If music, software and movies end, ok. If video games end, then I’ll **lose my mind!**
WallImpossible on
If buying a product doesn’t result in owning it, then piracy can’t be stealing
Nyx-101 on
Somewhat gamedev here. The answer is pretty simple actually. I like when people giv me money
McStalins_Jr on
There is Steam for video games.
There is no Steam for software or movies.
And I bet few care about music.
Character_Cry_8357 on
If you don’t understand the answer I wonder if you have considered it at all. If you just play Blizzard games and CoD and whatever other AAA junk is popular who cares. If you pirate Indie game devs or smaller studios then their ability to make what they made is actually curtailed.
Movies are either funded or not according to a bunch of bullshit that has nothing to do with peoples taste and more to do with whatever stupid shit it is that they consider. Music is frankly nothing like the money sync to create that video games or movies are. Software companies sell their overpriced shit to business’ and that is how they make their bottom line. No regular consumer gonna pay 250$ for some stupid unzip program or whatever. Video games is the only one out of the four where giving the devs money results in games being made by people you like getting made more and bigger and better and faster. Putting your money into any of the other 3 categories doesn’t actually enhance the consumer experience for all.
Khelouch on
It’s a much younger industry.
People treat games differently, because they’re worried about supporting their favorite developers. Very few people worry about popular music artists or movie studios because they’re considered very rich so it’s “more okay”, if that makes sense.
The actual issue is way more complex, but that’s how many people see it.
Ateaseloser on
And then I show them their favorite old classic that got scalped to hell and you either have the choice of giving a scalper your money or pirating.
Swimming-Elk6740 on
I’m not a fan of any of it.
DerGreif2 on
Its the price to enjoyment ratio I would say, not to mention that pirating AAA games is not the problem and rather indie games, who really need the money to develop new cool games. Also its a different to pirate a 20$ movie you watch once to twice, a 70$ game, 150$+ software or a 5$ indie title.
Ninjaboi18 on
Music is semi-understandable.
Movies I can understand completely.
Software, not so much…
Games…. a good game needs to be respected and good game companies like the developers of Baldur’s Gate 3, from soft with elden ring, they deserve to be paid the low price they ask for.
Unlike ubisoft, EA, etc, asking for $80-120+ base price for incomplete, buggy, trash.
energy_whore on
Always buy if you can. If you can’t pirate, yoh hurt know one other than yourself if you would not have bouth it to begin with. Another good reason is the copany is bad and you want to boycote. Also I will pirate something I have bought. Like, im not buying a ps2 game again if the disks burnt out
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If music, software and movies end, ok. If video games end, then I’ll **lose my mind!**
If buying a product doesn’t result in owning it, then piracy can’t be stealing
Somewhat gamedev here. The answer is pretty simple actually. I like when people giv me money
There is Steam for video games.
There is no Steam for software or movies.
And I bet few care about music.
If you don’t understand the answer I wonder if you have considered it at all. If you just play Blizzard games and CoD and whatever other AAA junk is popular who cares. If you pirate Indie game devs or smaller studios then their ability to make what they made is actually curtailed.
Movies are either funded or not according to a bunch of bullshit that has nothing to do with peoples taste and more to do with whatever stupid shit it is that they consider. Music is frankly nothing like the money sync to create that video games or movies are. Software companies sell their overpriced shit to business’ and that is how they make their bottom line. No regular consumer gonna pay 250$ for some stupid unzip program or whatever. Video games is the only one out of the four where giving the devs money results in games being made by people you like getting made more and bigger and better and faster. Putting your money into any of the other 3 categories doesn’t actually enhance the consumer experience for all.
It’s a much younger industry.
People treat games differently, because they’re worried about supporting their favorite developers. Very few people worry about popular music artists or movie studios because they’re considered very rich so it’s “more okay”, if that makes sense.
The actual issue is way more complex, but that’s how many people see it.
And then I show them their favorite old classic that got scalped to hell and you either have the choice of giving a scalper your money or pirating.
I’m not a fan of any of it.
Its the price to enjoyment ratio I would say, not to mention that pirating AAA games is not the problem and rather indie games, who really need the money to develop new cool games. Also its a different to pirate a 20$ movie you watch once to twice, a 70$ game, 150$+ software or a 5$ indie title.
Music is semi-understandable.
Movies I can understand completely.
Software, not so much…
Games…. a good game needs to be respected and good game companies like the developers of Baldur’s Gate 3, from soft with elden ring, they deserve to be paid the low price they ask for.
Unlike ubisoft, EA, etc, asking for $80-120+ base price for incomplete, buggy, trash.
Always buy if you can. If you can’t pirate, yoh hurt know one other than yourself if you would not have bouth it to begin with. Another good reason is the copany is bad and you want to boycote. Also I will pirate something I have bought. Like, im not buying a ps2 game again if the disks burnt out