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

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Away for a few days and I miss all of this! YARR!!I do not mind the idea of pirating a game to 'try' it, but often human nature kicks in and once it is finished, a person would rather go buy something new than pay for something they just had.

Do you walk into a car dealership steal a car off the showroom floor drive it around for a week decide if you like it then pay for it? If you want to "try" a game play the demo or borrow the game from a friend or even go rent it at BTgames. But this pirate and "try it" for awhile is one of the sorriest excuses ever.

The industry is becoming more and more money mad. They seem to be always looking for a way to fleece another buck from the consumer. Not all the companies are as such, but I am ever seeing this as a growing trend.

So that gives him the right to take what is not his? Do you how much it cost to develop a game? A typical modern video game can cost from $1,000,000 to over $20,000,000 to develop . Now take that and times it by R7.6 and that is not even considering the advertising and PR that goes with it not to mention the packaging manuals and everything else that goes with it. Then there is import taxes and shipping fees all of these add up this isn't 1996 just like food and everything else the price of any goods will increase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_development

If you can afford the consoles and the big screen tv`s you play it on not to mention paying for PC upgrades each year or less then you can afford to actually buy the games simple as that. To suggest otherwise would be hypocritical. The developers need to make money the gaming industry isn't a charity they aren't here to make us games at their loss or expense it is an entertainment form just like movies and if we want to keep seeing good AAA titles we have to pay simple as that.

I would like to hope common sense will kick in sooner than later on the consumers behalf regarding voting with ones wallet, nevertheless it is not going to happen anytime soon when looking at gamers spending habit (Collectors Editions and such).

I would gladly pay for my gaming habit, by buying a game you are showing support for your favorite developer which means you get better and better games and more sequels. But this vigilante piracy crap is what got the PC industry into the mess in the first place. Blame the developers? No no no. Lay the blame squarely on the gamers who keep on pirating and justifying it with their 5 grader excuses.