It boggles my mind how people in power over these streaming services just don’t get it:
Oh they get it, you can be sure of that. It’s just they’re so, so greedy they don’t care that eventually in the future the well will dry up, they only care about more money NOW.
Xenny@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Haven’t pirated a game in a decade
ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have, but that’s an access issue where I live, where there are no official stores to buy things from, and the places which do exist don’t have the games I want (on PS4). I download all Disney content as + is not available here either.
Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I have pirated a few games due to cost, since my SO is studying at the moment, and one of us has basically always been on parental leave the last 3.5 years. I bought both Elden Ring and Baldur’s Gate 3 when I could afford it though, since both of them brought me more than 100 hours of fun.
JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I never have, I don’t see the point when steam is just so convenient and has sales all the time. Just be patient on pricing, the game isn’t going to go away because you didn’t buy on release.
I also don’t trust downloading unverified, modified, software. An mp3 or mkv is probably going to be safe as you can’t load software through those really, but an exe can do anything
TheBat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have pirated GTA5 and Cyberpunk 2077. Both were a disappointment.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I prayed doom eternal, that was the only one. Then I bought it a week later.
Yamayo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s called “the mantis movement”.
Kekin@lemy.lol 1 year ago
I hadn’t either until the Steam autumn sale 2023, I wanted Dirt Rally 2 GOTY edition because it includes all the DLC, but I couldn’t buy it because I already own the base game…
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The last game I pirated was Skyrim, and that mostly because I was unemployed and poor at the time