04-15-2014, 01:59 AM
I'd like to talk about this topic, but a disclaimer first, no talking about sites to get pirated material and no linking to pirated material, this is specifically the discussion of piracy, whether you do or don't pirate things, if you think it's wrong, or don't care, essentially a debate if you will.
I pirate things, and the reasons on why I pirate things has changed over time at first it was an easy way to get games because I had no money, then after I got a job and could pay for games I mostly use it to either get import games, or try out a game before I buy it, sometime I'll still pirate a game because I know I'm not gonna play it for more than two hours anyway. My thoughts on the morals of doing this is that pirating doesn't exactly harm sales because the people who pirate games can't or won't buy the games and will only opt for the free version. For instance with my pirating of games because I didn't have money, I would never have bought any of those games because I simply pirated them because it was free and convenient, I mean sure maybe some of the games I might have bought over time, but I found all those game with the intention of pirating them, I wouldn't have gotten online and looked for games to purchase, I wouldn't care because I wouldn't have money and it was inconvenient for me because I lived in a small town I had to take a 40 minute drive to a city to get games. As for the won't someone with a bunch of money but is a cheap ass, or maybe someone won't buy a company's games but still pirates them just to smite them.
I pirate things, and the reasons on why I pirate things has changed over time at first it was an easy way to get games because I had no money, then after I got a job and could pay for games I mostly use it to either get import games, or try out a game before I buy it, sometime I'll still pirate a game because I know I'm not gonna play it for more than two hours anyway. My thoughts on the morals of doing this is that pirating doesn't exactly harm sales because the people who pirate games can't or won't buy the games and will only opt for the free version. For instance with my pirating of games because I didn't have money, I would never have bought any of those games because I simply pirated them because it was free and convenient, I mean sure maybe some of the games I might have bought over time, but I found all those game with the intention of pirating them, I wouldn't have gotten online and looked for games to purchase, I wouldn't care because I wouldn't have money and it was inconvenient for me because I lived in a small town I had to take a 40 minute drive to a city to get games. As for the won't someone with a bunch of money but is a cheap ass, or maybe someone won't buy a company's games but still pirates them just to smite them.