DiscostewSM said:
Um, if there were more "quality" games, how exactly would that reduce pirating? More quality games means more games to get, meaning more money spent to get them. Comparing that now, where people believe they should download games because they can't "afford" games, it wouldn't make a difference. Higher quality goods usually means the company is spending more, of which case, they'd be losing more in the long run.
That's merely their excuse. For those who really can't afford games, how many games there are makes absolutely no difference. They'll still only be able to afford whatever they could before, or none at all. If they can't pirate, they probably just won't bother buying the hardware.
For those who can afford games, they may not want to put their money down on crap that took 2 weeks to throw together. I can afford more games than I buy, but there
are no more games that I feel are worth their MSRP. I may download a few of them to kill some time now and then or just to see what they're like and confirm they're garbage, but if the developer doesn't care enough to make a decent game I'm not going to give them money for what they produced instead.
I never claimed it was the company's fault, midna, but nor will I buy into the BS the industry constantly puts out that says piracy is costing them a f***ton more money than it really does. If someone can't afford games, they can't afford games; end of story. If they can't pirate, they simply won't play. The rest of us will (I'd hope) pay for games we feel are
worth paying for, and not buy shit. Not taking your route and vehemently attacking pirates for no particular reason (other than idiocy, anyway... I mean take a look at the forum where you're spouting this shit) doesn't mean I'm against the companies; I feel no real need to directly attack either group. If, like the DS and Wii, there are 50 shovelware titles put out for every 1 or 2 stellar games, game sales will continue to suffer even if Nintendo manages to completely kill piracy. I'm not going to start buying goddamn pony games just because there are no more AAA titles I feel like buying at the moment. If they want people to keep buying, they have to keep producing. The suburban soccer moms will buy their pony games, but it takes something better to keep others interested.