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PC Piracy survey

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  • #102
    764dak
    Registered Users Posts: 1,849 ✭✭✭764dak


    VinLieger wrote: »
    True but doesnt really have anything to do with a discussion on piracy

    Well, if there are enough free games it might reduce piracy.


  • #103
    mordeith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    764dak wrote: »
    Well, if there are enough free games it might reduce piracy.

    No chance


  • #104
    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    But pirated games are free? :confused:


  • #105
    764dak
    Registered Users Posts: 1,849 ✭✭✭764dak


    Digital Solitude wrote: »
    But pirated games are free? :confused:
    I mean free games on Steam, Windows Store, browser, etc.


  • #106
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,397 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    764dak wrote: »
    Well, if there are enough free games it might reduce piracy.

    Do you mean entirely free with no micro transactions and pay to win? Or "Freemium" with all the previous extra costs but no intial purchase fee?

    Cus The former cannot possibly compete with a game that costs a full purchase price upfront or one that is based on a freemium model. Also I would argue if freemium games were any good then people wouldn't be pirating and the traditional games market would be dying and neither of those are true.


  • #107
    TheDoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,137 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    I used to pirate PC games, but then steam arrived and like Spotify for music, I just stopped and was happy paying.

    My Dad still pirates games like mad, granted he doesn't play multiplayer games, he's always telling me some cracked game he got thats brilliant :D


  • #108
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,397 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    TheDoc wrote: »
    I used to pirate PC games, but then steam arrived and like Spotify for music, I just stopped and was happy paying.

    My Dad still pirates games like mad, granted he doesn't play multiplayer games, he's always telling me some cracked game he got thats brilliant :D

    Exactly this, sometimes i used to pirate a game to test it and see if I think its worth buying and if it wasn't then I also wasn't gonna keep playing a bad game just cus it was free, but now with steams refund policy there is even less of a need to do this.


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