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

[Necuno]

This is utterly pointless trying explaining things to people who cannot understand what I am saying

seems to be you issue here too

[Strifehart]

seems to be you issue here too

Jeez Larch, since when do you have a "me-too"?

[Necuno]

Jeez Larch, since when do you have a "me-too"?

pffft. no cheezeburgrz fir you mr Air


btw, afaik fire is red not air....

[Strifehart]

This is air :

Nice try though. :P

[Tank]

own article eh?

Fail detected

http://www.prophecy.co.za/forums/top...hed-a-new-low/

[Blackhand]

Fail detected

When proving "fail", ensure links to proof work.

[Skurm]

The link is valid, it's just not visible to non-registered and authorised peoples.

I'll wait for Cpt Crunch to repost here. Either way, this is gonna be... interesting.

/stands back and waits for the fireworks show...

[Azimuth]

Even if the publishers "backed down", the pirates wouldn't. Some would, but the reality is most people would be petty criminals if basic laws weren't enforced. That's the situation with piracy, its like a big looting zerg and the only reason not to partake are your morals/conscience. "If your clued up enough to upgrade your video card to play games, your clued up enough to pirate them."

I'm inclined to disagree with you here - I mean, I don't pirate anything at all ever despite having the means to do so - but I think you're probably right. Just look at any disaster-stricken area, and the first thing everyone does is loot. It's a sad indictment of the human condition, isn't it? :/

In the short term, the publishers STILL need to back down because they aren't even slowing down piracy. All they are doing is hurting their legit customers, I dare say they may even be giving a few of them incentive to go investigate this piracy thing. If they back down they may even win back the odd ex-legit customer. They should also focus more on giving big incentive to purchase the original copy (multiplayer, extra free content on registration etc.).

I do agree that DRM doesn't work. It really only affects the legitimate customers, which is ultimately self-defeating. I do, however, think it's a shame that developers and publishers are now looking to include incentives to purchase - shouldn't doing the right thing and buying be enough? That's idealistic, of course, but again, a sad indictment of the human condition.

And tehNihilist: I kinda get what you're saying. To me, the ends of piracy - buying or not buying a game - are pretty much black and white. But it's not quite as simple as that in practice, ever. I mean, I'm sure loads of kids pirate simply because they want to play games and can't afford them, for example. Now, I think that if you can't afford something, you just can't have it. But like so many other things, that's easier said than done. So yes, it's a complex issue. I don't think there's ever a good reason to pirate something, but I think some reasons are better than others.

[Necuno]

The link is valid, it's just not visible to non-registered and authorised peoples.

I'll wait for Cpt Crunch to repost here. Either way, this is gonna be... interesting.

/stands back and waits for the fireworks show...

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[Tank]

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