Has anyone ever met people who openly bragged about them having this massive collection of pirated games and said you were crazy to buy the game?, have you also noticed that those are the people who don't play the games?:wtf:, yes.... these people usually sit around with a massive collection of games and don't play any of them but just end up satisfied with boasting about it:confused:....... This really annoys me:mad: not only did they steal it but they also go and show-off to people by saying they have the latest games like 2 days after release date but never end up playing it.
Lol what do you think?, does games that we buy encourage us to play it more or not? (this does not only refer to DVD's but also steam)
Pr⊕phet
01-07-2011, 08:56 PM
Piracy thread no 18594813.A, your point is ?
czc
01-07-2011, 08:59 PM
:wtf: Why would they download something they wont play. Bandwidth Hogs!
Pr⊕phet
01-07-2011, 09:01 PM
:wtf: Why would they download something they wont play. Bandwidth Hogs!
Can say the same about my steam collection, Have you played and finished 100% of your steam games ?
:e
256 titles; you better get playing :D
Graal
01-07-2011, 09:16 PM
I'd say so, yes. For one, I appreciate the games I pay for more than those I get free.
postal
01-07-2011, 09:19 PM
Meh! if they pirate them and dont play them?, why waste money buying the original game in the 1st place if you dont play.
czc
01-07-2011, 09:29 PM
Can say the same about my steam collection, Have you played and finished 100% of your steam games ?
:e
256 titles; you better get playing :D
But mine are paid for :D
Pr⊕phet
01-07-2011, 09:48 PM
But mine are paid for :D
There is no difference imho, both uses bandwidth- what's the point in paying for something and not playing it ?
I'd say so, yes. For one, I appreciate the games I pay for more than those I get free.
Meh! if they pirate them and dont play them?, why waste money buying the original game in the 1st place if you dont play.
+Prinstimon
Suppose that 100% of your music, movies and series collection are legit and paid for? how about ordering something, but you managed to get another thing by chance that's more expensive and walking away with it? (aka cheese burger, but taking the quarter pounder)
Tinman
01-07-2011, 11:00 PM
Has anyone ever met people who openly bragged about them having this massive collection of pirated games and said you were crazy to buy the game?, have you also noticed that those are the people who don't play the games?:wtf:, yes.... these people usually sit around with a massive collection of games and don't play any of them but just end up satisfied with boasting about it:confused:....... This really annoys me:mad: not only did they steal it but they also go and show-off to people by saying they have the latest games like 2 days after release date but never end up playing it.
Lol what do you think?, does games that we buy encourage us to play it more or not? (this does not only refer to DVD's but also steam)
Actually, I think you have a point.
I remember when I was a young teenager, the excitement of saving up for a few weeks, mowing lawns, washing cars etc and then eventually getting one of my parents to take me to CNA to get a game I wanted. I would open the box on my way home and literally start reading the manual, sometimes giddy with excitement. Then once home, I'd rush to my room and pop the CD in and start installing.
It was definitely a ritual and I think it did add tremendously to the overall experience.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, I think grabbing 20 games at a LAN decreases the psychological value proposition of each title. Same thing applies to music.
DarthSWNT
02-07-2011, 09:01 AM
We should have a thread to end all piracy threads thread :\
I know this may sound weird, but it think piracy is the best advertising/marketing most companies could ever have hoped for.
Piracy is wrong, but the methods that companies have used to stop piracy aren't helping them but actually fueling piracy even more.
Frederik Mundey
02-07-2011, 10:19 AM
I only buy games, when I'm planning to play them online. Otherwise i don't see the need to buy any games which I'm just going to play the single player once and chuck it in the cupboard.
I do feel bad for not supporting the software developer, but if I have to buy every game I want to play, I won't have money for food or petrol.
The same goes for Series and movies.
Big movie releases I will go to the cinema for but otherwise I'll wait for a decent copy and DL it from the internet or the WUG.
The-1
08-07-2011, 10:25 PM
Has anyone ever met people who openly bragged about them having this massive collection of pirated games and said you were crazy to buy the game?
yes, I have
TheAvenged87
11-07-2011, 12:15 PM
I get this all the time. In my circle of friends, there are 6 Xboxes. I have the only one that isn't flashed. They always try to get me to do it, which I refuse to do. They brag about paying R60 per game, but I notice that they go buy like 10 at a time, then only end up playing one of them. Which means that they could've just bought that one game for the full retail price.
wolvie
14-07-2011, 10:33 PM
I do not pirate games. I would rather wait for games to drop in price or get a second hand copy of the game. I also pre-order games at least twice a year. I don't import them either - I support the SA market. Thats just my two cents.
Raven Gold
16-07-2011, 04:29 PM
I play and try to finish every game I get, baught or pirated, doesn't matter.
Prinstimon
16-07-2011, 06:13 PM
Thats actually quite a good law to live by Raven Gold:)
'cause if we didn't we'd be wasting our and the developer's time
Kuga
17-07-2011, 08:22 PM
I bought Homefront and Duke Nukem Forever..
What a waste of my hard earned money. Needless to say, the next game I will be buying is BF3. Other than that, if it's a single player only game, I won't be buying it.
Prinstimon
17-07-2011, 10:00 PM
I agree, multiplayer takes up like 70% of my games and the only single-player game I'm considering getting is the next elder scrolls
Glordit
18-07-2011, 07:17 AM
I bought Homefront and Duke Nukem Forever..
What a waste of my hard earned money. Needless to say, the next game I will be buying is BF3. Other than that, if it's a single player only game, I won't be buying it.
>_< Know How you Feel...
bizzaro
20-07-2011, 06:20 PM
Pirated Games are unavoidable, even Sony cannot avoid it 100% to the detriment of many innocent consoles but it feels good to buy a game =)
Keepa34
20-07-2011, 06:31 PM
I play all my pc games I have and I only buy xbox games.. Just to put it out there.. The last time I bought a pc game was in 2001...
Raven Gold
20-07-2011, 06:39 PM
I bought Homefront and Duke Nukem Forever..
What a waste of my hard earned money. Needless to say, the next game I will be buying is BF3. Other than that, if it's a single player only game, I won't be buying it.
I agree, multiplayer takes up like 70% of my games and the only single-player game I'm considering getting is the next elder scrolls
I've got the opposite attitude. I buy most of the SP focused games and than pirate alot of the MP ones. There are very few games a with a captivating multiplayer for me, otherwise the singleplayer is just a waste of time to buy. I'm not paying R300 or R400 for 5 hours of play and than possibly 10 minutes of online MP only to have all the servers shut down again because of nobody else playing. That, along with steam that refuses to cooperate with me and I'll never buy a steamworks game again in my life. Even if I do somehow get a reliable internet connection.
Pr⊕phet
20-07-2011, 07:37 PM
I've got the opposite attitude. I buy most of the SP focused games and than pirate alot of the MP ones. There are very few games a with a captivating multiplayer for me, otherwise the singleplayer is just a waste of time to buy. I'm not paying R300 or R400 for 5 hours of play and than possibly 10 minutes of online MP only to have all the servers shut down again because of nobody else playing. That, along with steam that refuses to cooperate with me and I'll never buy a steamworks game again in my life. Even if I do somehow get a reliable internet connection.
Steamworks require certain "level" of capability ;)
I do however agree on the SP being just about 5 hrs or more like half life ep 1 or MW2...
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Prinstimon
22-07-2011, 08:08 PM
I've got the opposite attitude. I buy most of the SP focused games and than pirate alot of the MP ones. There are very few games a with a captivating multiplayer for me, otherwise the singleplayer is just a waste of time to buy. I'm not paying R300 or R400 for 5 hours of play and than possibly 10 minutes of online MP only to have all the servers shut down again because of nobody else playing. That, along with steam that refuses to cooperate with me and I'll never buy a steamworks game again in my life. Even if I do somehow get a reliable internet connection.
So would you buy mp focused games like MAG (for ps3)?
Wlad
22-07-2011, 08:39 PM
I buy most of the games I play on PS3 and one or two on X360 and PC. I do, however, also sometimes (very rarely) get a pirated game on PC just to check it out before I buy it. I got the (pirated) PC version of Red Faction: Armageddon and finished it, then I bought it on PS3 and finished it again as well as playing a few hours of MP. There is definitely a much greater sense of achievement/reward when finishing a game that you paid for as opposed to one you just downloaded/copied. As such, I almost never finish a pirated game, if I like it I'll buy it and if not I'll stop playing and delete it.
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Prinstimon
22-07-2011, 08:45 PM
I buy most of the games I play on PS3 and one or two on X360 and PC. I do, however, also sometimes (very rarely) get a pirated game on PC just to check it out before I buy it. I got the (pirated) PC version of Red Faction: Armageddon and finished it, then I bought it on PS3 and finished it again as well as playing a few hours of MP. There is definitely a much greater sense of achievement/reward when finishing a game that you paid for as opposed to one you just downloaded/copied. As such, I almost never finish a pirated game, if I like it I'll buy it and if not I'll stop playing and delete it.
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So i'm guessing Duke Nukem:Forever is one of the few games that's okay to pirate (you know 'cause you're going to delete it before finishing it)
Wlad
22-07-2011, 10:01 PM
So i'm guessing Duke Nukem:Forever is one of the few games that's okay to pirate (you know 'cause you're going to delete it before finishing it)
LOL. That already happened. :p I still plan on buying a copy for the collection some day when it's dirt cheap, but I doubt I'll ever finish it.
I don't really think it's ok to pirate games, but I can't afford every single game that comes out (although I do buy most of them :p) and sometime I just need to make 100 % sure before taking out R500+.
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Prinstimon
22-07-2011, 10:06 PM
LOL. That already happened. :p I still plan on buying a copy for the collection some day when it's dirt cheap, but I doubt I'll ever finish it.
I don't really think it's ok to pirate games, but I can't afford every single game that comes out (although I do buy most of them :p) and sometime I just need to make 100 % sure before taking out R500+.
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I agree with you:)
Although most people would argue that you should 'get the demo' if you want to try out a game before buying it but usually the demo plays parts 'you'd love to play' and the rest of the game is a total eh....... letdown and besides I believe that if you're going to purchase a game then pirating it is like having an extra copy of something you already own
Kuga
23-07-2011, 05:59 PM
If there was a way of unbinding it from my Steam account, I'd sell you my DNF lol
Prinstimon
23-07-2011, 06:06 PM
If there was a way of unbinding it from my Steam account, I'd sell you my DNF lol
If that were possible there'd be 'Duke Nukem: Forever giveaways' every week:D
Raven Gold
24-07-2011, 08:40 AM
So would you buy mp focused games like MAG (for ps3)?
Considering it's a PS3 game I'm not even gonna bother pirating it.
souluser7
25-07-2011, 04:34 PM
I personally don't play pirated games because of the fact that I wont be able to play on Xbox Live if I do something like that, but also it helps me to make better decisions about which game I eventually end up buying because you always need to think about your choice before you make the wrong one and regret buying it. :D
Prinstimon
26-07-2011, 06:14 PM
I personally don't play pirated games because of the fact that I wont be able to play on Xbox Live if I do something like that, but also it helps me to make better decisions about which game I eventually end up buying because you always need to think about your choice before you make the wrong one and regret buying it. :D
Just like me, I read quite a few reviews before I buy a game