/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3918963
Because fuck the police

The law is a human convention

I really feel terrible for anyone that pirated Earthbound back then.

>>3918969
This. I took a semester of cod philosophy, wrapped it in some trite platitudes, transcended to a higher plane of existence and then it wasn't an issue any more.

>>3918963
It does almost nothing to sales, as most pirates buy the product if they like it.

>I.e.:they weren't going to buy it in the first place. Meaning, if they weren't going to buy it, sales dont drop! Piracy does nothing more than spreading a product, which gives more credibility to a product, which means more possible sales.


How does it feel to be an imbecile?

>>3918978
>Piracy does nothing more than spreading a product
Exactly. I know it's not retro, but for example, piracy helped spreading Minecraft big time.

>>3918969
>>3918974

Law can indeed only apply to human creation. That's why I have no qualms about pirating games crystallized from nature-wrought deposits of ambient (or "wild") creativity/effort amalgams

>>3918969
I AM THE LAW

Unless you are in an asian country piracy is overblown. Even if it was 2 percent fat cats would still pretend like the sky is falling

>>3918978
>most pirates buy the product if they like it

lol

>>3919005
>see this screen on almost every fucking game i play
>don't know english so don't understand jack shit
such is life in finland

>>3918978
>most pirates buy the product if they can afford it
FTFY

>>3919005
Every time I see this the Crash 3 intro music starts playing in my head.

>>3918963
Joke's on you OP. I never copied a videogame. I did however download a few roms of games that are incredibly expensive (over 60 bucks nowadays) or incredibly rare if that counts.

>>3918963
Because I don't want publishers to get their pockets lined for over 20 year old merits.

>>3918963
Because you don't get to keep repackaging my childhood and reselling it to me at whatever the current market value might be. I paid for the Legend of Zelda when it was new. I paid for it again when I had to replace that copy that went missing. Later on, I paid TOP fucking dollar to have the cart version imported when I picked up a Famicom. I paid for it yet again when I had a GBA. Now they apparently want me to pay for it, yet again, on the Virtual Console. Not happening. I've bought literally the exact same game, at full price, multiple times over the years. Enough is enough.

>tfw pirated every game, music album and movie I've ever consumed since 1999

>>3919306
Either you are rich by now or you've just been a poor fuck for a long time now.

>>3919310
Not him but, What does it matter anyhow?

>>3918978
I hate all these excuses. I pirate shit because I don't want to pay for it. None of this 'demo' bullshit everyone throws around. If I pirate a game, I intend to never, ever pay for it.

>>3919330
Just checking if he really is rich?

>>3919356
He's most likely richer than he would be if he had paid for all of that media over the past 18 years.

>>3918978
Listen to me for a minute, I have something important to tell you.

You are a fucking IDIOT. What you said in your post is complete nonsense. You're inventing a delusional version of reality that makes no sense.

Thanks for your time and try to work on your problem.

lol, the law. I have zero respect whatsoever for the law. I do what I please so long as it's ethical and doesn't get me into trouble. I can not emphasize to you how little of a shit I give about it being "illegal" or "a serious crime". If anything it's a bonus that I'm breaking the law. Fuck the law.

So why buy games when it's not rewarding the creators? The people who made these games aren't getting anything from them anymore. It's been too long ago. It's a bunch of newfags taking most of your money. I don't play modern games, if I did I would consider supporting them and again I often have. But why don't the people earning $100k support them instead of me? I don't think it's fair at all, and creating videogames is hardly as worthy a thing as medicine etc.

I used to pirate games when I was a broke kid (PC and PS1). As soon as I started earning my own money I have always bought my games.

How long do I have to spend in internet jail?

Buy all my video games.

But pirate all my movies, tv shows, anime, music and anything else not nailed down.

I do not pirate games - I shoplift them.

Internet piracy is for faggot pussies.

>>3919310
>>3919356
ESL-kun I don't know what the fuck you're asking or implying. I'm middle class.

>>3918963
The war on drugs

>>3919534
Driving high is driving impaired.

>>3918963
The hipster shills that turned eBay into dogshit perhaps?

>>3919020
even in some asian countries, like thailand and indonesia

>>3919457
good luck shoplifting digital-only games

>>3919614
>shoplift physical console games
>return without receipt
>"Exchange only."
>Exchange for Steam/PSN/eShop/XBL cards
>free digital games

>>3919614
Break into the studio and copy from their storage.

Digital data is a non-scarce resource and the concept of "theft" doesn't apply to it. The whole idea of intellectual property is cancer and damaging the commons of the Internet, one of the few such commons that still exist.

>>3919347
When i pirate shit if i really like it i usually buy it, but thats only music wise. I dont ever plan on buying a movie, possibly a game or two, but never a movie.

Because i had pirated certain games, my friends bought them. if i didnt show them or talk it up, they never would have bought them! Thus, by pirating i created sales for a product. It doesnt always happen, but its happened more than a few times.

>>3919436
Idgaf what you say, fucking cunt faced nigger dick sucker. Go fuck yourself to death or choke on your moms cock, faggoty ass kyke bitch!

>>3919624
How do you shoplift phisical games anymore?
Don't they have anti-theft systems in place pretty much everywhere?
Many shops don't even leave the discs inside the cases anymore.

>>3919436
sounds like you're the one who has a problem lol

>>3919718
Shoplift = lift up the shop = steal the entire store

>>3918974
>I really feel terrible for anyone that pirated Earthbound back then.

I feel really bad for anyone that pirates it now. Or plays it in any way.

>>3919693
>>3919687
When did this newfag namefag show up? Christ he's as dumb as gramps.

>>3919794
Really, i was actually going to play it. Red pill me on why earthbound sucks.

>>3919795
Please don't respond to tripfags.

>>3919797
Watch a gameplay of it, see if you can stay awake, then maybe you can enjoy playing it.

>>3919795
Ive been here a couple years, but just started namefagging the other day.

I might stop.

Ive seen quite a few earthbound/mother threads. I dont hate it nor love it, i hear its got a bad translation, bad random enemy encounters, but a nice story unlike other jrpgs. So, i want to know if i should play it or not.

>>3919851
Alrighty then.

>>3918963

Hold on OP, let's cover a few things first:

>Piracy

Piracy means armed robbery on the high seas. Are you sure you don't mean copyright infringement? Because that's the only thing copying video games could potentially constitute.

>Piracy is killing the industry.

GOOD. Let it die. Industries come and go with the times.


Now then:

>What is your excuse for breaking the law?

I don't illegally download games, but when I did it was because I was a teenager and I had no money.

Video game companies, what is your excuse for deliberately excluding poor people from being your patrons?

>>3919846
It's not a tripfag. Please learn the difference.

>>3919882

>>3918964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jOqOlETcRU

FULL EXTENT OF THE JAM

>>3919693
are you 14?

>>3919846
your new is showing

>>3919882
>reddit spacing
>justifying piracy
>blaming others to distract from your own fallacy
>simplifying how the economy works
>thinks piracy can only exist in its original etymological term
>claims he doesn't do it but only did so in the past because boohoo, you were young and didn't have money so that's a good reason to break the law
>using capslock

I'm not sure if you're baiting, drunk or actually this stupid. I seriously hope it's not the latter for you.

>>3918974
Nobody cared about Earthbound back in the day to pirate it. It didn't even become a blip on the radar until Smash Bros. came out.

>>3918963
Because for the past 19 years, the law has done nothing to stop me

>>3919451
You must be 18 or older to visit this site. Come back when you can act like an adult.

>>3920146
I'm 31. I can't imagine what possible mindset it takes to come up with something like that. I could understand someone disagreeing with me, but jumping straight for the "you must be under 18" card when it's not even in the slightest that type of situation.

What I said comes from a lot of life experience and careful consideration and I like my post, would post again.

>>3918963

>living in countries where people can force intellectual rights on you

stupid europeans and anglos, such my dick

Name one(1) director of FBI

>>3918963
>breaking the law
OP that is a wild accusation and i demand that you take it back.

To support the developers instead of downloading games I use stolen credit cards to purchase them.