Are you Pro or Anti Piracy?

[VinsCool]

The only games I pirate are games from companies that either don't sell them and/or don't exist, as they get zero revenue from secondhand sales. Gamecube, Snes, N64, GBA, GBC, etc, not including those on the Virtual Console. And no way in hell am I gonna support secondhand retailers that sell the game for 900% of the original value lol.

Yeah of course retro roms like nes snes n64 aren't included in my statement since they don't sell anymore.

 

[TVL]

I'm all for piracy. I do buy games, but far from all of them, and whenever a cracked version of something is better than the legit version that's guaranteed... I also see no reason for games not having a demo version (on PC and phones atleast, don't know what kind of horseshit fees publishers have to pay to have them up for consoles).

I also think piracy is very important for those devs that makes games/software not good enough for people to buy, so they have something to blame.

 

[anhminh]

I pirate everything.
Video game, music, movie, app... I pirate all of them and never bother buying any of them.
Some people are just terrible like that.

 

[Atlas_Noire]

I remain completely neutral in this kind of subject matter. I'll honestly admit, I did pirate some games (mostly GBA and PS1) but I only did it because its hard looking for any games in the said consoles where I live in. I have nothing against people who pirate games since their reasons are somewhat understandable. I'll only buy a game if it interests me and it is currently being sold locally in our country. I remain retro in my games library - still playing with my PS2, never owned a PS3 or PS4, never owned an xbox 360 or xbox one. Never played destiny, dark souls or skyrim I did play CoD but only the WWII era CoD games.

 

[TecXero]

I'm against. I'll pirate as a last resort, if some old obscure game can't be found for a realistic price. Other than that, I prefer to have a physical copy. I'll also get my own equipment for backing them up, so I can have my own archive for emulation and long term investment. I'm the kind of person that likes to be able to come back to a game ten years later. So I very rarely ever sell my games or consoles/handhelds.

I only get digital copies on consoles/handhelds if there's no other alternative. Digital copies on consoles/handhelds tend to have heavy-handed DRM that might not work out in the long run.

PC wise, physical copies tend to be DRM riddled. I'll go for a PC game if I can find it DRM free on sites like GOG, then I'll back them up on long term storage for my archive.

I don't even pirate music.

 

[chemistryfreak]

Who the hell with access to the internet don't pirate?

 

[Deleted User]

i used to pirate but not anymore XD i try to buy most games legit and the consoles i use most are not able to pirate (updated to the newest FW on purpose).

 

[Sakitoshi]

I'm anti-piracy when the company still get profit of said product, but if the platform is dead I think is OK to pirate.

I've been a dirty pirate since always and is not gonna change, the only thing that changed was when I pirate.
before I pirated everything, every penny I had went to pirating tools(modchips, flashcards and the like), but since I got a job I've been pirating less(I can afford them now) and feels good support the companies that make those games that gives you fun, I want them to keep on going. but when I stop to care or said company stop making a profit of something I could pirate it. like now with my x360, bought one with rgh ready to go because I don't care about Microsoft.
Sony on the other hand, I have my PS3/4/Vita completely legit, PS2 and PSPgo are pirated and don't matter since no company cares anymore about those.
Nintendo is a mixed bag, I pirated Gamecube since at the time I was in high school and didn't had money so I though pirating was the way to go, same for my GBA SP, DSi and Wii, the little money I got went to flashcards(GBA,DS) and the Wii..... well even a dog knows how to softmod one. but my 3DS and Wii U are fully legit and most probably will remain that way until Nintendo stop getting profit of them.

other reason for what I don't want to pirate again is the fact that you always lose something now, before you pirated and you had full access to everything anyway, now you lose online access and depending the case DLC and all that stuff, that discourages me.

TL;DR I was a pirate, but since I got a job and now can afford it, not anymore.

 

[LTTP]

I say one should not have to pay for something they didn't enjoy/complete/couldn't play ext.
If you pirate a game and like it, pay for it.
If you don't, then it may not be worth your money.
I try to stick to this as much as I can and it seems fair to me.

 

[Lucifer666]

With games I'm against piracy because I feel like game devs should really be repaid for their work. I play ALL my shit retail unless it's a retro console that the company doesn't profit from anymore, in that case yeah sure pirate, it won't affect them

There are FEW exceptions every once in a while though. Like Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal. I'd never give that **** made overnight my money, but I still play it on my Gateway because oh my god does it crack me up . I actually think that's the only pirated 3DS game I have.

I also download ROMs sometimes to try a game before buying it.

With movies, music, and other media though, I generally pirate unless I'm a HUGE fan of the thing to the point where I feel like they really deserve my extra $20. But indie artists who have tiny fan bases, yeah no those I pay for legit 100% of the time

 

[Skelletonike]

I get that you were a stupid kid, but really? It's like candy or chocolate. If you have unlimited access to candy and chocolate, you'll love it for the first 15 minutes and end up vomiting the excess sugars 45 minutes later, after which you never want to touch or see candy or chocolate ever again. Simple enough how the human mind works.

The thing is, I play more games now than I did when I pirated.
Currently I own around 35 3DS games, and 12 Vita games (got the 3ds on release day and got the vita last summer).
I play the games and enjoy them, I've also purchased most of the DS games that I pirated which I had been looking forward to back then. It's hard to explain, however, once I gave up on piracy, everything became much more enjoyable.

 

[XenoWarrior]

In the case of Nintendo. The 3DS region lock is the only reason I torrent (region-locked) 3DS games. I intend to pay for them IF the region lock is removed or an English version of the game is released.
Anything else such as: PC, Sony and Microsoft consoles. They're not region-locked, so I can happily buy games for them without worrying about being able to play them.

I got Project Diva F 1+2 for PSVita, they worked first time. Even allowed me to update the game from an EU console.

My friend in the USA sent me her 3DS console as a gift, I got a few games (EU copies) for when it arrived to find I could not play them.
I seriously don't see a reason behind region-locking.

 

[Taleweaver]

Neutral. I'm leaning a bit toward "anti", but I can't really defend that stance without being a hypocrite. Because I pirated way more wii games than the actual size of my collection, and further back (say, 1998-2004) I cracked PC-games for fun*. Oh, and that's just about games. When it comes to movies, series or music...well...

Okay...skip that first sentence: I guess I'm "pro". I try to comfort myself with the thought that nowadays I tend to actually BUY my games**, but it's not like I'm fooling anyone.




*note: I recently threw away dozens of those burnt discs. More often than not, I never had touched the game since succesfully cracking it and documenting how to do it. And in quite some cases, I purchased it through steam or GoG
**when it's on steam sale, obviously.

 

[shinkodachi]

Ah, cracking games was fun. I remember poking around DLL files when I just started programming at 12 years old and my first game that I cracked was Sonic Adventure DX. Once I understood the basics of how to do that, it was easy to tear apart many other games and software. Good times. It was always fun to turn trial versions into unlimited trials by changing a value in the registry or .exe. Come to think of it, I still have my copy of Flight Simulator 2002 that expires on 1st January 2999.

 

[Taleweaver]

More often than not, bypassing the antipiracy was more fun than actually playing the game. Of course, that was before internet speeds/volumes were what they are today. Nowadays, you just download the games from a torrent site, rather than a 'fixed exe' from some shady site you wouldn't want to enter without secure firewall (zonealarm/comodo) and at least one decent antivirus software.

 

[ody81]

I'm pro-choice.

It's up to the individual what they wanna buy or not buy, I'll mind my own business.

Piracy has never fucking ever hurt an end user or consumer, and don't say it drives up software prices, lol, just no.

Don't ask, don't tell and we'll all get along a lot better.
Don't like it? Don't do it. Easy
Love it? Do it. Easy peasy

 

[ehnoah]

99% here are Pro for sure. No other reason to use Gateway I guess. Doubt that anyone here is play is own Backups ^.^

In First Line Piracy is a good way to test everything and buy stuff if it get cheeper and it is worth. On Steam I have now 250 Games I bough afterwards, like all Bioshock parts.


Only Negative:

Hackers.... cheating in Onlineplay etc....

 

[Deleted User]

I'm not Pro but I'm also not against.

 

[Reploid]

Region lock? Then you know the answer.

 

[Deleted User]

Region lock? Then you know the answer.

Isn't 3DS currently the only console with region lock? Or does the Wii also have it? (the gamecube and standard wii had it too I think).