Pitsu wrote:If you buy a lot of cars you finally need to hire someone else to drive them and the gas / warranty bills will be enormous. The question now: how many cars you really need, how many can you affor, and how many would you like to have?
um. the way I see it that goes against you. but maybe I wasn't clear enough;
my view on this is that you SHOULD buy games but only to a certain extent. I don't think games need to be a major part of someone's budget.
but if a company makes a great game they deserve to get money for it. especially if they need every penny. so piracy isn't bad, but if someone who can afford H5 without a serious strain on his economy pirates H5 and sits down and plays it for a long time, and at the same time knows that it's important to show that homm games still have a fanbase, well then that's one thing. pirating random games is another thing.
Pitsu wrote:I could make an user account named Arzang and start posting whatever I want under that name. You are smart to not have chosen an avatar, which makes it a bit less fun though...
Edit: BTW, mind to lend me your passport for some moment+ You will have it back, I just need a few numbers to help out a poor tchetchenian immigrant with no ID...
you wrote this after quoting me on that whole "rape is far worse than theft" thing. I seriously hope that you don't mean that rape and theft can be compared.
sure take my passport, get me deported to iran so I must join the army or whatever. but I truly feel for women (and men) who get raped.
Bandobras Took wrote:It wasn't meant to be. I was serious. I said the difference was only one of degree, not of kind. Both acts believe that a person's own immediate gratification is better than the well-being of others.
First of all; if I rape someone, I can't say that it's okay since I am going to marry her later on. why? because she wouldn't marry me. and you DO know that a husband can rape his wife right?
downloading this game though is something different and let me tell you why; I am downloading the game before it's released and I will pay upon release. I have not damaged ubi or nival in any way before the purchase (unlike rape) and I can still make the purchase (unlike rape).
the act IS different in kind, not in degree. think about it.
Bandobras Took wrote:As has already been mentioned in this thread, a game producer has no way to know if people who get pirated copies also buy the legal version of the game.
but when the sales figures come in he will know for sure. and I think this has more to do about antipiracy than preventing lost sales. bottom line; I think they should've sticked to starforce. this way; they'd have more reliable data.
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