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    Quote Originally Posted by Ike_009 View Post
    So kill the pirates then?
    Most of the time ,someone who pirates a game, was never going to buy the game in any event; So the insane amount of security isn't always warranted

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snare View Post
    [And they don't really release DLC]
    They do actually, but they do it the way it was done in the good old days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eugene View Post
    They do actually, but they do it the way it was done in the good old days.
    Ahhh; I'm not counting good guy upgrades and expanded editions

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snare View Post
    Ahhh; I'm not counting good guy upgrades and expanded editions
    Then you have to specify: paid DLC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snare View Post
    Most of the time ,someone who pirates a game, was never going to buy the game in any event; So the insane amount of security isn't always warranted
    True but devs and suits at EA don't know that
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snare View Post
    Most of the time ,someone who pirates a game, was never going to buy the game in any event; So the insane amount of security isn't always warranted
    I think there is a good split between the "will never buy" crowd and the people who will pirate a game simply because a demo is not available. I'm one of those who will get a pirated copy of a game I want if a playable demo is not available. This is purely because I cannot just rely on reviews (which can be biased), screenshots (which give you no indication of the game mechanics) or gameplay videos released by the developer/publisher. What does help are video reviews like what TotalBiscuit gives on YouTube, but this normally only happens after the game has been released and nullifies any attempt of stopping you from buying a crap title on pre-order.

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    I know that I'll buy a game if it's quality and only after I've played a demo. I pirated Bioshock 1 to see what it's like and also because at the time I couldn't afford it. I'm happy to say I am currently the legal owner of one of my most favourite games if I hadn't pirated it to try it out, who knows if I would have bought it.
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    Here is a small example of a trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZdanb02280 and now look at the gameplay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH6JnyfhJSI

    Now look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfOOOAN9e9w for the trailer and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWlW4rbq030 for the gameplay

    This is why I don't trust trailers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ike_009 View Post
    True but devs and suits at EA don't know that
    I'm pretty sure that they do know this; but are unwilling to lose ANY bit of revenue whenever possible, (not an unreasonable notion), thus we remain with the current security state.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PsychoFish View Post
    I think there is a good split between the "will never buy" crowd and the people who will pirate a game simply because a demo is not available. I'm one of those who will get a pirated copy of a game I want if a playable demo is not available. This is purely because I cannot just rely on reviews (which can be biased), screenshots (which give you no indication of the game mechanics) or gameplay videos released by the developer/publisher. What does help are video reviews like what TotalBiscuit gives on YouTube, but this normally only happens after the game has been released and nullifies any attempt of stopping you from buying a crap title on pre-order.
    True; quite a few of the games I own I pirated first or played it at a friends house to get a proper idea of what's going on. A demo-into-buy option would really make things easier for us and ease the burden of piracy on the publishers...of course this argument only holds if publishers ONLY release quality products

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