Think of who you're hurting before you consider piracy.

a game I made in 1995

a game someone else made in 1995 which was later hostilely acquired by EA only to see it immediately fire all staff and shutter the studio

FTFY

Or Nintendo:

"Stop pirating our old games!!!!!"

Okay, then sell me one of your old games.

"No."

"You wouldn't download a car, would you?" ... yes. Yes. I WOULD. Not that we can 3d print cars just yet. but I would in a heart beat if I could.

I'm fine spending money for a quality product.

Quality product. Not DRM-laden, always-online, unoptimized garbage that pushes microtransactions in my face. It's not a price problem; it's a service problem. If I'm going to get a shittier experience as a legitimate customer, piracy is the smart thing to do.

It's probably not even made by EA but some company that made good game before being acquired by EA

I don’t pirate indie games, small-budget movies, or music from unknown bands. I hurt major corporations specifically.

Should be Nintendo, not EA. Fuck EA and all, but at least they don't kick up a big fuss when someone aquires games they don't sell anymore.

Never pirate from indie developers. But for giant companies, pirating is a drop in the bucket for their revenue.

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Is it really a victimless crime to go to archive.org and download yourself a copy of the never before released yet still fully completed Thrill Kill for PlayStation? Of course not, you need to think twice about the company that canceled the game and any bonuses the developers were promised, and didn't even tell them about it, with the developers themselves having to learn about it from IGN.

looking back i'm definitely guilty of pirating some indie games

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You wouldn't pirate a car?!

More like Nintendo

I just spent the night on my first emulator playing F-Zero Gx. I'm so sorry children :(

This is my fault. I haven't downloaded any premium content for my 1984 Summer Olympics game on my Apple ][c.

(Which for its time, was an amazing game)

I just downloaded exodos and bankrupted thousands of people

A shitty gaming studio that loves to ruin game franchises

If it's EA then "skimmed profits off the top of" is probably more accurate than "made".

But you can feast on your sense of pride and accomplishment!

Rockstar games grabbed a pirated MAX PAYNE 2 and more!, slapped a price sticker on 'em and uploaded to steam! 🤷🏿‍♂️ LMAO

don't copy that floppy https://www.google.com/search?q=don't+copy+that+floppy

Odd contradiction. I support pirating when a person can't access media legally (whether due to financials or just dick-moves by corps). However, this is the same logic that writers are striking against with streaming and I sure as hell support them.

Devil's advocate: is the time spent playing a pirated retro game still a kind of lost revenue, since you could be spending your time buying and playing all their new shit? I say this as a long-time retro gamer who finally broke down and bought some new shit recently.

I would be so fucking happy if this would be true.

Battlefront was dope tho

I downloaded the same pirated copy 10,000 times. They ended up having to give me to the company.

This sub is full of lumpenproletariat

Of course piracy preserves old games. Also piracy is not a problem when it is miniscule. The issue is when piracy becomes the norm, so that these companies will be pushed towards more locked systems (consoles exclusives) and abandon PC. Some may even call for androud style locking up on PC.

Yes you will scream bloody murder about AI pirating from artists. Get it together lol.

I pirate because I'm selfish, just like most other people in this thread.

Whatever you need to tell yourself to justify your stealing.