The Hang Out: your post count is going backwards!

[Ivolt]

I like psychic distribution personally. Having the memories of playing and beating the game transported directly into my cerebral cortex without having to worry about actually taking the time to play the game is great.

I'm with you, especially since you can actually hold the game, instead of having data in a portion of a hard drive.

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operative word, quiji.

[Slacker Magician]

It was a joke. You will soon learn that the large majority of the things that I say are either not serious or semi-retarded. Sometimes a combination of the two, or a third indistinguishable group consisting mostly of nonsensical ramblings and paranoia.

That's why you're the coolest of the mods .

[Tassadar]

I like psychic distribution personally. Having the memories of playing and beating the game transported directly into my cerebral cortex without having to worry about actually taking the time to play the game is great.

Pfft, you are smalltime son, I get my games sent straight to my hippocampus.

[Gare]

I would think piracy can lead to more fans of the game, thus more sales of said game. Though not always the case when people are fine just stealing the game, in other cases they might tell their friends who don't pirate/steal games. And so on and so on, until that company actually makes substantially more, than if they would have spent resources on chasing the original downloader with a lawsuit.

I remember a couple of months ago people were going crazy about SF4 being downloaded like 2 million times, and how pirates ruined it for Capcom. I bet many of those people actually bought the game afterwards, because you can't really play online with a pirated copy. And offline is fun for like 10 minutes before it gets old.

[Slacker Magician]

Synthetik also acknowledges my ridiculous jokes .

[Tassadar]

Anyway serious post, with regard to steam games, I love having the option of buying games so readily but having steam locked games can be a pain having to wait for two programs to launch (Steam + the game) to play one game.

[Quiji]

operative word, quiji.

Ahhh, didn't see that at all. Oh well.

[Synthetik]

I would think piracy can lead to more fans of the game, thus more sales of said game. Though not always the case when people are fine just stealing the game, in other cases they might tell their friends who don't pirate/steal games. And so on and so on, until that company actually makes substantially more, than if they would have spent resources on chasing the original downloader with a lawsuit.

I would agree for the most part. Although for some of the newer games with the ridiculous DRM in place I would imagine it would be the other way around.

It actually kind of sucks that when you buy any type of used games, you don't help the developers at all. Only new games, and I barely buy any of those nor does anyone else.

I like buying my games new, although it's hard to justify purchasing new games until the price drops a little bit. Shit gets expensive. It's just a fact of life though, people are always gonna be selling used games.

[Tassadar]

Also, who is J0^3 on steam?

[Slacker Magician]

I remember a couple of months ago people were going crazy about SF4 being downloaded like 2 million times, and how pirates ruined it for Capcom. I bet many of those people actually bought the game afterwards, because you can't really play online with a pirated copy. And offline is fun for like 10 minutes before it gets old.

I generally don't believe the numbers that are thrown around. I read somewhere that a game that sold several million copies lost money, I can't remember the game or where I read it though .

[Slacker Magician]

I would agree for the most part. Although for some of the newer games with the ridiculous DRM in place I would imagine it would be the other way around.

I like buying my games new, although it's hard to justify purchasing new games until the price drops a little bit. Shit gets expensive. It's just a fact of life though, people are always gonna be selling used games.

The companies not headed up by retards have come to realize that insane DRM only hurts sales.

[Synthetik]

That's why you're the coolest of the mods .

You win a years supply of free pancakes.

Pfft, you are smalltime son, I get my games sent straight to my hippocampus.

I would do the same, but my limbic system is still fucked up from watching Aeris die.

The companies not headed up by retards have come to realize that insane DRM only hurts sales.

That's good. Reading about the whole AC 2 fiasco made me laugh. There has to be a certain amount of trust between developers and the customers, considering that DRM will get cracked anyways. It's usually only a matter of time. If people like the game they will buy it, and people that always pirate everything probably aren't going to change anytime soon...

[Gare]

I generally don't believe the numbers that are thrown around.

Yeah, I don't blame you. Though there are many people out there who just like to shout "2 million downloads, fuck pirates!" without really thinking about it.

[Tassadar]

I would do the same, but my limbic system is still fucked up from watching Aeris die.

I have the Crysis settings configured to my Hypothalamus I can get maximum speed via the Pituitary-->Adrenal glands, shit is quite cash.

[Slacker Magician]

Yeah, I don't blame you. Though there are many people out there who just like to shout "2 million downloads, fuck pirates!" without really thinking about it.

Piracy isn't as bad as people think. Kids don't even know how to pirate right these days anyway. LIMeW1RE, SWeetz My crappy muzik downloads plus viruses!