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What are your thoughts on game piracy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ComradePedro@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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People usually dismiss game piracy as being an inherently bad thing. What are your thoughts on the morality of piracy and its impact on the industry, and how that may vary between different games and developers.

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[–] Farmer_Heck@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

100% always pirate games from the major development corporations, don't give them your money, they're killing the industry.

Otherwise, I'll often pirate a game to try it out, and if I like it enough to see myself actually playing and returning to it, i'll buy it. I'm angry that game renting doesn't really seem to be a thing anymore, I miss being able to go to the blockbuster with my parents as a youth to rent a game for the week, why did we accept a new digital system that makes that impossible? The only other option is to download demos, and those are not the same in the slightest.

[–] Amicchan@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

100% always pirate games from the major development corporations, don’t give them your money, they’re killing the industry.

I agree! I wish I earlier stopped paying for games, despite my persistent hate for payment as a child.

Otherwise, I’ll often pirate a game to try it out, and if I like it enough to see myself actually playing and returning to it, i’ll buy it. I’m angry that game renting doesn’t really seem to be a thing anymore, I miss being able to go to the blockbuster with my parents as a youth to rent a game for the week, why did we accept a new digital system that makes that impossible?

Game renting is always seen in a bad light by people; but I agree with your stance.

[–] ksynwa@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

why did we accept a new digital system that makes that impossible?

Actually it should be pretty straightforward to do renting with all digital stores. They just don't do it because profits I suppose. Can't think of any other reason.