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Aeolus451 on 26 September 2017
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Ka-pi96 said:
Aeolus451 said:

i didn't say that you were a socialist but rather that your idea is one. it woudn't work because thieves steal because they take what they want for free. Only way to curb piracy in gaming is to create alot stronger protections into the games like if someone tried to copy it, it would permantly corrupt the game data on the disc or upload virus onto the hardware that is illegally trying to copy it. I'm just giving those as examples btw. 

There's a couple of problems with that. Firstly there are other reasons people pirate than just because they're thieves. eg. games literally not being available for them to buy locally. Sure, they could import, but then that adds a lot of extra hassle, possible import costs and of course potentially difficulty getting the game in a language you actually speak. In that case pirating the game can seem like an attractive option. Fortunately the near total (if only 3DS would remove it) removal of region locking and proliferation of online storefronts makes things much easier to buy wherever people are.

Also, stronger DRM protection can (and probably will) inconvenience actual paying customers. And when what ever protection they use is inevitably cracked (no protection will stay secure for ever) you're just giving people more reason to pirate. Download the game free and enjoy it however you want, or pay for it and have us monitor your every move on your computer for ever. Not hard to think that the excessive DRM would push some who otherwise would have bought the game towards the pirating it.

I can understand pirating video games within reason if the games just aren't available in your country for whatever reason but that doesn't mean that I'm cool with them ripping off hundreds of games because of that. It's a luxury and people don't have a right to get it a low price or to get it at all. There's a fine line between a thief who likes things for free/who don't like pay for things and a person just wants to play a game or two but their country is preventing that. If they want to stick with gaming, they should consider moving. 

I didn't suggest any stronger DRM that would inconvenience regular consumers. I'm against stuff like online checks that ms pushed but I would be cool with games having some kind of anti-copying software that would corrupt the game data or put a virus on their hardware or something along those lines. I'm also fine with the big 3/game publishers going after any people who create any of the software that allow people to pirate games.

One of the main problems that's causing this stuff is high taxes or local laws preventing people from getting access to games. In all honesty, it's up to people in those places to get that changed.