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    Anti-pirate pirates Deux Ex, injects surprise, uploads as torrent

    Pirated version redirects players to online piracy questionnaire a few hours into the game

    Lengthier investigation into this story here:

    Anti-Piracy Company Pirates Deus Ex in Controversial Experiment | TorrentFreak

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    Nic says in the article that most people responded that they would purchase the game if it was cheaper. I do not dispute that they said this; however it does seem a little too self-motivated to be taken seriously. They may have thought, "well, if enough people respond in this way, we might see a drop in prices..." Very controversial article.
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    Unfortunately for us in SA, these games are grossly overpriced. In the US, earning $$$, I dont see why you'd want to pirate?

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    Quote Originally Posted by markface View Post
    Unfortunately for us in SA, these games are grossly overpriced. In the US, earning $$$, I dont see why you'd want to pirate?
    Hence why the majority of pirates are from developing nations. There are people in SA who don't even know the difference between pirated and legal software. They certainly have no remorse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by strawberry View Post
    Nic says in the article that most people responded that they would purchase the game if it was cheaper. I do not dispute that they said this; however it does seem a little too self-motivated to be taken seriously. They may have thought, "well, if enough people respond in this way, we might see a drop in prices..." Very controversial article.
    Gabe Newell keeps saying the same thing as well.
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    Some people i know are aware of the difference but would rather get the pirate than spend money on the orignal even though they can afford it, they being cheap and i make them aware of this my friends and all... lol. But on the other hand i am actively getting some them to change over to orignals even if it is telling them to wait till a price drop which seems to be working well atm.

    So imho if some of the games were released at a lower price point i am sure they'd sell better.. Maybe if all games console and PC were priced at the PC price tag we would have a winner. Since PC versions are usually half the price of the console counterparts.

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    I'd have to agree, but when it comes to piracy PC's are the main pirating platform. If they kill some forms of DRM and bring down game prices by R100 at release, then maybe, just MAYBE they might be able to combat it. But then again some gamers are just cheap by nature :-P

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    Quote Originally Posted by will1023631 View Post
    I'd have to agree, but when it comes to piracy PC's are the main pirating platform. If they kill some forms of DRM and bring down game prices by R100 at release, then maybe, just MAYBE they might be able to combat it. But then again some gamers are just cheap by nature :-P
    I agree but also think the longer they take to fix it the worse its going to get and harder to fix. Meaning after while the pirates that would of bought game if it was cheaper stop looking at the price and just pirate out of habit.(AKA me ill wait for the steam special)

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    Buying secondhand is a good way to go.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost29 View Post
    They certainly have no remorse.
    Why should they?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kaytel View Post
    Why should they?
    Well I certainly don't want to work for free, do you?

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