If I pirate a game and it's not good, that's just saving myself $50-60.

If there's no demo, how the hell am I supposed to judge the quality of the game before I purchase it? Then there's companies like Epic who release a PS3 and 360 demo for Bulletstorm and they'll wonder why their game is getting pirated so heavily.

That's a terrible way of thinking Pandamobile. Do you really think that demos are the only way to judge what a game is like, and then if they aren't available the only option is to pirate? What do you think trailers and interviews with developers and reviews and gaming websites for discussion and news like N4G are for? I actually feel sorry for you man, waiting and looking forward for a game to come out can be a tough and agonising wait, but getting hyped up from trailers and info and then waiting until that day when the game finally comes out, buying it, playing it, and knowing the wait was worth it is just a great feeling, and from the sounds of it you mustn't ever experience that.

Piracy sucks, but it is here to stay. They need to start putting hackers in Jail along with anyone who helps distribute games illegally. That includes anyone who shares download via torrents.

I sent an e-mail to Crytek lastnight, and I told them about the people on N4G that have come out in the comments to claim that they've downloaded the game. I would love to see these idiots get charged, but I realise that its a feutile endeavor. The result of this is just simply going to be more console ports, which isn't really all that bad I guess, but it might also result in fewer ports, because why should a developer waste the money?

That last paragraph is full of such stupid I can't believe you actually typed that and think it's a good point.

No they aren't technically stealing. They aren't stealing in any damn sense. Game rental places A) Pay game companies to have their games in stores. B) Have to BUY THE GAME. C) Basically get free promo in their stores for their games.

They do see money, because videogame rental places buy games in BULK to have enough in every store. Hell often they'll have 20 or so copies of a game the first week, that ends up being a stinker, only gets 3 copies rented ever, and then the video store has to try and sell them used.

From your earlier comments I thought you may have some sense and could bring up valid points, but clearly you're the exact kind of person my article was referring to. Time to grow up a little.

If you sweated blood and tears to make a game for 5 years or more, then some geek in nowheresville manages to leak it hurting you enough sales that your studio A) gets shut down B) you get fired or C) you don't get to work on a sequel to a quality game...then I'm sure you'd feel for these guys.

Like the article said, you're just thinking about yourself, but realize pirating games goes further than that. To spell it out for you:

STEALING IS WRONG.

@panda

Your comments are full of shit tbh.

"If it's everything I expected, I'll buy it. If I don't like it, no wasted money."

Somehow I get the feeling there aren't many games that are everything you expected. Maby 2 or 3. Try this and confirm it for yourself:

Check how many games there are which you haven't paid for and yet are still on your HDD because you don't want to get rid of them. They are good but not exactly everything you wished for so they are a waste of money right?

There are three games on my harddrive that I haven't paid for:

Modern Warfare 2 - Played the campaign, was short and shit. Haven't gotten around to deleting it yet.

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Played it for 10 minutes, didn't like the car handling, haven't gotten around to deleting it yet.

Dead Space 2 - Haven't even installed it yet. I found it on my school's filesharing network.

If I enjoy a game, I will buy it. Even if I have no intentions of playing it again.

"Oh look, Game X is on sale for $10 on Steam. I kinda liked it when I played through it the first time. Might as well buy it now"