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Wow, not a SINGLE over 9000% joke in this whole thread.
Bravo, OCN. Bravo. applaud.gif

tiher piracy level, its over 9000%! tongue.gif
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Kind of sad they let executives speak in public...

Your company just made a big push in the PC arena for its uPlay platform. You put on a great sales event and got a positive reaction from it, then your CEO starts talking and you're right back to competing with EA for the title of worst company in PC gaming.
 
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I even buy stuff in F2P games.. I own 3 of them now (gotta love steam sales) That also doesn't include the 8 games I own on Origin, or all my blizzard games and minecraft.
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30 people pirated the game, and each person represents 1 billion members of the public. That means 30 billion people have pirated their games.
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Guys, while the staff has determined that posting the article is okay, when responding please remember that we have a zero tolerance on piracy.

As per the usual, sanctions will be handed out to thread participants who breach the OCN Terms of Service, and we will be watching this thread closely. This includes berating other members for their opinions, as well as, of course, discussing any specific means or instances of piracy by yourself or people you know, etc.

Lastly, please also don't try to turn this thread into a debate over whether Software Piracy Is, or Is Not ... Theft.

Thanks!

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I believe what they meant is that 5% of gamers buy their games while the other 95% simply spit on them and live without those DRM filled sub-par titles (except a couple good ones like AC and Silent Hunter).
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Most do it for greed and self-interest. They claim that they do it in response to DRM, but they are the ones that caused the DRM and they would steal anyway without the DRM.
Speak for yourself.

I do a lot of my gaming on my laptop where there isn't free wireless around (traveling / at work / etc) so when I see something like a always-online DRM to play a singleplayer game it's pretty much a no-go.

And then a pirate comes along saying "here you go, now you can play the game whenever and wherever you want!".

Put aside the money for a minute, I'm not greedy am extremely eager to support the developer - assuming their DRM doesn't punch me in the goddamn face. Now you tell me, which option am I more inclined to go with if I want to play the game on my own terms? Who is offering the service with far better availability and playability, the developer/publisher or the pirates? Again, I don't care that the pirates are offering it for free - I'm not greedy. I just want to be treated with respect and not some slave on a chain.

Because I don't remember signing a contract saying "developer/publisher decides when, where and how you play the singleplayer game you paid for, and how many times you install it on your PC" any time in my life.
It would behoove you to actually read what I wrote. The purpose of "most" in my words is clear. If you pirate and don't buy the game legally, then you stole it and there is no excuse, so then you are being greedy. The only time you might have a point is if you bought a copy as well - which you did not indicate - but even that escalates matters and is not smart and still illegal. And again, I said "most" for a reason.
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It is just not logical to have 95% Piracy Rates. Thats is assuming the game is actually good. Pirates will not download crappy games. Also i can tell you that there is no way 95% of PC games even know how to pirate. Thats just too much. Thats like saying 95% of the population is evil. I have not play any Ubisoft game on ages. Last game i played from them was the 3 POP in the original Xbox. Their PC games are not up to standard.
That is simply false. The excuse comes up that the game was stolen because it was crappy (read: not worth paying for) all the time. There are also several logical falacies in your statement. For example, you cannot assume that the people who stole the game are representative of all of PC gaming. Also, if their games were not up to par, they wouldn't be pirated by your logic, so the piracy rate would be 0% and Ubisoft would have no reason to complain about it.
Edited by stargate125645 - 8/22/12 at 4:46pm
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Again, what the second post said.

Ubisoft

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It would behoove you to actually read what I wrote. The purpose of "most" in my words is clear. If you pirate and don't buy the game legally, then you stole it and there is no excuse, so then you are being greedy.
The "speak for yourself" comment means you need to actually provide proof for your assertion. "Most" is used a weasel word that often means the person using it has no real data.

Also, the mod just said to not make this a "stolen is or is not pirated" topic rolleyes.gif Stop using loaded language and use the right terminology, argue with reason not emotions.
Edited by atomicmew - 8/22/12 at 4:52pm
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and 95% of ubisofts games are crap smile.gif see what i did there?


95s across the board, my stat is just as believable as theirs wink.gif
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