Pirate to legit buyer ratio estimated at 4:1

[HavocXphere]

I reckon the ratio is going down actually due to two factors:

1st Steam
2nd Some games make little sense in Eyepatch edition. e.g. Starcraft 2. Or WoW.

[Terak]

I dunno man, it doesn't seem that farfetched to me. Sometimes I feel like as a gamer I am part of a significant minority who does not pirate games. I'm not passing judgement, just sharing an observation.

Of my handful of gamer friends, only one has a strong objection to piracy, and that is a recent change for him. The rest happily share games at LANs, will grab a game off the WUG, or download a torrent of a new game which strikes their fancy – and then share it.

Also, at most LANs I have attended in the past few years, I have actually had to copy across games which I already have installed (and have paid for) so that I have the same (cracked) version as everyone else.

In fact, it could well be worse than 4:1, when you consider that there are people with literally dozens of cracked games on their harddrives.

In my experience, for every one person I know who owns a game legitimately, I know around 4 who have a cracked version. So this estimate does not run counter to my own intuitions.

Hmm. I see you point Tinny.

Come to think of it, I used to buy a crapload of pirated games when I was a bit younger. Mainly being because I didn't earn much money. My general rule of thumb is if I am less than impressed with a game, I'll buy the pirated version to try it out. Then I'll buy the proper version if I like it. I know its not right, but at the same time, why should I go through the risk where I'm not sure what I'm getting in the end? I guess thats not valid for most people, but its just the way I feel.

[Dohc-WP]

This is what gog is trying to do now is bring those old games back so people don't have to pirate it.
Its like we have been searching for Trick Style for many years and still have not find it in anyshop or online. The only way was a torrent...
I see they got Judge Dredd there.
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/judge...dredd_vs_death

found trickstyle about 4 years ago at incredible connection, paid about R89 for it

[to0kenZA]

Hmm. I see you point Tinny.

Come to think of it, I used to buy a crapload of pirated games when I was a bit younger. Mainly being because I didn't earn much money. My general rule of thumb is if I am less than impressed with a game, I'll buy the pirated version to try it out. Then I'll buy the proper version if I like it. I know its not right, but at the same time, why should I go through the risk where I'm not sure what I'm getting in the end? I guess thats not valid for most people, but its just the way I feel.

Hmm, I don't get why you would BUY the pirated version. That way you just end up buying it twice. Maybe not for the same price, but way more than you actually should. Lol