pwnordie.com: Lately I've been considering piracy, no, not the high seas plundering and looting, Jack Sparrow kind, but the kind where people are downloading game releases via torrent and other means. What these people don't seem to comprehend is that they are, in effect, bringing about their own destruction. Not by the way you might think, as in being caught or prosecuted against, but by the might of the games companies simply making it pointless.
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Demigod
Legit: 18,000
Torrent Downloads: 102,000
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
But I always buy them.
I downloaded Oblivion when it first came out. Played it for about 2 hours. I had rented the ps3 version and played it a little bit. Last Week I finally bought Oblivion (pc) goty edition once it reached my pricepoint. Now Im 20+ hours in. I love that game.
I also downloaded psp games, but only the ones that I had a disc for so that I could put them on a memory card and play them without having to keep all those discs with me all the time. All torrent downloads aren't a bad thing. They need to see why people are downloading them.
Who eats crap over webcam to get money aka Xbox owners, since they don't buy games, they pirate them. Mwahaha.
I used to argue that DRM was the main demon for Pirating but with Demigod being pirated so much I cant argue that any longer. I think people are just getting too greedy now. Theres no excuse not to buy DemiGod. Now Riddick is one case I will say Pirate the hell out of it until they fix that overkill DRM. I am willing to buy Dark Athena as soon as they patch the DRM or release a revocation tool.
All of the games I own I either got a demo for it or downloaded it from torrents because there was no demo and if I liked the game I bought it but if I didnt like the game I deleted it completely.
Advertisers will shell out loads of cash to get there name and/or product out there to the masses. Modern games like GTA, Burnout, and Mirrors Edge can easily have in game adds without interrupting gameplay. Other games can do things like have a McDonald's loading screen or have power ups like The Doritos elixir or the Coca Cola healing potion.
There are lots of ways to turn piracy into just another means of profit. Imagine having the option to buy the game add free. Or download the game from a commercially sponsored site with lots of adds and some in game advertisements.
We just need a paradigm shift.
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As for the law about piracy right now. I think it should be based on yearly income.
For example:
If you make enough money to easily afford a few games, movies, and CD's every month you can go to jail and/or pay a fine for your act of high sea treachery.
If you barely have enough money to pay your bills and buy food(like me) you should be allowed to pillage a few wandering ships. Just don't go overboard.
There should also be a middle ground. For instance: I have a wall of DVD's that have been purchased legally but I also download a lot of movies too. I simply don't have the money to buy every move that is released. Heck there is more movies and TV shows being released every month than there is time to watch them.