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[–] SonsOfElendil 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Serious question: is pirating games and/or movies immoral?

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[–] carlip 1 point 6 points (+7|-1) ago 

these days it's fine to pirate. 15 years ago games had demos available that actually let you try it out before buying. now it's like a competition to see who can put a more incomplete, buggy mess and still charge $60. if game publishers actually cared about the product I might care about paying.

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[–] FattyWhale 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

It completely depends on who you ask. The system I've gone with is that it's perfectly fine if it's something no longer being sold by the original publisher, it was never released in your region, or you already own a physical copy. Pirating for the purpose of playing romhacks is also fine.

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[–] Pawn 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

not if they are AAA, AAA's have the budget to withstand you pirating their stuff. They even include it into their calculations. Plus they love it when they dont make profit on social activist games.

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[–] SonsOfElendil 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Does that boil down to "If X is prepared for and can afford being stolen from, it's okay to steal from X"?

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[–] hypersong 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Buy the game if you want it. With the exception of AAA games, who's producers don't see much when it does well, and lose their jobs if it doesn't. Most devs want to get paid for their hard work. If you hold on to your money because you don't know if you want it or don't know if you are going to like it, then don't pick it up.

If you NEVER want to give money to a certain company for any reason but still want to play their games, pirate. Just don't cry when studio shuts down because they don't break even.

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[–] 13172416? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Buy the game if you want it.

I do get pirating as a demo source (reviews are shit for determining if you want to buy a game). But buy the damn thing if you like it after playing it for a while. And if you finish it you damn sure should pay. Very few exception to that.