nothing

nothing

>>22747552
>>22747550
nothingmind

nothing

raid people's houses and beat the shit out of them

Stop making games.
If they really want to kill, piracy their, sworn enemy... They need to stop making games.

Release games on consoles.

Include cool things in the box that make it worth my purchase.

>>22747516
Nothing, because you can never stop piracy.

Now shut the fuck up about it and enjoy your games, unless you have stocks in the videogame companies, then you are allowed to rage.

Nothing

kill the scene

If people can steal it they will... they are idiots.

>>22747516

Welcome to /v/, I hope you enjoy your first week here.

>>22747592

This. I bought Fallout 3 for the bobblehead and lunchbox otherwise I would've pirated

Deal with it faggots, piracy will always happen.

There is no piracy problem. It's publisher propaganda.

decent multiplayer + cd keys

>>22747613

a scene? you're a retard

>>22747589
seconded, "next generation" games suck anyways

Valve does a pretty good job at forcing me to buy games.

Realistically, online only games, like WARHAWK and stuff.

Mutliplayer. Steam. <1% Piracy Rate.

>>22747576
This.
They should make a deal with government or something that grants them the rights to do anything.
Piratefags would be killed once and for all.
Only ones that would be objecting it would be the ones who motherfucking pirates so there is no fucking reason to not give game makers right to raid houses and shit.

Release via Steam.

lol our game sold bad

LETS BLAME THE PIRATES LOL

we don't pirate spore/fallout 3 any more then the fucking games that did poorly, if anything MORE people pirated spore/fallout 3. They just like to blame us, its cool

>>22747667
Yup. Gee, I wonder what company has been focused on that business model recently...

PC gaming is dead thanks to piracy.

>>22747784

>>steam can't be pirated

reaction.jpg

every game on steam is pirated

even multiplayer only ones have private servers

>>22747797
:)

>>22747804

lol

Public games only. You can no longer own any sort of electronic equiptment at home capable of running advanced program, at the penalty of death.

i suppose the only real answer to it is to either make lesser games or reduce the price of them.

Same kind of registeration system that is on CoH:Opposing Fronts. Makes me rage everytime I remember it.

>>22747804

YEAH A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY, SURE IS DEAD LOLOL

World of Goo has a 90% piracy rate. It's cheap, and has no DRM. And yet it got pirated to hell.

Which just goes to show: Pirates are pricks, who have no logical justification for their acts. They are just total pricks.

>>22747819
yeah, but the private servers are limited in number and have a tendency to suck balls and/or be filled with Germans.

Make everything online only and make sure you fuck over any chance of private servers.

A piracy deterent you say?

>>22747861

pirates don't register hurr durr

>>22747550

Games should use a new format instead of CD.

put all games on steam
or you could do what wow does (you could, but you shouldn't)

>>22747819
Before I bought TF2, I pirated it to see how well my system would handle it. Playing on russian private servers is not fun, and not only were there few of them, there were also few players on them.

Pirating Steam games, at least the ones with online multiplayer, is just not worth the trouble.

>>22747875

I don't use them, I still buy multiplayer games that don't suck (so not all that many) but still, just sayin'

>>22747894

like the unpiratable hand helds?

>>22747819
>>even multiplayer only ones have private servers

yes, shitty ass server filled with angry germans , strupid polaks and drunken/pisspoor russians

>>22747873

The guy whining about piracy also said that it was selling well. Stardock has no DRM, gets pirated like crazy, and they're making a very nice profit. Spore had tons of DRM, still got pirated to hell, and probably still made a small fortune.

I hear CS:S has plenty of normal private servers

>>22747873

>>HEY GUYS I MAKE UP STATISTICS LOL

Something like how these fuckers manage it, online only and shit so nobody even tries to pirate it.

assassinate the hamachi developers

>>22747940
So? Your justification for pirating it LOL THEY STILL MAKE MONEY?

Hey. Go steal a car from a dealership. THEY'LL STILL MAKE MONEY FROM OTHER SALES, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER!

Fuck you.

>>22747969
YES, LETS MAKE EVERY GAME A MMORPG!

Fallout 3 leaked 3 weeks early for 360, and was up the day before the pc release and being pirated to fuck and the game sold over 4 million in the first week

if a game you like didn't sell well, its because it sucks balls, get over it.

>>22747983

YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A CAR!

>>22747894
Maybe...just maybe...they could use...


DVD's!!!!

Pirates hurt sales for actually decent games while bitching about casual games and shovelware saturating the market?

Sounds about right.

>>22747962
Actually, World of Goo automatically submits your scores online, so the developers have a pretty damn good idea of exactly how many people have it installed vs people who purchased it.

Instill a sense of ethics and virtue in the gaming populace.

Aside from that, lock the shit down so it's impossible to pirate without screwing over the consumer too bad.

>>22747983

>>stealing is the same as piracy

LOL

just like the commercial lololol

>>22747873
Maybe we figured something reminiscent of a flash game isn't worth the money?

>>22747983
Pirates defending their piracy habits are so great at trying to make their weak excuses sound big.

If you're really going to pirate, don't show off about it and try to convince yourself that you're doing no wrong.

NOTHING WILL SELL TO TRUE PIRATES.

If we are talking about a freeloader type of person the game will NOT sell under any circumstances. I have a friend who pirated the Orange Box for the single player experience, he loved the games but refuses to buy them which pisses me off.

Simply put...people who have the potential to buy games, WILL buy games regardless of DRM, online only or being easy to pirate.

ITT

HOW DARE YOU MOSTLY MIDDLE CLASS BASTARDS COST A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY A SMALL FRACTION OF THEIR PROFITS

>>22748048
Why not? If it's a fun game that's well made, why shouldn't you pay for it? Because it's 2D with vector based graphics?

That's fucking stupid. You're fucking stupid.

>>22747516
Make better games. I bought Fallout, Fallout 2, Deus Ex, Arcanum... you know, good games.

>>22748052

just because something is illegal doesn't make it wrong

>>22748052
Somebody will bring up dynamic ip addresses against this but in such huge numbers against purchases it's still relevant.

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>>22747873
>Pirates
>Small fraction

>>22748124
Try saying that in court, they'll think you're a comedian.

>>22748075
Except World of Goo is made by two blokes in a garage in some shithole somewhere. That "BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY" doesn't share their IMMENSE WEALTH with them automatically.

>>22748043

they already screw the consumer over TOO much and it doesn't keep out pirates

good luck with that

People at least try to make an excuse when stealing music: "The RIAA is screwing the artist over so I'm gonna give him even less money blah blah blah" but when it comes to games, you're just denying the creators what is rightfully theirs. There isn't a big cartel involved like there is with music.

companies could make their games free
that would stop a lot of piracy

or to almost completely eliminate it they could pay you to play their game

Make it very, very, VERY, Federal-level illegal.

And they could.

And they will. Shit will be so funny.

>>22747516

>So /v/ what could companies realistically do to prevent piracy?

Make good games?

Oh, you said realistically.

Make games for macs

So? Your justification for buying it used LOL THEY STILL MAKE MONEY?

Hey. Go buy a used car from a private seller. THE DEALERSHIP WILL STILL MAKE MONEY FROM OTHER SALES, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER!

Fuck you.

>>22747873
>Pirate caused profit losses
>Only a small fraction
LOL

>>22748047
You're still getting something for free. And don't give me that "HURR THEY STILL HAVE THE PRODUCT AFTER YOU PIRATE" bullshit. You are not paying $50 for the disk, box and manual, you are paying to make up for all the money spent actually developing the fucking game

>>22748148

so right and wrong is based on geography then?

I can go from one state where something is legal and to another where it is illegal. I can do something that is legal here but if I go to another country where it isn't, I'm immoral? So if it is illegal anywhere, it should be wrong? Or are morals really based on geography?

im a student, i would'n have had the money to buy the game anyway :\

pirates offer the best product for the best price

Well, I don't pirate movies that come with slipcases. Anything good and collectors edition really.

>>22748100
It's a tech demo. Tech that isn't useful for anything at that

>>22748205

This.

>>22748156

I don't give a shit about that shitty game

WHERE'S YOUR FREE MARKET NOW?

in 5-10 years, DLing something willget you V& faster than CP.

Enjoy the YAR HAR days while they last.

>>22747873
>World of Goo has a 90% piracy rate. It's cheap, and has no DRM. And yet it got pirated to hell.
It's a fucking flash game. Who's stupid enough to pay for a flash game?

>>22748242
Partially, you can't expect to go to a country and expect them to let you off because you did something that's illegal in their country and not in another.

Why do I pirate shit? Because I don't fucking care.

I don't give a shit what happens to the developers, or consumers, or producers, or whoever.

If I can get shit for free I would. I'd steal money out of a till if the repercussions and risks were the same as that of software piracy.

I'm not trying to justify my actions, I'm saying my actions don't need justification.

Fuck off you moral cunts.

Secretly hardcode a destructive virus into the game that is dynamically neutralized when you download the game through the game developer's purchasing system

YOUR GAME FUCKED UP MY COMPUTER FAGGOTS

IT COULDN'T HAVE, YOU NEVER BOUGHT THE GAME, WHY WOULD YOU EVEN HAVE IT LOL

>>22748169
>There isn't a big cartel involved

The developers are paid regular wage even if the game brings in billions. Your reasoning is laughable, it's fucking slave labor

>>22748273
Tower of Goo is a tech demo.
World of Goo isn't.

Games will be inevitably pirated no matter what the developers do. They are trying to put a price on an intangible good. What the industry needs is to evolve from the software-based model and make something revolutionary.

All it takes is for a genius to solve this riddle.

>>22748360
Which part of TWO BLOKES IN A FUCKING GARAGE didn't you understand?

>>22748328
It's a flash game because it's a 2D game.
2D games intrinsically have no worth.
Makes perfect sense.

>>22748359

until someone who legitimately bought the game mounts it with powerISO or uses a crack so they don't have to put the disk in all the time and get a virus and sue them.

Sell them on Steam, because Steam is loveable pirate protection.

>>22748180

This.

make games hell of cheap
and be able to download them faster than a torrented one

>>22748353
One day, you're gonna need someone to help you. And there will be no one there for you. Enjoy your cold death. Alone.

>>22748388

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NORMAL GAMES NOT YOUR SHITTY WORLD OF GOO, NOBODY CARES ABOUT THAT SHITTY GAME

>>22748406
>It's a flash game because it's a 2D game.
>2D games intrinsically have no worth.
>Makes perfect sense.
No, it's a flash game because it's a flash game. It's not fucking Chaos Engine or Tyrian. It's Newgrounds material.

take down The Pirate Bay, isohunt, and all of the other bittorrent tracking sites.

>>22748431

>>having morals gets you friends

lol.....

CD Keys work for multiplayer games. It's how Blizzard made their money.
No, seriously.

>>22748452
You couldn't beat the first world, could you?

>>22748431

I live in the UK, our huge socialist government helps fucking everyone. Why do you think people from all over the world flock to us to get free money off the government.

>>22748409

If you have the 'virus' why do you need the the CD check.

DREP.

>>22748315

lol

>>22748353

This

devs should host their game on torrent sites and put in a virus that doesnt activate until about a week and a half so it could spread like wildfire

>>22748315

hm, many countries it isn't even illegal

so, there goes your plan

plus, do you really think they have the resources for that? big brother isn't as big as he's apparently scaring you into believing.

make every game an MMO

>>22748534

people put viruses up on those sites all the time

never actually works, because its easy to find

BAWWWWW about the big bad pirates to yourself

>>22748498

what about the actual RETAIL copies

>>22748582
but im a pirate...
thats why i was thinking of the week timer on it to prevent initial detection

>>22748409
User agreement specifically states that you are not allowed to do shit like that.
You must use the legally bought real actual disc to boot the game.
And only allowed modifications to the installation are OFFICIAL patches. (Cracks are illegal no matter how many copies of the game you own.)

World of Goo is not newgrounds material. Jesus Christ thats the worst excuse I've ever heard. The game fucking oozed polish that no newgrounds game could ever even hope to muster.

The simple fact of the matter is 90% of people downloaded World of Goo because they didn't want to put down twenty bucks on a game that showcased gameplay never seen before. No one knows if it's going to suck or not.

Problem is, after people downloaded it, they loved it, beat it, and then saw no reason to purchase the game after already playing through it.

World of Goo is a fucking fantastic game. Fuck you idiots calling it a flash game. It's much more than a flash game. Just because it's not 3D does not mean it does not deserve your business.

Faggots.

>what could companies realistically do to prevent piracy?

offer us something more than just a disc in a box, like a t-shirt or something.

>>22748409

Legal bullshit would cover loopholes like that. After all, using external programs to emulate the disc or using a crack would violate the End User License Agreement included with the game.

WHICH NO ONE EVER READS

AHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

>>22748621

a virus that doesn't activate for a set time is still a virus, it isn't INVISIBLE until it activates, god damn

ITT: Hardcore gamers without morals who only pirate and play hardcore games for hardcore gamers without morals like themselves. They don't need puzzle games. They don't need to care about other people, even if those other people feed and clothe them, or provide them with a house to live in, or an internet connection. They don't need logic or reason. They don't need anything. Because they are hardcore gamers. So hardcore. So awesome.

FUCK THE SYSTEM. FUCK THE TWO GUYS TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING. FUCK THE PLANET. FUCK YOU ALL, BECAUSE I PIRATE VIDEO GAMES. I AM SO AWESOME. I DON'T EVEN VOTE, BECAUSE I'M TOO HARDCORE. YEAH!

>>22748643

yeah ok, companies are getting sued over using DRM and you don't think they would get sued over knowingly putting a virus in their product?

>>22748409
Except if this were the hypothetical situation described the game wouldn't contain the virus because if the person downloaded it legitimately it would have been disabled inside of the code before it even got to the consumer's hard drive.

>>22748651
but if its a virus that doesnt currently exist how would you know the difference unless you decompiled the .exe and looked closely yourself?

Steam + Stardock's Impulse have the right idea.

They should hack patches with some epic encoder and only let ppl patch with their online system.

Of course add meaningfull shit in the patches not just crash fix #163453.

New clases/weapons/units/maps in patches.
Cool shit like TF2 achievments.
A cool community with lots of fun shit to do.

>>22748638

>>50-60$ T-shirt

............

>>22748632

hey guess what

don't care

>>22748148
no its true, legality and morality are not the same thing. Most courts of law would agree, they do not answer questions of justice, only law.

>>22748694

because game code never makes mistakes

a "glitch" as it were

games code is glitch free

rite?

>>22748766
MAN. YOU ARE SO HARDCORE. CAN I BE YOUR FRIEND? FUCK NO I CAN'T, YOU'RE TOO HARDCORE TO HAVE FRIENDS.

>>22747983
Jesus Christ thats the most ridiculous compromise ewa

>>22748805

now you're getting it

>>22748805

butthurt is butthurt

>>22748632
it's gameplay I'd seen 5 years ago with tower of goo. if it had been $10, I'd have bought it but $20 is too much for an indie game

I only pirate games which are really old and I can't find anymore like Postal 2 and games which use shitty DRM like Fallout 3 and Far Cry 2.

every moralfag in this thread is a Spore or Alone in the Dark 5 developer.

>>22748907
Person 1: Retarded statement
Person 2: "You are fucking retarded"
Person 1: "LOL UR BUTTHURT" Current status: Crying.

>>22748766
You obviously care enough to respond cool and edgy teenager.

hai /v/ i ticked every console.

>>22748970

read the replies

that doesn't apply

>>22748930
>games which use shitty DRM like Fallout 3
A single disc-check is "Shitty DRM"? You can fucking bypass it by launching the engine executable instead of the launcher!

>>22748987

hah

>>22748975

lol

I also just replied to a thread about a smiley face

I care about smiley faces lulz

I didn't buy or pirate World of Goo

>>22748987
>All Games
>Ps3 Unticked.

Did you mean that or were you typing too fast?

>>22748990
Yes it does.

>>22749045
>Typing too fast
>check box
*facepalm*
I was clicking too fast and unticked it.

>>22749045

WOOSH

Guise, lets be fair, and have some fucking respect.

World of Goo is worth a download.

>>22749057

whatever makes you fell better I guess

>>22749101

feel* lulz

>>22748632
>The simple fact of the matter is 90% of people downloaded World of Goo because they didn't want to put down twenty bucks on a game that showcased gameplay never seen before. No one knows if it's going to suck or not.
It had a demo of the entire first fifth of the game. Argument concluded.

Give us incentive to buy it

>>22749092

I pirate the fuck out of everything and didn't download that

what the fuck is world of goo

>>22749146
A shitty game.

>>22749137
Why not play the demo? If you like what you see, consider purchasing the full game?

>>22747516
>So /v/ what could companies realistically do to prevent piracy?

Make games actually worth buying.

BRB pirating

Lower prices at around 20 30$.
Profit.

Steam /thread

>>22749165

a lot of games don't have demos anymore

and some pirates (pirate moralfags) just use pirating to see if they like the game, if not, delete, if so, they buy

but the rest of us just pirate because we don't give a fuck

Silly argument, since without the ability to pirate, people just... wouldnt bother with the game.Its not like its essential to every day life now is it.

>>22749179

not pirate proof /lol

I bet if this topic was about putting privacy protection on porn, all the moralfags' opinions would be much different.

release on steam WITHOUT EXTRA DRM

or

awesome shit in the box (cloth maps, ship blueprints, etc)

>User End agreement says that you can't do that!! HA HA!

To all the idiots who say that:

Just because they make you sign a contract doesn't mean that it becomes illegal if there's no precedence for it.

You can make a contract with a stranger saying that you get to kill the stranger, but just because you have it, doesn't mean that they're going to deem the contract legal in court, and they'll still throw your ass in prison.

Same goes in reverse. If the contract is in violation of your rights, then the contract doesn't mean jack shit.

>what could companies realistically do to prevent piracy?

make games that don't suck

Once you know you can get any game you want for free without consequences, no form of incentives can sway you to buy anymore. Your perception of value is warped and nothing will ever truly satisfy you anymore since you can simply download games at the click of a mouse, and delete them just as quickly.

>>22749242
you cant prevent piracy only reduce it /thread

Make all games MMOs with monthly subscriptions, and keep all account information on the servers instead of clients.

>>22749196
Why don't you give a fuck? Do you expect others to give a fuck about you? I presume you still live at home. Do you expect food and shelter? Even if you do live alone, you must work for money right?

That "I don't care about anything" attitude, will pretty much cause you to have a pathetic life. It doesn't matter how great your life is right now, it will go down the shitter.

Of course, I expect no more than a "I don't give a fuck about what you think" response, so...

I'm a pirate that doesn't care and never will give a shit so I'm not justifying anything by any means, but a majority of the games I pirated, I would have never bought, I used to be way too wary of new games because I had bought too many that turned out to be utter shit. And some games, while ok, would have definitely not been a purchase.

The argument against DRM is that it doesn't stop piracy, it *can't* stop piracy, all it does is piss of legit consumers.

For example, my copy of prince of persia: the two thrones for pc (lol console game on pc) doesn't work any more because the DRM on it (Starforce I think) won't work with vista. So that's... I dunno, however much it was. I got it on budget I think so say $25. $25 wasted.

That's the argument against DRM. It doesn't work at stopping piracy, at all. Never has. What it *does* do is make the product worse and more annoying for legitimate buyers.

>>22749306

BAWWWWWWWW

online that doesn't suck dick that you need a valid key for

/thread

The ACTA act was a step in the right direction.
The police need to not be bound by one country's laws, instead they should be able to work under a special international law, and be able to have stict, and harsh punishments for pirates and ISPs.

They should be able to take down pirate sites without the need for a warrant, trial or anything else.

This would stop piracy in it's tracks.

>>22747592
Because the game itself isn't worth money, but a fucking artbook or soundtrack is?

>>22749351
Hit a little too close to home?

>>22749266

You act like it would be unreasonable for someone altering the game to bypass security measures with third party hacks and cracks to be forbidden in the End User License Agreement.

Contract with someone for you to kill them: Stupid, you go to jail.

Contract with someone for them not to misuse or alter your product in a way that allows them to use it without paying for it? Not quite

>>22749306

lol pirating suddenly equals a person in the ghetto or something now? hahahaha

you're like those people at the retail stores that try SUPER HARD and in the end of the day get paid the exact same wage as all the workers sitting in the back talking and doing jack shit. Hey they might get a dollar raise woopy.

Trying harder and giving as hit only matters if it benefits YOU, not the company you work for, because there is NO reason to care.

btw I'm using retail as an example because since you jump to conclusions, I'll do the same and assume that is your line of work.

>>22747516
I'm just wondering - where the hell can you find out about what games are selling best? How do they total that shit up? What site shows how well certain games are doing?

>>22749399

I'm gonna go pirate more games while you sit here.

>>22749365

So police should disregard all laws about fair trial and due process in order to attempt to end piracy (they won't end piracy).

But not for murders, pedophiles, terrorists, drug lords etc...

I still buy games that I really like, and even reserve games when I am a fan of the franchise. The best thing they could do is include physical extras, especially extras that are incorporated into gameplay. Like someone already said, cloth maps are always great. Artbooks and soundtracks are good too. That upcoming Ghibli game for the DS has the right idea; I wish more developers would do stuff like that.

But not in the form of guidebooks, and a game that asks you what it says on the bottom of page 23 for security, that's definitely not what I'm talking about.

>>22749423
You don't have to live in a ghetto to have a shitty life. Enjoy your narrow perception of reality. Kind of hard to see the sun from the basement, I guess.

Every time I see an anti pirate thread, just for fun, I seed another game at twice the speed.

>>22749549

Arrrr.

>>22749522

>>all pirates live in their basement

enjoy your narrow perception on life

>>22749482
Piracy is a SERIOUS threat to the economy of many major countires.

Why should law enforcement have to tip toe around laws of other countries when it is affecting their country's economy directly?

The only people who don't support ACTA are pirates or people who who have something to hide.

>Make games that don't suck

Everyone who says this is lying through their damn teeth

Gee, I'm unprincipled enough to pirate in the first place, at with that in mind, a choice has come to me!

-Get a shitty game for free

-Get a good game for free

>>22749423
You don't have to live in a ghetto to have a shitty life. Enjoy your narrow perception of reality. I guess it's kind of hard to see the world from the basement.

In any case, you probably rely on others for support. And yet, you don't give a shit about them. Wonderful.

>>22747516
Awesome face, didn't read.

Why don't you come up with your own jokes instead of just stealing them from Something Awfail?

1. Hire the guys that crack and hack your games
2. Pay them to write security or do a small money deal where they get a payment if they don't hack and can prevent hacking.
3. Since they're getting money out of the deal and probably the game as well they'll be less apt to pass it around and might also be enticed into shutting their website down.

At the very least it would cut off a portion of pirates who are leechers instead of providers.

If I like the game I pirate. I buy it. I don't wanna waste money on shit.

PS3 games can't be pirated..

Game companies don't even need to give a shit about piracy anyway. They make more than enough money as it is.

blablabla
i couldn't care less, i get games FOR FREE
beat that

>>22749678

/thread

>>22749619

find all drug dealers

pay them tons o' money to stop dealing drugs

DRUG PROBLEM SOLVED

I steal games because it's cheaper and easier than going to the store and buying them, and the risk of punishment is nearly non-existant. I save my money for things that are much more difficult and risky to steal, to the point that working enough hours to pay for it is easier than stealing it. I'm a smart consumer, always taking the path of least resistance.

>>22749594

just like hybrid cars are a threat to oil companies because they cost them a tiny bit of profits

OH SHI-

>>22749615
That comic is old as hell.

>>22749678
You are now imagining Sakurai holding his kitty tightly as they share a can of soup together. Sakurai sobs to himself, apologizing over and over that he couldn't afford proper food this week.

>>22749706

That'd mean 99% of US economy.

With pirates you only need to buy out like 20 to 30 big Scene groups and you're home free.

Others groups will be formed, so every 6 months or so buy those out to.

>>22749777
A 20$ gift card and a T-Shirt.

>>22749594

no it isn't...

>>22749742

/thread tbh

PIRATES ARE THE REASON THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS DEEEEEEAAD

>>22749837

No, lack of talent is.

When I play a game I really love, I want to throw my money at the people who made it. I've bought multiple copies of several games, and given the others to friends as presents.

But most games are really shit right now. Speaking of good games, though, does anyone know where I can buy a physical copy of the Space Rangers 2 expansion?

>>22747516
make games worth the cold hard cash i'd need to put down to buy it instead of making crap and overpricing it (£40/£50 for a new game? FUCK OFF.)
plus if it's a pc game, make sure it runs well on older computers as well rather than making people shell out money they can't afford to upgrade to the latest hardware just to play "generic shootan gaem 5".

>>22749777

you must not be in the pirate comment boxes much, a single person often beats the scene groups when it comes to cracking, but eventually the scene groups releases one as well and since it is recognized more, it gets seeded a lot more, but usually the initial crack is a single unknown person, and there are plenty of em'. With or without scene groups it would get done

PLUS the more important part of this logic is, hey why work for a living? I can just form a cracking group, get paid by government and then bam, free money

if anything it would create the incentive to learn how to crack games.

>>22749649
Which is why they're really fucking expensive.

Seriously, if they completely eliminate piracy, we'll be coughing up 150$ for any major title. Or why are console games - which are hard, if not impossible in PS3's case - to pirate always more expensive than PC titles? Why am I supposed to pay 10 additional bucks for Fallout 3 if I want to play it on a console instead of a PC? This also says something about the argument that piracy makes games more expensive.

Pic kinda related but not really.

anit pirate shit blah blah blah, nobody gives a shit

the real question is

why, in OPs pic, is he playing the game on the computer with a controller.

>>22749977

Fuck it then, just V& the groups.

This is why you see Fallout 3, Final Fantasy 13, Megaman 9, Warcraft 3, Dynasty Warriors 6, Halo 3, Heroes of Might and Magic 5, etc etc etc. Developers keep making their series that sell well because they don't want to take chance on making a new game because you won't take the chance to try something new. If you poorfags won't spend a measly $50 on a new game, continuation or not, then I say make a new law: if you are caught illegally downloading something then you get ass raped with a $10,000 fine per download and 1 year in prison for download. Not fair? Neither is pirating.

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>>22749977
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>>22749619
It's this kind of thinking that turned the witness protection program in to a government funded retirement program for mobsters.