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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Yes, buying games for pennies on the dollar is certainly better for game developers than just getting the game for free. imo 60 dollars + that again for content already available on launch but hidden behind dlc or season pass codes is too much for 10-20 hours of entertainment. Maybe if the industry stop treating video games as summer blockbuster hits they'd be able to charge a price more appropriate for the product you are receiving. Indie games are good examples of this as often times they're 15/20 bucks on launch and designed with the idea of multiple playthroughs in mind, but they don't spend a bajillion dollars on cutscenes so they can do stuff like that.
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Piracy is what killed PC gaming, not consoles
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Jun 25, 2015 20:06
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lorfma if yuo dont have a netowkr of accounts on ptp, whatcd, blackcats, jpopsuki, bemanisows, soitgoes & etc
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Jun 25, 2015 20:12
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Beef Turret posted:Piracy is what killed PC gaming, not consoles
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Jun 25, 2015 20:14
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I have a huge series' of boxes under my bed with tons of old CDs and PC games and it is easier to download the ones I already have than it is to rummage around, find them, hope the CDs aren't scratched to poo poo and jump through god knows how many hoops to get them to work. I don't feel morally obligated to give money to these people again since I legit own them, but if a company is good enough to offer digital copies of their stuff and makes it easy to purchase them without making me jump through the digital equivalent of those physical hoops I'd happily throw some more money at them. If they don't well I don't lose sleep over getting the poo poo I own from a different source.
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Jun 25, 2015 21:08
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i pirate music if the artist doesn't need my money (kanye for example) smaller independent artists i'll either buy physical albums/downloads or merch like shirts/stickers
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Jun 25, 2015 21:11
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Also most artists make absolute peanuts on album/song sales. The actual money is in touring. This is why bands like Accept are still alive because they have a dedicated fanbase who attend their shows even though they probably haven't sold a CD in 20 years.
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Jun 25, 2015 21:12
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https://flattr.com anyone?
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Jun 25, 2015 21:25
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Windows 98 posted:
Just tried adding you to my buddy list on that site but couldn't figure out how 
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Jun 25, 2015 21:28
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Ddraig posted:Also most artists make absolute peanuts on album/song sales. The actual money is in touring. This is why bands like Accept are still alive because they have a dedicated fanbase who attend their shows even though they probably haven't sold a CD in 20 years. a lot of smaller artists self-release on bandcamp now, idk if bandcamp gets a cut or what it is but it seems to be better for them
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Jun 25, 2015 21:29
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14.79 MB RAR files lol
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Jun 25, 2015 22:43
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Boinks posted:Just tried adding you to my buddy list on that site but couldn't figure out how Fairly certain the "Add to friends" is under the user name on my profile but I also didn't know it had friends lists until this very moment.
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Jun 25, 2015 22:46
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 definitely 100% tentacle porn this time
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Jun 25, 2015 22:48
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Piracy is actually kind of legal in Canada but absolutely no one talks about it at all ever. It's really funny on talk shows or documentaries when they talk about piracy because they always take the content creators side and talk about how immoral copyright infringement is, when in fact the law of the land is that it for personal and private use it's perfectly legal. edit- apparently not anymore, but up until a few years ago this was the case.  my outdated information.
Harrower fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Jun 25, 2015 |
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Jun 25, 2015 22:59
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If media companies don't want to be the victims of piracy they should stop loading movies and music onto ships and sailing them around the Horn of Africa and through the Strait of Malacca.
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Jun 25, 2015 23:48
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ArbitraryC posted:imo 60 dollars + that again for content already available on launch but hidden behind dlc or season pass codes is too much for 10-20 hours of entertainment. Maybe if the industry stop treating video games as summer blockbuster hits they'd be able to charge a price more appropriate for the product you are receiving. Indie games are good examples of this as often times they're 15/20 bucks on launch and designed with the idea of multiple playthroughs in mind, but they don't spend a bajillion dollars on cutscenes so they can do stuff like that. You're still buying the games, though. Stand by your principles and boycott games that cost too much money! Doing otherwise is tantamount to piracy.
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Jun 26, 2015 20:07
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i pirated my name is bruce and watched it and it's probably the worst movie i've ever seen
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Jun 26, 2015 20:29
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i would never pirate anything and support shunning of anyone who does.
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Jun 26, 2015 21:02
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If I like the album or movie I usually buy it, or go to the artists concert. That said I don't use a private tracker so I'm probably hosed.
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Jun 26, 2015 21:04
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Dr. Josef Mengele posted:i have 3 commas and still do it all the time for movies and tv shows. sue me bitches. gently caress comcast in the rear end. This is the kind of thing to keep on the low low.
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Jun 26, 2015 21:07
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It's easier to buy things now than it is to pirate them if you make a decent income. The pirates in the 90s were right. What I'm saying is, it's the 1% and the republicans faults that people still bother pirating things
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Jun 26, 2015 21:11
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Fetus Tree posted:do ppl actually pirate games still heavens no of course not
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Jun 26, 2015 21:13
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Fetus Tree posted:do ppl actually pirate games still No, but I don't buy them either.
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Jun 26, 2015 21:14
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Windows 98 posted:
wow u leach  o i didnt see your post where you have a better ratio than me carry on sir JakeP fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Jun 26, 2015 |
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Jun 26, 2015 21:15
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Aralan posted:It's easier to buy things now than it is to pirate them if you make a decent income. The pirates in the 90s were right. What I'm saying is, it's the 1% and the republicans faults that people still bother pirating things ya its very hard to download something on the internet
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Jun 26, 2015 21:16
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JakeP posted:ya its very hard to download something on the internet You buy a game on steam you get the most current version right away, you pirate it you probably get the lovely release version and need to find cracked updates. I'm not saying it's hard, but it's still much easier to just get the legitimate version these days
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Jun 26, 2015 21:19
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ive downloaded poo poo ive never even watched/listened to, just because i could.
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Jun 26, 2015 21:23
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Windows 98 posted:
an honorable ratio
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Jun 26, 2015 21:34
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Aralan posted:You buy a game on steam you get the most current version right away, you pirate it you probably get the lovely release version and need to find cracked updates. I'm not saying it's hard, but it's still much easier to just get the legitimate version these days oh im thinking more tv/movies/music I guess cracked games are usually pretty junky
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Jun 26, 2015 21:37
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 My anime soundtrack collection
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Jun 26, 2015 21:38
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Ddraig posted:Also most artists make absolute peanuts on album/song sales. The actual money is in touring. This is why bands like Accept are still alive because they have a dedicated fanbase who attend their shows even though they probably haven't sold a CD in 20 years. most artists make little money on albums because there's a bunch of cunts stealing them. The amounts from digital sales are pathetic, 10-15 cents per itunes songs. If you want to support an artist, buy a CD or a dvd or a vynil, on which they make 30-50%. Listening to spotify does not mean you support the artists even if you have a paid account. Which is why Spotify is on its way out since it's a bad idea to give away someone else's property. The way Spotify works is this let's say you are a fan of bandX. You have a paid membership, and you only listen to their songs. Guess what, most of your money still goes to Beyonce, kayne and the rest of the assholes. Spotify puts all the money in one pot and splits it between artists based on the numbers of listens. So even if you don't listen to commercial music most of your money goes to support that poo poo because a whole other bunch of assholes do. So despite you buying an account to only listen to X band, they'll get maybe a couple of cents from your money.
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Jun 26, 2015 21:38
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is this windows 98 idiot just posting his ratios like its some sort of competition??
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Jun 26, 2015 21:40
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I'm trying to prove my devotion to anime you rear end in a top hat
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Jun 26, 2015 21:40
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You sheeple should stop consuming mass media for the future of the white race
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Jun 26, 2015 21:43
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JakeP posted:oh im thinking more tv/movies/music I guess Well, tv and movies still suck at it, but music is at least at the point where it's just as easy to pay for it as it is to pirate it, and in some cases you get the ability to play it from the cloud instead of having to anticipate your own dumb music preferences, so it even hits the point of being more convenient
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Jun 26, 2015 21:52
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pirating music and movies is cool, but not games THINK OF ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO MAKING A GAME!
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Jun 26, 2015 21:56
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Windows 98 posted:
What. CD did you download?
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Jun 26, 2015 22:00
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Hey Razor1911 has to put food on the table too.
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Jun 26, 2015 22:06
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how do i join my friends game in counter strike source. we use hamachi
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Windows 98 posted:
I have good ratios too, but all the drat torrent invite sites require that I have the ratio on another private site. 
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