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VGPolyglot on 03 April 2018
Ka-pi96 said:
VGPolyglot said:

Which is impossible, the only way to avoid piracy is by not making anything.

It's not impossible, just difficult. Does that mean you shouldn't even try though? Every bit less piracy that there is the better.

Well, I've never known of a time without video game piracy.



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Bman54 on 03 April 2018

I'm weird in that I don't think pirating games is ok, but then I go ahead and pirate movies and TV.



contestgamer on 03 April 2018

Honestly piracy of DIGITAL media and information should be a human right, just like access to the internet.



Azzanation on 04 April 2018

Ebay.
Pirating is wrong and destroys the industry. Sure the game is old and unavailable but where would it end once you give permission to pirate older games? It will create a massive trend, next minute gamers will start pirating games based on low review scores and claim the games are not worth full price.



AngryLittleAlchemist on 04 April 2018
VGPolyglot said:
Ka-pi96 said:

It's not impossible, just difficult. Does that mean you shouldn't even try though? Every bit less piracy that there is the better.

Well, I've never known of a time without video game piracy.

Any time before 1958. 



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Conina on 04 April 2018
contestgamer said:

I consider it a part of information freedom. You should be allowed to pay for it, but not forced.  

Information <> entertainment



Shaqazooloo0 on 04 April 2018

No. Emulation, if you already have the game, but any other scenario I think it's unacceptable.

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tripenfall on 04 April 2018

Get a job



Alara317 on 04 April 2018
tripenfall said:
Get a job

I have a job. 

I do quite well and spend a large portion of my monthly income on games and movies. 

I still pirate the occasional movie. 

Why? Because sometimes I'm not willing to take that risk but am still curious enough to see how it is. Sometimes a movie isn't playing in my area and I'm not spending 50-100 dollars in gas/transportation to watch A Quiet Place or Baby Driver. 

If the movie is good, then I buy it. I own near 1000 movies on home video and upwards of 500 videogames from the past three generations. (not including download only games). 

My point is, Piracy isn't as black and white as 'get a job', and using that argument is disregarding so many points on both sides of the argument. 



superchunk on 04 April 2018
contestgamer said:
superchunk said:
No.

It is stealing, theft, robbery, etc.

You find value in the product.
You find entertainment in the product.
You should contribute to the creation of new product and pay for the product.

If you cannot afford it, then
1. save money
2. sell stuff
3. use a rental service
4. find a friend to legally share it via their login or physical copy
5. buy used
6. learn something so you can get a better job and increase your overall quality of life

I would not like it if someone stole my work. Therefore I don't steal other's work. People put their sweat and tears into these games. Pay for them.

Used sales and borrowing from friends doesn't help the developer. Might as well add piracy to your list then.

They don't?

They both reduce the cost of purchasing new games for a person or group of people. But it enables both groups to overall buy more games as they are, indirectly, pooling their resources to purchase games. 

This is drastically different than pirating. Pirating is a take only model. There is no give or shared pool of resources allowing game purchases to happen that may never have happened.