I'm actually studying to become a game developer, preferabbly an AI programmer. If my game gets pirated a lot then that just mean we did a shitty job, plain and simple. I'm not afraid to face the truth, but apparently many many people are (and then they get depressed and stuff themselves ful of drugs, or they use scapegoats such as piracy).

Hmm. Another question. Did you ever think that the companies that did "shitty jobs" need the money more than the larger studios? You don't start out big. How can a small studio grow and make better games if there first game was pirated a lot?

http://2dboy.com/games.php

I res my case, you were a worthy oponent.

A game doesnt need to be from a large studio or with a big budget to be good enough to buy.

>.< lol that is the only game that I have really ever obtained questionably. But I don't see your point. Talk to me as if it is 1am and I am exhausted

Perfect example i actually downloaded that game for my Wii and ended up buying it for me and my 2 brothers.

lol prepare for a world of hurt when you ship your first game.  I actually can't believe how niave you are and hope you come back to the forums after your first game is released!

You seem to think developers have some sort of choice in when a game is released and the state it's released in but I know a very large amount of people that have worked on all quality of games (I even have a friend at Naught Dog now which is pretty cool) and what people call lazy developers and low quality games are pretty much out of the developer's hand at a certain point. 

The publisher just wants something released and if it has faults, it has faults.  Since you call Blizzard and Valve the pinacle of gaming, I'm assuming you think every other game has faults.  Even with something like Modern Warfare 2, they did the best they could but they had to release and could not delay (and yes, I even know people at Infinity Ward).

Anyways, back to the point, good luck in finding a job and all, but your first job isn't going to be for a Valve or Blizzard, it's going to be at one of the very studios that you pirate games from.  As I said, when you ship your first game I'll be eager to know your opinions.

Also, since I've sat in some interviews and know what sort of questions are asked, what would you say if they asked you about piracy and if you pirate games?

My point is that that game was made by 2 people on an extremely low budget. So your money argument is pointless. Also that is the one game you SHOULD have bought. That game and Portal were the only 2 games worth buying in the last 4 years. Well and Dragon Age now.

You know for every good game you can find made by two or some small group of people I can find 100 that are bad?

Does that mean you're right or the above game is some sort of fluke?

It's entirely possible to make a good game with a small amount of people and zero budget that gets noticed and makes money, but it's also entirely unlikely to happen.