Beautiful Desolation developers plea to those who illegally download it

As we know Piracy in the entertainment and gaming industry can sometimes be out of control, and when it comes to small companies or indie dev teams it truly can be devastating. As it seems to be the case for indie developers The Brotherhood who has just launched Beautiful Desolation is having issues with piracy at the moment and has made a plea to those who are downloading it illegally to think about making a purchase instead.

[MeteorPanda]

The ppl who pirate indie games are usually ppl who really can't afford games be it because age, country or financial situation. You aren't losing much because of them.

[littletad]

That's still no reason to pirate games and let the hard-working small team go without the means to meet the fruit of their labor. If you pirate games, you're as low as they get.

[carcarias]

"If you pirate games, you're as low as they get".

Yeah, forget those rapists and murderers man, copyright infringement is just THE worst ;)

Besides, did you even read what you wrote? You basically said that people not having the money to buy a game isn't an excuse for them to not pay the developers and buy the game. What?

[MeteorPanda]

so do you think watching a streamer play a game and you yourself not purchasing it afterwards is not the same thing? Streamed games have a higher loss of sales due to people who were curious about a purchase get their fill watching it played.

I pirated when l was a kid, now l don't. last time l checked there are still kids around so pirating is going to happen.

[carcarias]

Yeah, it's like you say. Also, the devs are making the age-old mistake of assuming downloads = missed sales.

When pirating a game is as easy as going to a site and clicking a link for all the latest releases, people end up pirating just for the sake of it.

Most games aren't played and those that are often end up being played for a short while and then not touched again until the person needs to uninstall to clear disk space.

I mean, how many people have games they've actually bought just sitting there, unplayed or hardly touched, on their Steam account? If people are like that with games they've purchased then...

I'm sure there are missed sales, just not anything like the amount of times a game gets downloaded.

[TehDiTH]

Anyone who pirates games, enjoys them and then does not buy them is a douche.

[PCgamer98]

I feel bad for them since the game isn't even that expensive and It's like 8 bucks on steam right now.

[ElementX]

It just came out, the current price in the US is $18.

[PCgamer98]

Well here in my country it's equivalent to 8 bucks.

[Sirk7x]

If you pirate a game and really enjoy it, and feel like you should have paid for it, buy a copy for a friend or family member so they can experience it too.

[Activemessiah]

Pirate games from EA... not Indies