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Originally Posted by DarkPho
Would you steal a game from a shop, and if you like it, take the money to them a few days later? It's no different.
If you can only afford x games per month, then only buy x games per month. Then you'll actually appreciate the games you have.
I guess i'm a little forced of my views.. but i'm heading into that industry and i hate to see people that are just fucking it up for everyone. Read a review, play a demo.
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Eh, I don't really wanna get off topic by going into this (the debates do get long and sometimes messy..), but physically stealing a game is NOT the same as downloading it. Copyright infringement doesn't equal shoplifting/stealing.
Like Mr.Deflok said above, these games will sell like MAD and will make more than enough money for the companies. It doesn't justify those who download it, but... it happens. Sure, in a hypothetical situation in which EVERYONE downloaded it, yes, that would be a problem, but that won't happen.
Most of the games I've downloaded... I never intended on buying to begin with. In fact, most I played for about a week and havent touched since. It doesn't justify it, but I'm personally glad I didn't go out and spend $50 on a game I would've lost interest in so soon.
Halo 2 went gold before it was even released. So did Doom 3, so did Vice City. I work in the software industry and piracy actually hurts sales little to none. Look at Microsoft.. how many copies of XP floating around and they still make tons of money from it. Has there ever been a company, producer, artist, whatever that's actually been HURT by piracy? Again, doesn't justify it, but the amount of people who do it are a small percentage.