To pirate games is dumb. It makes me have to pay R800 for a game.
To pirate overpriced software (WinRAR, Microsoft Office, etc...) makes sense. But still not forgivable.
EDIT: Oh... and you get your console screwed.
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To pirate games is dumb. It makes me have to pay R800 for a game.
To pirate overpriced software (WinRAR, Microsoft Office, etc...) makes sense. But still not forgivable.
EDIT: Oh... and you get your console screwed.
So when a game comes out, is it ok to "lend" it until it comes out at a reasonable price? BTW, do you guys use local "rental" downloads? International will be almost as much as buying the game at the high price.
Depends on who pays for the bandwidth ;):D
If you have to pay for it :p
If you can't afford it - don't do it. That's the most stupidest argument I've ever heard. 'I can't afford a rols roys so I steal one'. Dayeem. Do you NEED games to survive? No. 'I can't afford a ROLEX so I steal one'. Sorry bud. Your argument holds no water. Games are a luxury, not a necessity. I can't get over how miff your point is. No good. I'd perhaps understand if you said 'I can't afford food so I steal' but even THEN I'd say WORK TO MAKE SOME MONEY FOOL. But videogames? Pff. That argument's as bad as a crack junkie needing a fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Joker
I agree with mikdog
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Originally Posted by mikdog
Amen Brother!!! :D:D:D
30 GB = R130 = 3-8 Games.
1 PC Game = R400.
so even South Africa with some of the worlds most expensive bandwidth... it's still cheaper :P
Edit: I should have downloaded GTA IV. Look And Listen didn't want to accept my return... F*^#Q ROCKSTAR!
Piracy is honestly a stupid argument. It's made out to be a huge problem when it really isn't. There are so many ways to support something other than buying it. My whole argument on it is that the internet is the best line for promotion; games and music practically make up 30% of the internet. The other 70% is porn.
But take a program like Adobe Photoshop. It's one of the most common programs, but not many people buy it, and I doubt many people who download it end up paying either way, but it does attract more sales, and it eliminates competition. If no one pirated, there would be less sales of programs like Photoshop, not more. That's how I see it.
I'm not willing to pay a couple hundred Rand for something which I've only used for 30 days unless I profess in that field. There are, however, other people who are willing to and will buy a Student's Version of Flash and Adobe products and whatever else so that they can learn how to use it, but that's still money, and that wouldn't have been generated were it not for Photoshop being so easily and readily available on the internet.
Another example is a while ago a friend of mine gave me links to a whole bunch of albums. I downloaded them and it was a completely different style of music, I loved it, so I bought several CDs from the bands and a bunch of other merchandise (T-Shirts and stuff). I wouldn't have streamed a song on Youtube and decided to buy their CDs though.
Not only that, CD sales are not going down in any way, but for some reason, artists and game makers whinge about it as if they'd be making way more money if piracy wasn't an issue.
Sure, I think this has it's limits. But when it comes to the argument of pirates (yarr) are "robbing game makers," I see it as their helping them along. The people who pirate wouldn't really buy the game if piracy wasn't an option, they'd just probably vouch for not getting it, which is fine, but at the same time, by their action of spreading the game around there are still several people who get the game and really love it so buy the original.
What I think is incredibly lame is when people start selling pirated games. Buying and selling pirated games is just stupid, no doubt.
Lol simple answer, If you pirate, you're a criminal making all us who buy the originals suffer, this is with games, movies, cd's etc. And you're likely to make us a little peeved.
I can understand young people who can't afford games etc to do it (I did) but it's still wrong and there's no excuse