• Trincapinones@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    The “it’s not fair we pay for these games for them to then be pirated” says it all, it’s not about the company becoming bankrupt because of piracy, it’s because they don’t want to feel bad once they have been scammed with a half made game that others have gotten for free. Because a half made game should be worthless

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      8 months ago

      What a strange mentality. When I pay for things I want, I’m generally happy to support the creator. If others can’t, why would I be upset if they get the product for free? It means more people can also enjoy the thing I like.

      It’s such a crab bucket mentality, I couldn’t imagine living life being constantly bitter.

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        8 months ago

        I can think of a couple ways this post makes sense. For example, if Denuvo paid this commenter to make this post.

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        8 months ago

        Some people are really weird when it comes to things being “fair.” I forget the details but I remember a study where given the option of getting $100 and a stranger getting $200, a good chunk of people would rather neither of them get anything.

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          8 months ago

          There is a famous experiment , where a person gets 100$, and have to offer an arbitrary percentage of that to a stranger. If the stranger declines, both get nothing.

          From the strangers perspective, getting offered even 1$ is a win, but the vast majority rejected anything below 30%

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        7 months ago

        I certainly don’t care if others get the game other ways (except unauthorized key stores). I am just happy that good games get their recognition and give people joy. I am in the fortunate situation that I am able to just buy all games I want. Heck, I even bought games for friends who were unsure or even dismissive “if it would be worth it”. I also buy/bought games that I never played or won’t play but watched streamers play it.