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Arrrr!Here be pirate talk
Topic Started: Feb 7 2013, 11:48 PM (90 Views)
Daemian Lucifer
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Oki doaks,lets try and jump start this baby.

Ive just watched the most recent Extra Credits,and their talk about piracy in brazil was so familiar.See,not 10 years ago,you simply werent able to buy any legal software anywhere.Even our schools had pirated software(those few that had computers that is).

But,the change came quite quickly.However,piracy was still very rampant despite the changes in laws and availability of the software,up until steam came to the market.See,the most important thing about piracy isnt the price,nor the availability of software,but the support for it and how easy it is to get one.

The very first piece of software I bought legally was a map program,which I already had in pirated form.But the thing that lacked there was online support,and that was the game changer for me.

And while I may not like some things about steam,the bottom line is that it allows you to buy things without going out of your house,and then patch it for free whenever.Its not the prices or sales that win new markets from pirates,its online support.

However,the worst thing that hit my wallet was GOG.All the benefits of steam,plus no drm.That is just pure evil.
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Indy_S
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Online support is wonderful but price was the major factor in Australian piracy. For no decent reason, games just cost twice as much as their American counterparts, even if they were purchased through an online store and downloaded. $90 for a Dawn of War? And later, $120 for Arkham Asylum? Very few people wanted to take that option when they knew of such an easy alternative.

Realistically, when the flood of pre-Christmas titles get released, not many are willing to pay for all of them. If there were four games you wanted from the group, $480 is too much. Thankfully, prices are starting to shift downwards again but piracy is going to remain because it became an ingrained option.

And I agree, GOG is the devil with its excellent temptations.
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aridchef
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For me, it was probably a combination of the convenience of Steam plus the great discounts that finally got me to give up piracy. Online support didn't really factor in until I started playing Team Fortress 2. My experience may be atypical, since I almost never bought new games back then.
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Most of my pirating was for old games I couldn't find - such as X-com and System Shock. That moral grey area of abandon-ware and such. I mean, it used to be that you couldn't find those anywhere, or if you did they were like $150. That changed when I got an account for GoG and Steam.
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