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Slimebeast on 18 February 2012
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vaio said:
Slimebeast said:
It's just a pathetic mith that piracy benefits the gaming industry, Of course it doesn't

Obviously you can cherry pick data and show that pirates on average buy games more often than the average internet user but that's only because most internet users don't play games. Any other conclusion is ridicilous.

I have been a pirate for decades (since the Commodore 64 days) and I've followed the buying habits of dozens of real life individuals around me and the trend is crystal clear - the more you pirate the less you pay. These guys who pirate spend the money they saved from not buying games on other stuff - better PC hardware, sports, on a car, travels, the movies, pizza and hamburgers, beer, the bar. For some of these individuals the notion of paying for media is ridiculous. They feel it's awkward to pay for something that is commonly regarded as free.

I know it's slightly different over there in the USA because you fear the coppers more but here in Europe no one is afraid of getting caught.

ive been pirating as long as you and my experience is exacly the opposite.

The money i saved from buying shitgames went to new good ones so in the end i bought more music,movies and games.

This happens with all my friends here in sweden, greece, italy denmark and switzerland abnd holland.

out of 10 pirates only 1 downloads and doesnt care to buy.

You choose to believe the rapports from the industry that isnt interested in the effects of downloading and only interested in the losses of DL while ignoring several buisness schools/univercities that actually tried to see the actual effect good or bad!!

THE TRUTH IS DOWNLOADING IS THE BEST!!! CONSUMER TOOL THE INDUSTRY CAN NO MORE SELL YOU SHIT AND THEY DONT WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT SCREENING ABILITY!!!

lol you are like 20, you can't have pirated as long as I have.

It is a myth. Those reports from universities from Amsterdam etc are bad, plus their main argument is that young people benefit from downloading by learning new stuff and later they contribute to society in other ways. Their argument is that downloading is good for society as a whole, not for the industry that gets its stuff illegally downloaded.