• Trincapinones@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    The “it’s not fair we pay for these games for them to then be pirated” says it all, it’s not about the company becoming bankrupt because of piracy, it’s because they don’t want to feel bad once they have been scammed with a half made game that others have gotten for free. Because a half made game should be worthless

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      7 months ago

      What a strange mentality. When I pay for things I want, I’m generally happy to support the creator. If others can’t, why would I be upset if they get the product for free? It means more people can also enjoy the thing I like.

      It’s such a crab bucket mentality, I couldn’t imagine living life being constantly bitter.

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        7 months ago

        Some people are really weird when it comes to things being “fair.” I forget the details but I remember a study where given the option of getting $100 and a stranger getting $200, a good chunk of people would rather neither of them get anything.

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    7 months ago

    I wonder if they would still hold that opinion if they were locked out of a game they paid $70 for, while the ones that got it for “free” can play it without any restrictions. Piracy is just as much a service issue as it is a money issue.

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    7 months ago

    “I paid $70 on console and they got it on PC for free!”

    Hold off buying games for a while and you’ll be able to get them ALL for free on your new gaming PC!

    (How many games would they have to not buy? 15? 20?)

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    7 months ago

    Imagine simping for a billion-dollar corporation. I mean, I love Sony games, Uncharted, Horizon, Spider-Man, but I am not going to defend them. Their lives must be really awesome, if they stoop to simping to a corporation.

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    7 months ago

    Had to look up whatever ‘Legends online’ was and it turns out its a tacked on multiplayer mode for Ghost of Tsushima. Who the fuck plays garbage multiplayer like that and who in their right minds pays for PS plus to play that?

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    7 months ago

    ‘It’s not fair that we keep getting scammed and others don’t’

    So just don’t give them money next time?

    ‘LALALALA I can’t hear you, it’s your fault not mine LALALALA’

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    7 months ago

    The great thing about the Internet is that it lets everyone spout off about things they know nothing about.

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    7 months ago

    In case anyone actually wants to know a couple of reasons

    A) It’s not fair that some people pay and some don’t. (Of course it’s also not fair that some can afford $70 on a video game and some struggle to buy food)

    B) If everyone would pay then we’d all only have to pay $50 each, lowering the price for those that are paying $70 at the moment. (Whether developers would lower prices or just make more money is another question)

    • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      They’ll literally never lower prices. Look at what prices for everything are right now. Their excuse was that covid was driving up prices, now that covid is over they realized they could charge more so here we are.