Anybody else feel pirates are killing the excitement?

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dystopia on 20 October 2009

jonop said:

dystopia said:

Orca_Azure said:
It's a pain in the ass when you spend 40 dollars on something new and they get it after a few minutes of downloading

I don't understand how that really effects someone, if you don't wanna spend the $40 then don't.

That effects the people who make the game though and the console in the long run.

That's a different argument, sure pirating is going to have an effect on the developer, publisher, and console in question. but it shouldn't really effect some other gamer.

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jonop on 20 October 2009

dystopia said:

jonop said:

dystopia said:

Orca_Azure said:
It's a pain in the ass when you spend 40 dollars on something new and they get it after a few minutes of downloading

I don't understand how that really effects someone, if you don't wanna spend the $40 then don't.

That effects the people who make the game though and the console in the long run.

That's a different argument, sure pirating is going to have an effect on the developer, publisher, and console in question. but it shouldn't really effect some other gamer.

Yeah I edited because i relised i didn't read properly.

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SmYsiZ on 20 October 2009

Err.. no....

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richardhutnik on 20 October 2009

johnsobas said:

I've been looking forward to getting a PSP, but my friends are all pirating. They are all using custom firmware so they can't go on PSN because it wants to upgrade the firmware. All the excitment just goes out the window when you buy a game, tell your friends about it then they just go download it. I know people doing it on DS too but it seems far more people are doing it on PSP.

At that point, I would question who are really your friends. You could tell these people that they are draining all the fun out of it, and you are thinking of dumping your PSP, because they are killing your interest in it by being thieves.