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The end of piracy as we know it?

Yes, find another character to milk, Depp! 11 5.19%
 
Yes ... but only for the ... 20 9.43%
 
No, pirates are like roac... 157 74.06%
 
See results, because I am... 23 10.85%
 
Total:211

I've already thought up of 5 different ways to deal with their methods and I'm not even part of pirating groups. So it's not a "no" but a "hellz no!"



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did they listen to publishers on used games,i wonder how big a difference it will make,if you can buy used consoles what about used games,



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Anyone who is trying to defend MS and there stupid Xbox One is a moron!!



The Fury said:
A203D said:
Zero999 said:
A203D said:
I agree with Microsoft's motives regarding piracy, and I also get used game sales.

If you think about it a retailer who sells second hand games makes full profit from that resale. The developer and the publisher dosen't get any of that money back from the game they've made.

On those levels I think Microsoft are doing something good for publishers and developers, at the same time, this console will eventually get hacked. It won't stay piracy free forever.

the developers and publishers don't have any right to get that money.

I don't agree with that. Developers and publishers have put a lot of hard work and resources into making a game. I don't think a retailer whos put nothing into that game should get full profit off someone else's hard work.

Especially for the prices that they charge for used games.

Yes and all that hard work and resources were paid for in the original purchase. This used game means nothing to them, if a gamer kept his copy and kept playing it the cost is exact same amout to the developer as if it was traded in and played by someone else.

Precisely, the moment devs and publishers sell the copys to retailers they no longer have any rights over those copys (they've been SOLD after all).



won't be the end of piracy
but the beginning of 1984 and thx 11 38

(i guess it will just motivate the hackers another 500% to prove that nothing is unhackable-until quantum computers occur)



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I did not answer the poll as you called all pirates roaches. You just called every friend and most of my younger family I have a roach. Whether it be music, books, games, movies or TV most people pirated at some point in the information age.

To answer the thread, No way it will go on people find a way.



What MS does has NOTHING to do with piracy. They practically put a chain on every user. Pirates are pirating because games are not worth that much for them. Or because they simply can't afford it. They wont start selling 60 Million Cods now and MS knows that. Its about controlling the experience of people willing and able to spent money on games.

If the system will be hacked you can do everthing with it. Just the Online stuff won't work that great. But if MS banned your account and you lost your entire collection maybe a hack will one day be able to restore your Xbone.



nothing is pirate proof. There's always a work around that somebody with nothing better to do in life,will find.



If a man-in-the middle attack can be done against BOTH parts of a communication, imagine with one of them being the attacker himself.



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