Piracy in the gaming industry: Am I the only one seeing a pattern here?

[Raven Gold]

I agree with Isengard here. It's the whole basis of whati've been trying to say. PC gamers get shafted because there the only ones who stand up for them selves.

When I 1st heard of MW2, I was really excited, the R500 pricetag would well have been worth the greatest game ever when I 1st heard about it. Than everything elce that was part of the game slowly got leeched away. Than I just got a R10 DVD, copied it from someone, and just played the SP because I was curious about what happened to Soap and the lot.

That is NOT worth R500. It was barely woth the DVD and the effort to put it on there.

Some games I'de gladly pay R1000 for. Even the PC versions. But games as great as those are become fewer and fewer. And I won't get a console because than I'll just be supporting that trend.

Gaming is my passion. It's almost a religeon to me. And it pisses me off when it gets flooded with heathens that don't apreciate it. If you're not going to do something because you love it, don't do it at all.

[Azimuth]

Gaming is my passion. It's almost a religeon to me. And it pisses me off when it gets flooded with heathens that don't apreciate it. If you're not going to do something because you love it, don't do it at all.

Gamers who don't pay for their games don't appreciate them. The guy who buys Ponies IV is giving back more to the industry than you.

[Venom]

end of the day there must be balance ....
why are games pirated in the first place cause they are 2 expensive ....
We are gamers in fact PC gamers are the original gamers , last year I bought at least 8 games ...if they had to cost me R500 each that would be the same as buying a new LCD or better card , Why are they so expensive ....its a 2 rand disc in some packaging R100 bucks sounds fair .

If games become cheaper why would you need to pirate them

[Tsar]

end of the day there must be balance ....
why are games pirated in the first place cause they are 2 expensive ....
We are gamers in fact PC gamers are the original gamers , last year I bought at least 8 games ...if they had to cost me R500 each that would be the same as buying a new LCD or better card , Why are they so expensive ....its a 2 rand disc in some packaging R100 bucks sounds fair .

If games become cheaper why would you need to pirate them

People will still pirate. As why should they pay a cent when they can just download it.

[Azimuth]

We are gamers in fact PC gamers are the original gamers

No. Gaming started on console. Do some history homework, please. :P

And if games are too expensive for you, find a hobby you can afford. Simple. If you took up golf, and couldn't afford the equipment, would you just walk into a shop and take it? Probably not.

[Raven Gold]

And if games are too expensive for you, find a hobby you can afford. Simple. If you took up golf, and couldn't afford the equipment, would you just walk into a shop and take it? Probably not.

It's not about price and being able to afford it. It's about is the guy in the golf store busy smuggling drugs or ripping people off. Than I'de take the golf clubs (without paying) and smash the guy's face in.

The industry is starting to become corrupted. And there needs to be vigilantes.

[Azimuth]

It's not about price and being able to afford it. It's about is the guy in the golf store busy smuggling drugs or ripping people off. Than I'de take the golf clubs (without paying) and smash the guy's face in.

The industry is starting to become corrupted. And there needs to be vigilantes.

Your arguments are so completely retarded, there's no point in discussing this with you any further.

But I'll say this - you're a fucking parasite. You take, and you give nothing back. You are not a gamer. If you really feel that game companies are ripping you off, don't play their games. This business of stealing shit and pretending you're some sort of gentleman highwayman is absolute rubbish.

[MooDy]

People will still pirate. As why should they pay a cent when they can just download it.

Have to agree with this - Even if AAA titles were released with a R99 price tag people would still pirate them.

It's not about price and being able to afford it. It's about is the guy in the golf store busy smuggling drugs or ripping people off. Than I'de take the golf clubs (without paying) and smash the guy's face in.

The industry is starting to become corrupted. And there needs to be vigilantes.

[Necuno]

just waiting for the win reply of 'lets nationalise the publishers' or 'lets nationalise the developing houses'

Gamers who don't pay for their games don't appreciate them. The guy who buys Ponies IV is giving back more to the industry than you.

then they come and complain that casual gaming is fuckering their AAA titles

Why are they so expensive ....its a 2 rand disc in some packaging R100 bucks sounds fair .

sure lets pay you R10 your days work... it seems fair:

there goes a lot of effort and time into making a game; art, music, video and actual programming. been thinking about how much should a developing house charge for a title to return their budget spent in creating it. one of the questions then would be how much should i pay per hour being entertained by the game ? R45 like a short movie ?

If games become cheaper why would you need to pirate them

no V they wont ->

Have to agree with this - Even if AAA titles were released with a R99 price tag people would still pirate them.

exactly. who wants to pay R99 when you can dcc it for free.

Pffft all of you don't have my mighty stash of games. I still have most of my games. My hole chest of draws(six draws)are full of games, from heart of darkness(pc game) To S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of pipyat(Must say best stalker game ever.)

we just don't feel the need to brag avoub it . still have my very first legal game in it's original form... star wars rebel assault 1.

[larch]

It's not about price and being able to afford it. It's about is the guy in the golf store busy smuggling drugs or ripping people off. Than I'de take the golf clubs (without paying) and smash the guy's face in.

The industry is starting to become corrupted. And there needs to be vigilantes.

After reading all of your drivel I got a big sense of deja vu and now I know why:

Just like our friend Julius you seem to have lost touch with reality and what is going on in the gaming industry. And it has made you arrogant delusional thinking that your some Robin Hood of the gaming industry. It is a sad day for the gaming industry when people like you are what represents the gamer as a consumer or should I say thief?