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TheCatt 
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Posted on: Jan. 08 2016,17:02 |
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I used to pirate games. I've pirated a lot of games. I started almost 30 years ago. I ran a section on my BBS for pirates, exchanging games and other warez.
I can't tell you exactly when it happened, but I stopped pirating games. I went to my server to see what games I may still have on my share from pirating days, but there's nothing there. Maybe it was Civ V almost 6 years ago?
But I own Civ V, too. And I think the way I own Civ V is why I stopped pirating. I bought it on Steam. I've bought a lot of games on Steam. They're cheap. They're convenient. Cloud saves. No dealing with patching a game, disconnecting my internet, etc, etc in order to steal a game. Steam makes it too easy and too cheap to bother.
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TPRJones
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Posted on: Jan. 08 2016,17:12 |
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Indeed. Â I had whole shoeboxes of pirated games for my C64 back in the day. Â I've only pirated two games in the past decade, both because they were exclusively on Origin which I was unwilling in install.
It's because most piracy is about convenience at least as much as price. Â Make your product more convenient than pirating it and reasonably priced and there's no reason for piracy. Â A lesson that perhaps the movie & TV industries will one day learn.
Edited by TPRJones on Jan. 08 2016,17:12
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Jan. 08 2016,17:37 |
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With these stream-all-you-want services, I don't even pirate music any more either. I do pay for Google Music ($8/month), and that's got pretty much anything I ever need.
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Jan. 08 2016,19:01 |
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Online distro and way better/more restrictive verification are slowly chipping away at it. Not to mention the huge proliferation of decent quality but far cheaper games.
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