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@graf I agree. I don't mind piratebros and piracy, and piracy early in a console span is necessary for full preservation

But otherwise, if you don't pay for the shit you like and the stuff that's good, then they ain't gonna be making more

@graf it's needs to die so they make good games again

@zero We have ring 0 anti piracy measures because people didn't want to wait to play a game they weren't going to pay for anyway

@coolboymew @graf The way I see it, if the company sucks (Ubisoft, etc.) then it's not so bad to raise the black flag, but if you pirate when a company's trying to do things the right way or it's some indie dev's passion project, you're a scumbag.

Honestly if someone told me they pirated Stardew Valley, I'd probably stop talking to them for a while, for instance.

@graf If a game is worth my time, it's worth my money. Obviously, there are certain objectively evil games like Baldur's Gate 3 that might still be worth playing due to being reasonably well-made, in which case piracy is the only moral option, but even then I question whether you should spend 50-100 hours engrossing yourself in a world created by your Enemies, even if you're not giving them money.

@graf if AAA games were to lose more money this way I'd be happy

@graf I just let poast do my game evaluations for me and buy whatever gets the most endorsements 6 months later

Simple as

@graf pirate it if you wanna test it or cant afford it, buy it if you liked it and wanna support the devs.
I bought one game when I could because I wanted to support the devs.

@graf Cool bro, now go throw yourself in front of a heavy moving object please.

I'll pay for good games. Most modern games I won't even pirate.

@graf
Flash games were free, fun, and could be played on a cheaply spec'd PC on bare minimum internet. PlaystationBox had 0 control over it.

@graf "Erm, pirating Forspoken didn't make le funny negro game good??? How could this happen???"

Yeah no dip. At least some indies carry the torch of good gameplay as first concern.
Do wish there were more tools for proper autists to make more ambitious games with small teams/costs. Don't trust AI but we'll see, if it just increases slop x100 with no increase in quality offerings.

@graf i don't wanna pay for trash graf-sama

@TrevorGoodchild @graf This is the credited response

@graf the good news is if they stopped making games tomorrow there’s enough good ones made in the last 40 years you can’t play them all before you die

@graf new stuff mostly sucks
If games stopped being made today you could play a good old one you never experienced every week for the rest of your life and never run out

@graf https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/eu-study-finds-piracy-doesnt-hurt-game-sales-may-actually-help/