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Old 03-06-08   #31 (permalink)
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The issue isn't with no one downloading the next 3 bad games. The issue is that this best selling game has to carry the company on for a year... maybe two or three. $50M may sound a lot... but they can lose that money with two bad releases.

This is is how the music industry works. An platinum album makes $100M. $10M goes to the artist. $30M goes to the manufacturing, advertising, and distribution costs. $60M goes to fund twenty other artist.... only one may make it big and release another $100M album. If none of the artist turn out to make it.....
to be honest, i'm just pissed because of all the shots taken at pc gaming. For good reason it seems. But i wouldn't have any problem if they released the games via steam, as long as i can still buy the cd.

And like said, cod has never had a proper security system
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I download all my games. If I like them I will buy them. Same goes for my music and films.

Certain companies continue to make games that I like so in those situations I will buy without downloading. They have built up a reputation which I buy in to, if I feel it's a good reputation.

Piracy only hurts the industry if the person who downloads the game/film/album was going to buy it beforehand. If they weren't the artist/publisher hasn't lost any money, if anything they now have the chance to make more money. If the person who downloaded it has half a brain cell they will buy it if they like it.

But, you can't go and steal a car from someone then say I like it, I will buy it. So I can see their point on that front.

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Game devs arnt losing money because the people who pirate probably wernt going to buy the game in the first place because they didnt have the money to go blow 60$ on a piece of crap. There are only a few games I will actually buy and those are Console games and MMO's. Other than that screw you hackers out there ill just Lan it w/ my friend.
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Ja but, CSS is still pirated and played online...
key thing though - not as much, infact rarely.

If devs do exactly what EA does with their Battefield games - its full proof and cant be pirated unless you share an account with people, and not more then 1 person can log in.
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Make games more fun. Problem solved. And I'm going to say this once
GAME DEVELOPERS DO NOT LOOSE MONEY DUE TO PIRACY AT ALL!
And you're gonna argue "OMG THEY DO". No, not at all. They just didn't make AS MUCH.
and Terrorism has had no effect on the world today.

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Well this got a few people fired up around here!
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So are you saying COD4 is not fun? That won't solve anything, the problem is generally people won't pay for something that they can get for free.
Or otherwise, people won't pay if it's not free...
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Piracy on consoles isn't going to stay as small as it is forever. They are going to want to think of better ways to fight it then protection.

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Until developers release a half decent Demo that gives us some indication what the final product will be, then OK, I won't download. But I am not going to buy a car without test driving it. That is final.

These industries make a crap load of money either way. Do not tell me otherwise, or you just fall flat on your stupid face and believe whatever these multi million dolor corporations tell you.

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and Terrorism has had no effect on the world today.

You sir, are an imbecile.
You would have to be a major moron to compare Terrorism to piracy. On that matter, you are just comparing apples to oranges without a decent fight to it. So that makes you an imbecile.
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Make games more fun. Problem solved. And I'm going to say this once
GAME DEVELOPERS DO NOT LOOSE MONEY DUE TO PIRACY AT ALL!
And you're gonna argue "OMG THEY DO". No, not at all. They just didn't make AS MUCH.
Your a moron. If the game isn't good, you are not going to play it. Claiming the game is bad as an excuse for your pirating is childish. Get a life.

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I think pirating games is very different from pirating music. In game piracy the developers' income is hampered or cut in half depending on how much the game is pirated. In music the artists' pay has already been set and paid, its the record labels take the hit.

They are both wrong but i think people need to wake up and start paying for games. I havent pirated a single game, but i frequently use limewire if i hear a song on the radio, i download a few songs off of limewire and if i like other songs from the artist i go out and buy the CD. I have done this many times, but i also have a few friends whos library completely consists of limewire music.

If you want to try the full game borrow it from a friend for a few days, torrenting it isnt helping the situation and if it continues piracy will be a strong reason for developers to go console only.
There are plenty of ways to demo content including games and music without stealing it.

Pirates make me sick for stealing. They make me even sicker for their lame excuses for why they steal.
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