[xxxblitzxxx]

i read that mw3 is the biggest game launch sences ever even though thousands of games were stolen

[pbanj]

Originally Posted by KillerBug Personally, I have not gone all the way pro-piracy, but I really don't have a problem with it anymore. All the BS attacks on legitimate users that don't affect pirates finally pushed me to the cliff edge...one more and I'll probably be in favor of piracy.

im not a fan of piracy but i dont care if people do it just hate when people try to make up excuses for why they do it, also the attacks are bull they think tighter drm fixes things all it does is make people pirate as using the pirated copy ends up being easier then the copy they bought. more companies should do what valve does

[concretecork]

I do not fall into this group you call pirates. I just sharpen up me downloading, extraction, and deletion skills. Har de har har

[KillerBug]

Originally Posted by concretecork I do not fall into this group you call pirates. I just sharpen up me downloading, extraction, and deletion skills. Har de har har

Yeah...and I don't kill people; I just like to shoot my gun into crowds and let the bullets decide what happens next.

[FunkyGanja]

Originally Posted by japsander If they implimented a serial system based on a unique per-disc ID combined with unique console serial/user ID to allow the game to run would slow down piracy and make it harder than the simple download/play that is around at the moment.

Don't give them any ideas!!!!!!!

Who ever said that you 'needed' these games? Nobody is forcing you to play any games at all. If you succub to subliminal advertising techniques then you just become a zombie of that company.

Why don't you get a job and pay for the games that you want to play rather than pirating? I don't see how because you have no money justifies your reason to pirate.

[Annelies]

Originally Posted by pbanj also i love how you went from anti piracy to pro piracy it must be that flashed drive in your 360 and playing skyrim 9 days early that changed your mind

I never said I didn't pirate games.

[BobbyBlunt]

Originally Posted by pbanj i dont care if they do or not its the bullsh!t excuses they use, just say you do it no need to lie about the reason also i love how you went from anti piracy to pro piracy it must be that flashed drive in your 360 and playing skyrim 9 days early that changed your mind

You are the man. Never lie about who you are... and never hide behind the internet because we will always find out your true colors. Yes I have a flashed drive and an IS324 and a Kreon and a newly arrived BenQ 0800 drive but did I pirate anything..... well we will let the jury decide but oh wait I didnt play a game 9 days early

[Cheesethief]

Originally Posted by pbanj then why do you guys buy the game system? im sorry but im sick of the i cant afford to buy the game line. if you cant afford to buy a game then how in the world can you afford to buy the game system? saying you cant afford the games is just saying ether you are just trying to make a bad excuse or you are a child and mommy and daddy wont buy the games for you or you are an adult who should be classified as a child as they cant afford 60$ but went out and spent 300$+ on a game system and need to get their dam priorities straight. not trying to be an ass just sick of seeing people say that just like the old im protecting my games line. they also need to realize how much the used games industry actually helps them. i only buy games used once they are no longer sold new or if its a new series, hell if it wasnt for used games i would never have bought the first assassins creed which in turn i would not have bought the next three new, the same can be said for piracy as i know quite a few people who will buy games, movies, ect... that they have pirated if they like them if they dont they get rid of them. end rant

I agree with you, but I also have to say this is a prime example of no lost sales. These people would not be able to afford the game in the first place, so a sale on them has not been lost. No amount of money would have made it to the publisher anyway.

[KillerBug]

Personally, I think it would be a very smart idea for companies to offer their older titles for nearly free when a sequel is coming; especially online-focused games. I bet they could have doubled MW3 sales if they had offered MW2 for $5 a couple weeks before the launch of MW3...it would have brought in a storm of new users, and everyone would rush to switch once all those little kids started playing.

[FunkyGanja]

Originally Posted by KillerBug Personally, I think it would be a very smart idea for companies to offer their older titles for nearly free when a sequel is coming; especially online-focused games. I bet they could have doubled MW3 sales if they had offered MW2 for $5 a couple weeks before the launch of MW3...it would have brought in a storm of new users, and everyone would rush to switch once all those little kids started playing.

OR even as a package (i can't think of any examples at the moment ). I remember back in the old PS1 days when there were 'secret codes and combinations' to play the demos of crash bandicoot and spyro on the disk. Moreover, the introduction of Blu-Ray (sorry xbox but u lose out once again) means that these 8GB games are only using up a small percentage of the maximum disk storage.

Such an introduction would bring up a world of new opportunity. I haven't played SR3 and i have no intention of buying it because i haven't played 1 and 2. I wouldn't want to risk wasting my money of a game that follows the sequel of two other games before it.

Now back to pirates, of course there are different priorities in ones life but if we allow people to pirate, then we will become a society who thinks its ok to 'steal' (as the dev's call it) what they like.

There is a fine line between pirating and stealing. We just need to stop moving that line.