>be faceless void >mfw I have no face
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Simplest justification: No practical way to stop them.
Saying OLOL CANT STOP ME is not a JUSTIFICATION.
Demon, why didn't you buy wc3 for the campaign? Why didn't you buy terraria, or if you have now, why didn't you buy it originally?
And I daresay you could have found a copy of halo online quite easily, for purchase.
I don't have money. If companies really wanted to protect the single-player parts of the games, they'd make us play those parts online as well, like starcraft 2.
If you don't have money, you don't play games that cost money. If you can't afford caviar, you don't go out and steal it because 'I don't have money.' Games are a luxury, not a necessity. And there are plenty of free games out there.
Realistically? The reason I pirate games is because the developers are giving putting shit on the shelves at outrageous prices, and suckers are falling for it.
sucks to be a sucker.
I bought Dungeons (the new supposed, spiritual sequel to Dungeon Keeper II) for �10 because it was half price on steam. It was the most terrible game I have ever played. I usually look at reviews but I remember seeing an advert for it and thought 'how bad could it be?' extremely terribad. Same with the Witcher 2, has the potential to be a fucking awesome game, I would happily pay �40 for it if I could be safe in the knowledge that it is everything it should be. Yet, I heard mixed reviews about it and therefore downloaded it myself. If the game was amazing, I would still have bought a legit copy (for free DLC, easier patching, general conscious etc).
In other words you pirated instead of playing a demo. If there is no demo and you can't get enough of an idea from reviews and videos, email the devs and say you won't buy the game till there's a demo version available. Otherwise, just simply don't play the game.
It is the most heartwrenching and shitty feeling ever, paying full whack for a game when it is released, having high hopes and anticipations... and the game simply doesn't deliver. Luckily I tend to make quite educated movements when purchasing games straight up, but it is simply safer to not get ripped off - to pirate the games you want to 'try-out' first.
again, demos, videos, reviews, friends who have a copy and let you have a go, etc.
Sure bulletstorm, another example... I loved it, and completed it. And pirated it. It's currently selling for �20 at most british shops, I wouldn't say my fun and love for the game was worth �20. I know for a fact in a few months the game price will drop to at least �10. Might I buy it then? Maybe not, it wasn't THAT great... but still, hopefully this rambling rant conveys my thoughts on why piracy is a good thing. If a sequel were to come out, I would definitely invest money then, since I played their first game for free, and provided they don't fuck up on the sequel, they can consider my money, in their pockets.
"I stole a bugatti veyron because the fun and love I have for it is only worth $1000.'
I'm not going to buy a game I'm only going to play for a day or two, and then never again.
Then don't play it at all.
@Sac IP laws and such still currently protect the game devs. If they didn't and piracy became legal, the games industry would all change to even more stringent DRM systems, and most likely ad based revenues, which would stink.
Red classic.
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