osed125 said:
Contrary to what some people think, piracy can do some good. I know it because it happened to me.
I came from a low-middle class family, the only way I could really play game was thanks to piracy; I saved a ton of money to buy the console and 90% of my games were pirated (some were original).
But thanks to that I played so many great games that I otherwise would to have not played, and now that I'm an adult with a good income, I can buy them no problem.
Just to give a few examples:
1- Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, played pirated on the Wii; bought Awakening and Fates on the 3DS
2- Bioshock 1 and 2, pirated on PC; bought Infinite on PC when it came out
3- Monster Hunter Tri, pirated on the Wii; bought Monster Hunter 4 on the 3DS and recently World on PS4
4- 9 hours 9 persons 9 doors, emulated on DS; bought Virtue's Last Reward and Zero Time Dilemma on 3DS
5- Mass Effect 1 and 2, pirated on PC; bought Mass Effect 3 on PC
These are honestly just a few and the ones that immediately come to mind.
So to answer the OP question, yes I do think is okay to pirate games; maybe not everyone is like me and they continue to pirate, but I firmly believe piracy can work with some people.
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There was a study in europe... cant remember by who, but it concluded that piracy was overall good for game sales
(not what the guys that paid for the study wanted it to show I guess).
EnricoPallazzo said:
No, its not, despite a lot of people having a lot of excuses for it.
I pirated a lot of games on ps1 era and later while I was a pc gamer. Also downloaded a lot of mp3 in my life including recently the Destiny 2 soundtrack. But that does not mean this is right, I dont come with excuses for it. |
But do you now also buy more games than the avg person?
Would you be like this if you hadnt enjoyed games in your youth (that you had to pirate)?
