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
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this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
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Or Nintendo:
"Stop pirating our old games!!!!!"
Okay, then sell me one of your old games.
"No."
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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.
If you're concerned about DRM, just use GOG or Itch. If you're concerned about shitty games, do research before you buy something and just avoid studios like EA.
Don't underestimate the FOMO factor.
Avoiding a title is simply not a consideration for a lot of people—especially if it's shitty. They're important context for meme and conversation material.
I genuinely wish this was a joke.
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It won't change anything until people stop preordering games and actually wait for them to come out before shelling out a hundred bucks.
Pre-order and dlc is what has made gaming so awful lately. Game companies realized they can make a half-assed game and fill it with microtransactions and still make shit loads of money
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do research before you buy something
So instead of playing, I now have to do work to figure how to spend my miniscule available time on what to play to get the most out of said time.
I'm not mocking what you said. I'm just lamenting the state of gaming.
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I don't pirate those either. I just don't waste my time with them.
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.
For some older indie games, piracy is the only way to play them. But otherwise, I agree with this.
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Exactly.
They steal more than we can dream.
They just used their influence to legalize their grift.
Legality ≠ Morality
Especially in a horrendously unjust nation such as ours.
The phrase “Legality ≠ Morality” comes to mind several times a week. Too many people let themselves ignore ethics because they don’t think (or care) about the difference.
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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.
Or steal code from the community they're busy suing...
EA are definitely the bigger problem as far as I'm concerned though.
Oh for sure but for this meme about pirating old games, no one else is worse than nintendo imo
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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
You wouldn't pirate a car?!
I would if I could!
Speak for yourself
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A four-panel comic by mygumsarebleeding.
The first panel shows a person with short, black hair, wearing a black shirt with the EA logo on it. They are talking to a person with long, black hair who is wearing a red shirt and facing away, arms folded. The first person is saying "I'm so sorry honey".
The second panel shows the first person from the first panel speaking to two smaller people, both wearing red and sitting at a table with their heads in their hands and empty plates in front of them. The person is saying "I'm sorry my children...".
The third panel shows a close-up of the person saying "There will be no food tonight".
The fourth panel shows an even closer view of the person's face, lines under his eyes indicating distress as he says "Somebody pirated a game I made in 1995".
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More like Nintendo
I just spent the night on my first emulator playing F-Zero Gx. I'm so sorry children :(
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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)
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If it's EA then "skimmed profits off the top of" is probably more accurate than "made".
Rockstar games grabbed a pirated MAX PAYNE 2 and more!, slapped a price sticker on 'em and uploaded to steam! 🤷🏿♂️ LMAO
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But you can feast on your sense of pride and accomplishment!
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