Malfador Games Pirated

[narf poit chez BOOM]

But of course anti-globalists are the new humanitatians, and they will tell you that taking down barriers to free trade is just an excuse to abuse forign workforces and further weaken the economies of smaller nations.

what we need is free trade and global standars, but not globalized standards, for workforces, if you get the difference. the idea of a world government scares me. why? because it would eliminate competition in the government area...and we all know how well a monopoly works.

[DavidG]

That's an interesting point raised by Jake Monroe re games only available in pirated Version.
I have to say that if I could I would happily pirate F1 2003 for the PS2 and I would not feel the slightest bit guilty about it. Why? Because Sony has chosen not to release the game in NA and not only that have secured a licensing agreement with F1 that ensures no one else can make an F1 PS2 game.

[Fyron]

Actually... PS2 games (as well as X-Box and Gamecube) can be and are actively pirated every day over the internet and with cd/dvd burners... going with an easily copied medium for console games (as compared to game cartridges) is the downfall of what used to be hard to pirate games. Using these pirated copies requires altering your console system a bit with a "mod chip," but that is not too hard.

[tesco samoa]

HiRider II: See, most people in the USA and Canada can't understand what it's like living somewhere with a bad economy and low value money.
NekoTonya: I don't blame them. The education system does not focus to foreign countries.


But it is also ironic that this generalization is in itself a generalization. I do hope that your education system does not paint everyone from north america as well off with a good economy. That is just not true.

The way I see it is that if your living in a good economy or bad economy and you have a computer , internet and you have the personal time to commit to playing large time involvement games as SEIV then you should have the money to purchase the said game.
The question of availability and ease of purchase should dictate where you purchase the said game from.

[Fyron]

Yes, but if you are a kid using your parents' computer, you will rarely have the money to buy games, especially not a lot of games. Most people do not want to spend 500+ dollars on video games for their children, so it is up to the kid to come up with the money for more than a few games they can get for birthdays and other holidays. Most piracy is done by kids and teens (the acquiring of the pirated copies, not actually pirating them in the first place), not older people with actual income sources.

[Narratio]

Originally posted by deccan:
Malaysia used to have a big problem with pirated Versions of movies on VCD. You could walk down any street in Kuala Lumpur and see stalls selling them on the roadside.

This year, I find that it is no longer possible to find pirated VCDs on the street. Why? Because the government decided to get tough on them. Not to placate Western governments and companies, but because the VCD pirates were getting too powerful and arrogant, threatening the families of police officers, burning their private cars, breaking into police compound to retrieve confiscated CDs and copying equipment. So, yes, I believe that it is a "will" problem.

On the other hand, I find that pirated DVDs and software are still commonplace.

I live in Thailand and I find the same thing. Anti-piracy was paid lip service until about 5 or 6 months back. Then was a huge fight between the police and a pirate. Result is now a very distinct lack of pirate copies on open display. Still available, but very much "undercover"

[ January 17, 2004, 08:45: Message edited by: Narratio ]

[Sivran]

I'd just like to say, I agree completely with Undertakr. There are games I will not buy because I got ISOs of them from a friend, and tried the game myself. The Sims is a frustrating, pain in the *** game. Its popularity defies belief.

There are also games I *will* be buying, because I got copies of them from a friend. I would never have even considered buying Aliens vs Predator 2. Now, I plan on grabbing a copy next time I'm at Fry's. Heh, I even almost convinced my friend to buy it too, but he didn't like it when he found out there's no gamma correction in it. :/

And yes, games are too expensive (and often not worth the money) these days. ~50 bucks for a game I might not like? I'll wait til it's down to 20, or borrow it from someone.

Phoenix-D, ~300MB is a lot of space? You can cut it down to ~165 if you don't copy the demos to your hd, and SF still works.