DS Daily: On preventing piracy

[TKhaos]

pirates don't buy games because they don't have to, if they wanted a game and couldn't get it free you think they would go entirely without?!?!

You assume all pirates have enough money to purchase games. Not everybody who is a pirate has alot of money. If pirating magically became impossible, I would no longer be able to play lots of games I cannot afford because of school or having to eat. I pirate because its the only way I can enjoy some games. But hey, I may be a minority because I had an extra $30 laying around and decided to buy an R4 to play many games instead of one new one that may have been not worth the buy. Would I stop pirating if I had the money? Maybe, when games cease to be shovelware or overhyped cinematics with some gameplay thrown in and start to have actual depth to them. Until that time though, its either pirating or no games at all, unless you count freeware games.

[jesus 666]

You assume all pirates have enough money to purchase games. Not everybody who is a pirate has alot of money. If pirating magically became impossible, I would no longer be able to play lots of games I cannot afford because of school or having to eat. I pirate because its the only way I can enjoy some games. But hey, I may be a minority because I had an extra $30 laying around and decided to buy an R4 to play many games instead of one new one that may have been not worth the buy. Would I stop pirating if I had the money? Maybe, when games cease to be shovelware or overhyped cinematics with some gameplay thrown in and start to have actual depth to them. Until that time though, its either pirating or no games at all, unless you count freeware games.

I assume nothing, I already mentioned the people you're talking about, the point of this discussion was that Spinal said that pirates don't buy games, and if you stopped piracy they still wouldn't buy games so the company is not losing any money, which is ridiculous.

for every one person who's only interested in free games there'll be 4 who originally bought games until they realised they didn't have to.

Saying piracy doesn't cost companies substatial amounts of money is ridiculous.

[mattsaysfooey]

I have about 3 real games for the 360 but 40 games altogether. 4 Real games for the ps2 but about 38 games
altogther. No real games for the DS but about 50 altogether. The only thing that makes me buy a game is secure online + good online multiplayer. But all around spinal cord is pretty much right very rare I buy a game I just go without if i can't load it. Speaking in numbers alone I would say spinal is correct at least for me.

[Smurph]

Games are expensive when you have no job, but I'm going to try my damndest to buy legitimate copies of games (I like to collect), even after my DSTT arrives in the mail.

Usually the only times I'll pirate are when the game isn't available new anymore, and purchasing a used copy is prohibitively expensive ($150+).

[jesus 666]

I have about 3 real games for the 360 but 40 games altogether. 4 Real games for the ps2 but about 38 games
altogther. No real games for the DS but about 50 altogether. The only thing that makes me buy a game is secure online + good online multiplayer. But all around spinal cord is pretty much right very rare I buy a game I just go without if i can't load it. Speaking in numbers alone I would say spinal is correct at least for me.

OK, if we're giving examples I'll give one.

last year my sister bought an R4 after someone had showed her it at work, I then bought it afterwards and showed it to my friends, snap back to the present time I now have six friends all of whom originally bought DS games who now have R4's and it's never occured to them to ever buy another game since.

I think something one of my friends said whilst taking the piss out of me for buying a real copy of Elite Beat Agents is quite enlightening, he said in shock "why the hell are you buying something you can get for free?!?!!?"

One of my other friends however specifically bought his DS due to the R4 so he wouldn't be counted as losing Nintendo any money (in fact he bought the DS proper so they made more out of him then they would have anyway)