AnimalCrossingPerson
Please respect GDPR
Just wondering... what's everyone's stance on video game piracy here?
I'll be honest here. I've pirated games from the PS2/GCN/XB1 age and earlier for console and NDS/PSP and earlier for handheld, as well as some PC games. In my opinion, this is not the same as stealing from your local charity shop (generally these games aren't even sold new anymore) as it's just making a copy and no-one is physically losing anything, especially when I'm not exactly going to pay ?20 for Superman 64 just to play it for five minutes on my non-existent Nintendo 64 with a car battery and portable television so I can spend those five minutes of Superman 64 in public.
But with PC, piracy is still a threat for active developers when for those who actually play PC games, it must be really tempting to just find a torrent or even direct download. This paragraph feels too short and the previous feels too long.
You know why I pirate some games? Because there is no way that I'm paying ?20+ for a game 20+ years old when none of the money will go towards anyone who ever worked on the game. That's basically it. These first-party titles such as Crash Bandicoot and Mario XYZ just never really go down in price (and sometimes go up) and that bothers me. I'd rather not go broke playing obsolete games.
I'll be honest here. I've pirated games from the PS2/GCN/XB1 age and earlier for console and NDS/PSP and earlier for handheld, as well as some PC games. In my opinion, this is not the same as stealing from your local charity shop (generally these games aren't even sold new anymore) as it's just making a copy and no-one is physically losing anything, especially when I'm not exactly going to pay ?20 for Superman 64 just to play it for five minutes on my non-existent Nintendo 64 with a car battery and portable television so I can spend those five minutes of Superman 64 in public.
But with PC, piracy is still a threat for active developers when for those who actually play PC games, it must be really tempting to just find a torrent or even direct download. This paragraph feels too short and the previous feels too long.
You know why I pirate some games? Because there is no way that I'm paying ?20+ for a game 20+ years old when none of the money will go towards anyone who ever worked on the game. That's basically it. These first-party titles such as Crash Bandicoot and Mario XYZ just never really go down in price (and sometimes go up) and that bothers me. I'd rather not go broke playing obsolete games.
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