Ahh yeah it kinda does it does equal a lost sale.

i don't pirate but let's take me for example(i don't buy digital games but no matter),why would i pay 60$ for a game when i can wait for a couple of months and when the pirated version comes i download it beat the game and it's all good.

And when i buy the game i don't even own it and it's full of drm because of those pirates who don't buy the game.

So, do you think the same of people that buy games used? "Why would I pay $60 for a game when I can wait for a couple of months and get the game used?". Also, it's not pirates' fault that you don't own the game, it's the publishers' fault since they're the ones who implemented the DRM.

How many cameras did he use to see the flashing yellow computer?

I was simply rebutting your statement that it was acceptable in the 90s but not now with a subjective analysis of my own.

So what's with the previous post or am I miss interpreting your views as this post seems to contradict your stance.

But those who buy the used games those games were bought at retail somewhere at least they were payed for pirates never even payed for it that's the difference.

Why is it there fault for protecting there IP,and if i was a publisher i would to implement a Drm tbh. Why would i let someone play the games that i invested money without paying for them.

Sure if you think it's now needed more then ever for piracy it's your opinion.

But i think it's not nedded anymore hell even the guy who started PirateBay said Piratebay and other sites need to die,

I'm just saying either the Publishers except that Piracy is here to stay or they keep up the game of cat and mouse with the Scene groups.

But in the end one will come out victorious.

No need to be rude. It's a discussion I was being polite and just pushing you to explain your view.

Clearly you lack the ability to discuss these things in an intellectual debate format without resorting to personal attack and pressumption, that's fine but a bit pointless to enter the discussion if you are going to do that.

No, I don't think pirating is as bad as murder, I used an exageration to illustrate how bad I think your argument was. The logic doesn't hold up with murder, and it doesn't hold up with pirating video games. You do know that your average joe can be a shareholder too? In fact over 50% of Americans (that can legally own stocks I presume) own stocks in various companies. A lot of game developers also have profit sharing programs that distribute part of the profits to the developers that worked on the title. Furthermore, piracy doesn't just affect AAA game studios. It affects indie devs just as much, if not more, because they can't afford difficult to crack DRM solutions like Denuvo.

Gotta say, from what I understand about the cracking scene in gaming, some people are very smart. Being able to provide a complete cracked game so quickly is technically impressive, at least to me. I'll stick to buying my games either way =p

I was being rude whaaa

If you think when i said (one will be victorious i meant Publishers or Pirates will win) i didn't mean anything towards you.

Friendly advice losen yourself up a little don't take everything literally.