I was going to buy Assassin’s Creed 2 until the new DRM was announced. Now I’m just waiting for a good cracked torrent. Progress is being made!
And why is that a bad thing?
Piracy often =/= buying, but not buying =/= buying. So where is the difference? In whether you would have bought the game if you couldn’t pirate it. And I think the majority of people don’t buy games that they can otherwise afford.
What’s so bad about DRM?
It’s restrictive and unethical.
I’m going to buy AC2, and then I am going play the cracked version so I don’t have to deal with the crappy DRM.
Also, it is a bad thing because it shows poor character to expect to have access to things without having to pay for it.
What gives yo the right to get things you can’t pay for? Where does this sense of entitlement come from?
People who oppose piracy are the same greedy slime that oppose masturbation for moralistic reasons.
The theft metaphor is getting really stale.
I think this one fits the scenario much more accurately.
I pirate games to test them out. If I like it I buy it. If I don’t then I delete and never play it again. It’s like… a full length demo!
Movies on the other hand… B)
piracy is BAD!
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Alot of the people who say piracy is bad are secretly pirating anyway.
Piracy FTW!
“Oooooooh, the big greedy corporations are out to get you! Get the tin foil hats on before they control your minds!”
That’s because pirates keep giving bullshit arguments, all of which can be nullified by simply reminding them that [COLOR=‘Red’]“IT’S FUCKING STEALING!!!”[/SIZE]
Except it’s not.
Except it is. I don’t pirate games unless they have bullshit DRM that’s less hassle when stolen.
Stealing removes the original from the owner. Pirating leaves the original to the owner and makes a copy. Companies don’t lose money from piracy, they just don’t earn it. And fyi I stopped pirating stuff long ago.
But the copies are distributed to torrent sites, thus buying is not necessary. So yes, they do loose money.
Just because you lose money doesn’t mean it’s been stolen. Loss != Theft.
However, I don’t really see the link in someone believing that you should pay for games rather than pirating them makes me greedy. I still don’t see where people believe they are entitled to things they don’t really need, but rather just want.
You think a game is overpriced, then don’t buy it. You don’t NEED the game, so resorting to illegal means to play it isn’t an excuse. DRM isn’t an excuse to not pay for a game. However if the DRM causes the terms of use to be violated then I see nothing wrong with taking measure to ensure you get to play the game.
In my mind DRM is a perfect excuse to not pay for a game. I’m pretty much always a paying customer. All of the games on my PC are legal purchases. But when their ridiculous theft protection is more of a hindrance for the paying customers and is basically a virus on your computer, I find that to be good reason to not support that developer and their bad business practices.
It’s not the developer who generates the DRM. It’s most often the publisher.
That argument doesn’t really make sense though. You don’t want to have to pay for something you would have if not for software that restricts you? Why not just buy the game and run the workaround?
You don’t seem to understand. It’s the idea of the DRM I’m against. I’m not going to purchase something and support that idea. That and I don’t want that shit on my PC to begin with.
As someone who is 100% against piracy, I will say that Assassin’s Creed II’s DRM is complete shit!
Many of you guys who are against piracy might be in places where video games are on the more affordable range, or at least, not outrageous.
elsewhere, like in many developing countries, original video games are expensive. 1 video game = 1 month of working.
Maybe those countries should have other priorities than video games?
Also, I am aware Aussies get screwed for no good reason.
I’d say more so the people living there if it takes a month of work to get one game.
“If I just sacrifice toilet paper hot water and paying the phone bill!”
“Heat, shmeat! I can take the cold!”