Piracy will never be destroyed entirely. It's a fact of life that some people just like to help themselves to freebies. However, not all pirates are in it for the discount, and some are actively driven to piracy by the very companies attempting to kill it. When you make your product harder to obtain and enjoy, all you do is breed an environment where pirates can thrive.
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3:00 PM on 01.30.2012 | 
Every time I look into those doughy eyes I fall into a prolonged epileptic fit in which I cant stop violently mashing the pearly chunky yogurt out of my crooked, gibbery, maimed flesh that one could call a "cock".
It hurts me, so please stop.
http://geeksrevolt.blogspot.com/2012/01/survival-of-laziest.html
At the end of the day, it all boils down to respect. Publishers want to imply that the DRM measures are all about respect for the people creating the games, but that's an absolute crock of bullshit.
The world needs rid of it's fucking con artist middlemen.
I can practically see this 'reasoning' as an excuse for big corporations to contribute to air pollution and deforestation. They get to dump their waste by-products where ever, when ever and reduce the number of pirates in the process?
The Flying Spaghetti Monster must love big business more than he loves pirates.
So just like buying skyrim at launch :P
Seriously tho, I can honestly say DRM and Online Passes have turned me away from so many games over this gen it isn't funny ~.~ DLC to a lesser extend. I actually like the DLC that comes off as bonus content as few and far between as it is.... DLC that is blatantly withed from the game not so much. Tho DLC in general has trained me to wait for the cheaper GOTY edition of whatever.
So essentially Everything the industry has done to ensure I buy early and new and etc .... has pushed me to wait to buy, or shoveling my consumer dollars at other publishers/developers (who are arguably IMHO more deserving).
As a general note I tend not to buy used anyhow simply because in most cases saving $3-5 isn't worth it to me. When I do buy used its typically older games and typically on a BXGY sale. Generally I'm more than willing to wait a few months for a price drop. There are a few games that I get launch week/pre-order but those are about as few and far between as non-abusive DLC :P
I just typed in the name of a song, its there, I can tap to pay and download it. Not hard. The syncing is a small pain, but it can be done wirelessly now, so... yeah, not a problem.
@sheppy - You could try to pick it apart point by point, but you'd be arguing with history. And what happens to those that don't learn from history? iTunes, AppStore, Netflix, Hulu and Steam all make things easier on the consumer and do so without showing blatant distrust toward the customer.
That bullshit was part of the reason for getting an iPod touch. Never looked back since...
Generally prefer Amazon myself but that's because I loath DRM even in my music :P
You don't pay for music (in a convenient way that supports artists), but demand everyone pays for new games? Either you're being sarcastic and I'm not getting it, or you're a jerk.
Anyway, I can't really blame them for trying to kill piracy, but Jim's right; punishing paying and potential customers is just idiocy.
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/blogs/latest/entry/digital-movies-and-tv-in-europe-or-why-people-pirate-movies-and-tv-shows
In case anyone is interested.
What a load of horseshit.
How about just not fucking buying it and slagging it off to all you encounter.
Pirate in the name of JESUS!
Dress it up all you want - the core of the "defense" is bullshit.
What do I see when that happens? I drop into steam to see that Arkham City is 100 fucking dollars. The price had doubled from on night to the next, for no forseeable reason. Warner Bros were selling a download to me for 50 dollars one night, double that the next. Not only that, the retail copy of Arkham City was selling for 88 dollars in store. After production of the disc and box, shipped half way across the world and given a markup by the retailer, the download was still more expensive.
So I pirated it, DRM free, at a smaller size, and with all DLC. I'd most certainly do it again.
*BOOM*
Right on the head.
Convenience is everything and I as well switched over to iTunes and now actually buy music!
What i dislike about Itunes (and most online stores) is that they are all Region Specific and this "Region-Differentiating" is just bullshit! What may be available in the US store, is not available in the Swedish store. This is again one of many reasons people download because you dont need to go through any hoops with fake accounts and whatnot. The entertainment industry needs to get off its lazy ass and start improving instead of desecrating the Internet which it would be nothing without!
I have an idea: We need Steam for the CONSOLES!
Continuing to piracy makes the urge to kill it stronger.
See the little stupid infinite loop that happens here?
Make drugs illegal, and declare war on them, to ensure drug use, violence and problems remain.
Take away our rights, declare a war on terror, to ensure we will never be free again.
Piracy is only the EXCUSE that government will use to take away freedoms, just as they have done with everything from terrorism, drugs, cigarettes, environmentalism, ect.
They create the PROBLEM.
So that you get a REACTION.
And then they give your their SOLUTION.
Oldest strategy in the book, but we are so ignorant, we make fun of the idea and laugh at anyone that points out the obvious. Lets move beyond this stunted awareness level.
piracy is something thats gonna exist like forever.
but ye laso got focus that those fucker pc,
yas can sometime jinks ya.
selling something that is not true.
hey any body wanna buy max payne 3 on the
pc, only realizing that is a barbie game
Instead of defending such a shitty practice, we should unite and think of better ways to fight it.
Sadly, it's not even the publishers themselves who are behind everything - when it comes down to it, it's the shareholders holding the publishers' strings, which in turn are attached to the developer. 'Cause shareholders don't care about logic or addressing things with reason - they want to come into a meeting, see a paper solution, and walk out again, confident that they'll get their investment back.
On the other hand, the managerial teams of various companies could probably show the shareholders the light of reason if they tried - it's just the chance of putting their jobs on the line that holds them back. Thus, blame may be somewhat equally split between the two - two half-backwards cowboys trying to steer a horse more powerful than they are, with the scent of home in his nostrils.
Things will change, as you said - the sad part is the casualties which will inevitably result from it.
That's not to mention all of the other criticisms I bring up about online passes, but most people just ignore those and say "just buy ur games new" even if I do.
...you see me trollin'
Be careful what you wish for. You'll get EA and UbiSoft and that's it. All other games will be half-assed iPhone or $5.00 downloadable games. You'll get Madden and a Modern Warfare every year and that's it.
I asked a friend if he played Shadows Of The Damned, he says, "Yea, I downloaded it off PB last week. It's awesome!"
What a dick. If you don't support the developers who make these games, why would they make any more?
"Oh, it's all a bunch of rich white guys anyway." No, it's young, very talented people who, I believe, are artists, doing something that is fucking amazing. I love video games, so I buy NEW video games.
Also, this is interesting.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120129/17272817580/sky-is-rising-entertainment-industry-is-large-growing-not-shrinking.shtml
Steam isn't just pirating my money, it's actively stealing it. It's gone so far to the convenient end of the spectrum I think we need laws protecting ME from all of the games. Shut down the whole internet, I'm never going to even play Sniper Elite.
help me
Also the thing about steam is that its a pain for those who dont use it but once they get invested in it, its a fantastic service
Thank god for you indeed!
Jim had admitted pirating things years ago. Try to keep up.