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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.
Game Piracy Dying
Indeed. I had whole shoeboxes of pirated games for my C64 back in the day. 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. Make your product more convenient than pirating it and reasonably priced and there's no reason for piracy. A lesson that perhaps the movie & TV industries will one day learn.
Edited By TPRJones on 1452301967
It's because most piracy is about convenience at least as much as price. Make your product more convenient than pirating it and reasonably priced and there's no reason for piracy. A lesson that perhaps the movie & TV industries will one day learn.
Edited By TPRJones on 1452301967
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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.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Re: Game Piracy Dying
"Six Strikes" policy is being abandoned.
So it's safe to torrent again as long as your ISP keeps refusing to give up your name.
So it's safe to torrent again as long as your ISP keeps refusing to give up your name.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Re: Game Piracy Dying
I think I'll keep my Torguard regardless.
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