video game piracy is a G.O.O.D thing
Literally communist propaganda designed to promote theft from the "rich".
>>721078389...and that's a good thing!
>>721078389>theftnothing was stolen thoughthey still have the original
>>721079810If everyone does it what's the incentive to make games?
>>721081103but not everyone does it
>>721081148But what if it becomes widespread enough to make games unprofitable?
>>721081226but what if a meteor strikes down earth?
>>721081226how would you feel if you didn't eat breakfast this morning?
>>721077876Piracy increases sales of good games by increasing word of mouth. The vast majority of games are banking on their audience being impulse purchasers and that's not being contested by piracy.The only negative effect piracy can have is if the game is shit and people spread negative word of mouth, which is why Denuvo is used for so many bad games.>>721078389Copyright is autocratic shit meant to promote a conglomerate of consolidated publishers, smaller creators are actively disenfranchised in favor of larger legal entities that can be held accountable by the state for wrongthink, since larger entities are the only ones who can handle the burden of bureaucracy.>>721081103The vast majority of the target audience won't. Without consolidated publishers taking their cut, there's also more profit to be had for the people who actually make games. There are also numerous publishing related grifts like paywalled academic journals and patent trolling that actively deprive society of value, which could otherwise be saved.
>>721078389Anti-IP is a left or right anarchist/libertarian position.
Piracy is solved by offering a better service.When I pay Youtube or Amazon to watch a movie and the movie has lower bitrate and resolution than a pirated copy, I'm pirating.When I pay Youtube to download a video and the video requires me to be on the internet, I'm downloading the mp4 and watch it whenever and wherever.When I pay Steam to let me download and install any game using my full download speed, with a workshop to install mods in one click, I'm paying.When I pay Steam and the game has anti-piracy checks that slow down the game and are removed in the pirated version of the game, I'm pirating.
>>721081625The point of that question is to show that some people are too low-IQ to understand hypotheticals. By responding to a hypothetical question with that response, you ironically prove yourself to be incapable of understanding them.
>>721081226Then it will become a problem.It's not the case so it's not a problem.
>>721082064Reported to the cyber police.
>>721077876I think factorio's system is the best because:>free demo (fuck you to other devs for not doing that already you greedy fucking nigger turbojews)>easy to pirate because 4GB game>easy to play with pirated versions (allowed by the devs)>possible to pirate mods but it's a bit of a pain because the devs host the mod catalogIn this case, "fast, easy and the best" is the paying way. It's incredible that for movies, shows and some other games, it's not the case.
