ?

 

Either it hurts or it doesn't...

If it doesn't pirating out of spite while trying to send a message doesn't achieve much now, does it ?

 

So basically he's telling us piracy doesn't hurt but he believes the opposite as shows his behavior toward MW2 for example......

 

I view piracy as the number of people who would have bought the game if the game was:

a) a better game

b) at a lower price given the game's content

It's not about hurting them, it's about letting them know that the amount of money they are asking for a game that blows chunks is absolutely retarded.