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Originally Posted by MMM
These are just crocodile tears. This is 2009, so you know what, I try out my games too? I do. They are called "demos" and almost all games have them. I don't have to steal the game to "try it out". Don't believe warez and pirate sites. There is no 24 hour "rule". So yes, I agree, pirated games increases publicity....among other pirates. I can read reviews, play demos, watch online videos, try in store, discuss a game online and do all kinds of things to determine if I want to buy a game that aren't illegal. I don't buy that many games a year, so when I do, I make sure it is something that I am going to want to play. Easy to do these days, legally.
Don't confuse manufacturing and making a game. Manufactoring is inexpensive...probably less than a couple dollars a game. But making a game (like a movie) is very expensive. Players demand more, and costs go up. It's funny, because I think the Atari 2600 games cost 40 dollars when they came out in the late 70s and here in the late 2000s games don't cost much more than that. The prices of DVDs has actually gone down in the past 10 years.
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-facepalm- How do you think Counter Strike, Half Life and all these popular games you see got so up in the list? Piracy. A lot of companies admit it. Valve does. Not all games provide demos, and the demos are SO limited. You enjoy crap out of it. Seriously, are you a real gamer? Or are you just pulling these out from nowhere just to prove an argument?
I'm not confusing manufacturing with the creators of a game. I've seen games price lifting up suddenly... because people would just buy it anyway (due to popularity). Games are ridiculously overpriced at 60$, 70$... your point to pay because someone made it is invalid, a honest person would judge the price based on the game, if it's worth or not.