Piracy

[twesterm]

MrMarc said:
twesterm, what you've said is completely fair (although I think you're being too harsh in saying everyone who pirates is flatout just that, a pirate), but I wanna throw one thing into that mix of yours.

 How is someone who pirates not a pirate?

 

I could imagine that a certain chunk of those game's developers who have raised concerns about the effects of piracy would also go on at some points to express distaste at the rising costs of games development itself and in that I see a bit of hypocrisy. You might as well look at MS and Sony who in their own right might as well be encouraging the higher costs of games development, and to the effect of the end consumer, higher game prices.

It's a pretty vicious circle, and in the end it's not surprising that piracy is getting worse for consoles, especially handhelds when DS and PSP games cost just a little short of a home console game now, which have always been getting more and more expensive as well.

 Game costs are rising but that makes pirating even more vicious.  With the rising cost of games it is harder to make a profit.  Pirating just makes it harder so I'm not really sure where I see your argument here.  Game prices have been right around $50-60 for most games.  Yeah, they're more expensive in other countries but that isn't because they feel like raising the price for grins and giggles, there are other things that go into that and more people that want to make some money.

 Besides, the games cost too much argument is crap anyways.  There are plenty of things I can't afford and that in no way justifies my stealing them.  If I really want those things, I'll save for them or if they are beyond my means, I'll just have to do without.  As fun as gaming is, it isn't an essential part of life.