None of my PC games are pirated. They're either on a legal copy, or Steam.

I see anything older then 8 years fair game, I buy everything else that Isn't.

No one cares.

TylerC:

HotFezz8:

p.s. is it possible to pirate a 360 or PS3 game?

Yes, you just need to buy a mod chip, and then burn and play the game. IT's what a lot of people use to back up games, or to get games that aren't available (I know some people stationed in army bases that do this). Others just to you know...be cheap. But like said above you will not be able to play online, cause you'll be banned.

My frend did that then when it (inevitably) RROD'd he sent it off and got it back, and his chiped games diddn't work.

AgentNein:

Sulu:
I only pirate games I would never actually buy. So the developer isn't losing money.

Bullshit. If you didn't have the ability to pirate, you're telling me you wouldn't touch any of these games? Then why touch them now? It's called dollar votes, if you like a game well enough to play it then you like it enough to buy it and support it.

What I am saying is that I only pirate a few games to see what they are like. These games I wouldn't spend my money on in a store whether pirating was around or not.

Pingieking:

Kalezian:

Pingieking:

For all the PC gaming pirates out there, please send me your mailing address. I have a gift package for you. It's a surprise, but I can tell you that it has very high potential energy values.

......Mana Potions? _{http://www.manapotions.com}

because those things are expensive as hell................

LOL!
No, my present is a little more... sinister. But I guess a mana potion would be nearly as destructive.

You mean like a bomb?

On topic, I know some of you have said you only pirate games for demos, and I guess I can see that. And with borrowing games...that's where the difficult part comes in, it's a two way argument. I mean, making a mix tape for your girlfriend(LOL?) is technically pirating. I don't think there really is a way to stop pirating, it's going to keep happening and happening. DRM was made to prevent it, but it's made things like Spore and The Sims the most pirated games out there, it's like theft-protesting I guess.

Console games can't be pirated without me getting booted off of the online.

I get whatever PC games I want off Steam.

get off ur hi hors plz

Squid94:
None of my PC games are pirated. They're either on a legal copy, or Steam.

Same here, i feel better knowing im helping to get more games by bying them now.

Desert Tiger:

get off ur hi hors plz

I'm not saying I haven't pirated a game before, but I'm not the ones complaining so much about the problem. I'm a console gamer for the most part.

But like the others I've pirated older games, that you can't find anywhere, or games of mine that might have stopped working because of a scratched CD. Yay for no-cd cracks?

Darktau:

cyber_andyy:
i reckon soon pirates will own consoles, and PC will then become the favorite again. Its only a matter of time before consoles see the same level of piracy.

Console piracy is just the same as PC piracy, if not easier for pirates, all you need is a blank DVD and you can go online -.-.

Exactly, soon people will tune into this, meaning massive incrase in console piracy, equivalent to PC piracy.

Ok, i have had one game downloaded... only coz i had no money to pay £30 so i do apolgise for stealing £30 from the people who fix games/make them/ or whatever the money goes for.

However i do feel some games are far to pricey making it more tempting to download.

Collymilad08:

cyber_andyy:
i reckon soon pirates will own consoles, and PC will then become the favorite again. Its only a matter of time before consoles see the same level of piracy.

How do you work that one out? First off you have to do hardware mods in most cases, which is going to put someone off through lazines/not wanting to pay/lack of technical know-how.

Secondly, most console gamers are into online in some form, and since the online services of consoles operate as a more closed system, it's always going to be easier to catch people who pirate.

All you need is a DVD, 30 seconds of knowledge a free ISO program and a DVD writable drive... However, this may have changed with this Gen of consoles, but this is how you pirate consoles in general.

The only problem is the closed system, however, its easy enough to get round, just unplug your network cable, and then find a crack.

Pingieking:

Kalezian:

Pingieking:

For all the PC gaming pirates out there, please send me your mailing address. I have a gift package for you. It's a surprise, but I can tell you that it has very high potential energy values.

......Mana Potions? _{http://www.manapotions.com}

because those things are expensive as hell................

LOL!
No, my present is a little more... sinister. But I guess a mana potion would be nearly as destructive.

Il lwarn you, I drink energy drinks on a daily basis.

I had one, 1, UNO, blue mana potion one day.

16 hours straight.....................

I fail to see where these developers are coming up with some of their statistics. 60% pirated Call of Duty 4? Prove it to me instead of just throwing that statistic out there. I mean, I know you guys only sold 14 million copies. >_>

Anyways, the only reason I can think that PC gaming is "dying" is because developers are using piracy as an excuse to half-ass their product, even though Xbox 360 piracy is rampant. I can't tell you how many people I know who have modded Xbox's, but I don't hear anyone in the industry complaining about that.

*stabs them* die die die!

but seriously, I must apologize. I don't play pc games much so I can't really care. The reason I apologize is because this sort of thing doesn't really apply to just PC games; therefore, I should care! Pirating affects a lot of the things we enjoy in the entertainment world.

I honestly wish you luck in your crusade. If you find a way to solve this problem, do get the word out so that the rest of us can fall in line and save a bunch of other things for which we care.

I laugh at you.

Information should not be sold.

Infinite resources should be distributed infinitely.

Can be said in a hundred ways, but what can easily reach everyone is being withheld because of pure greed.

Kair:
but what can easily reach everyone is being withheld because of pure greed.

So you're saying since it can be downloaded over the internet, it obviously took no time or effort, so the developers should not be paid?

Don't want to put words in your mouth but...

The only game ive ever pirated was Postal 2, because its extremely hard to get hold of anymore

I pirate under these conditions ONLY.

I never intended to buy it anyways, just for the "Lols."

I do not know if I will like it, if I really like the game and I want to support a sequel I buy it even though I already have a pirated copy. But if I didn't like it I'm not going to buy it *Duh*.

Nifty DLC or awsome multiplayer.
_______

I DO pirate if I do not support what they did, but want the single player (MW2 I'm looking at you).

wooty:
The only game ive ever pirated was Postal 2, because its extremely hard to get hold of anymore

Same here.

Gotta love the cat ass silencer :3

It boggles my mind how so many people today are perfectly fine with stealing people's work and view it as a non-issue.

I'm sorry but your obviously out to get people riled up "The vast majority" huh well i don't know anyone who uses pirated games but i do know loads of PC gamers perhaps you'd best rethink your statement it's not a welcomed attitude to the escapist forums.

I used to buy a truckload of PC games, but not anymore. On the good old days of Roller Coaster Tycoon and the first The Sims.

Last thing I bought for my PC (after a couple of years without a new PC game) was Sims 3 because I felt like it was a kind of 'duty', really (fan of the series, don't judge me), but I almost have no time to play it, considering I'm olaying over 9,000 gamea at the same time right now.

Well, this said, I might not be the problem of the PC gaming industry's 'death', but I'm pretty sure that I'm not part of the solution when, like, only one game per year grabs my attention.

C.O.C:
I'm sorry but your obviously out to get people riled up "The vast majority" huh well i don't know anyone who uses pirated games but i do know loads of PC gamers perhaps you'd best rethink your statement it's not a welcomed attitude to the escapist forums.

Yeah, I'm totally just trolling....
I'd say well more than half the people who have posted, have pirated.

So where did you get you fact that 60% of people play modern warfare with pirated copies?

I don't pirate games unless obscene pricing/unavailability warrants it. Emulators and ROMs, that's another matter...But then I own 99% of the games I get.

TylerC:
Yes, YOU. If you are one of the vast majority of people who pirate copies of video games, you are causing a huge problem.

Ok, No. Sure they might have added to the problem, but they aren't THE problem. (And no I don't pirate games, but anyway...) People always complain about pirating and talk like it is only a problem on PC. Look at Gears of War 2, they said that wouldn't make it to PC because of all the pirating and what happened? It was cracked and was being pirated on 360 weeks before it was out. Oh look, and now the same has happened with MW2, go figure...

Ammadessi:
You know what's killing PC games?

Developers that aren't putting the effort into it anymore.

That, in my opinion, is a more valid reason. I know more people that download movies and music then games, and do you see artists and producers not putting out movies or music anymore? Or, only putting them on things like iTunes? No. The developers are just wasting more of their time and money with consoles. Probably because they can make more with licensing fees, DLC, not having to worry about custom map/mod tools, or any of that other fun stuff on PC.

teutonicman:
So where did you get you fact that 60% of people play modern warfare with pirated copies?

Fourth paragraph, second sentence.

MGlBlaze:
I never pirate games.

As for what a player can do to prevent the dying art of PC gaming... not much if the developers are douchebags. Look at IW. There's a huge outcry from PC gamers about the PC version of MW2, but are IW doing anything about it? No!

And here's how much 'effort' IW have put into the PC version;

" Moriarte: Ignoring IW.net, is the PC version a direct port of the console version?

Mackey-IW: No, PC has custom stuff like mouse control, text chat in game, and graphics settings.

This is the amount of work that went into the PC version: you are given the ability to use a mouse, to use text chat, and to adjust graphical settings. Are your fears now put to rest? "

Source - http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/11/pc-modern-warfare-2-its-much-worse-than-you-thought.ars

You're mad because they don't treat the PC as being as special as you do?
Too. Fucking. Bad.
It's a game made for all three platforms, they aren't going to give you a lolipop and coo you to sleep just because you're stuck up and set in your ways enough to think that PC gamers deserve privilages just because they play games on a PC.

More Fun To Compute:
Oh, what a shame, PC gaming is dying. It's a good job that I have all of these current and upcoming PC games to play otherwise it might bother me.

He said dying, not dead.

the only game i have pirated for my PC is Morrowind which i own for the Xbox. So really i didn't pirate nothing. Just backing it up on another supported Platform.

TylerC:

teutonicman:
So where did you get you fact that 60% of people play modern warfare with pirated copies?

Fourth paragraph, second sentence.

They can tell me that it's a 60% piracy rate all they want but until they provide me with the sales figures on EVERY distribution platform to prove it, I'm not going to take their word for it.

Deshara:

More Fun To Compute:
Oh, what a shame, PC gaming is dying. It's a good job that I have all of these current and upcoming PC games to play otherwise it might bother me.

He said dying, not dead.

Ammadessi:
You know what's killing PC games?

Developers that aren't putting the effort into it anymore.

This. But yes, people basically stealing games and the developer not getting the money they need because of it is a huge problem. I don't pirate. If I can't afford to buy, I rent, or do without.

More Fun To Compute:

Deshara:

More Fun To Compute:
Oh, what a shame, PC gaming is dying. It's a good job that I have all of these current and upcoming PC games to play otherwise it might bother me.

He said dying, not dead.

and a majority are on consoles also, go figure.

First thing that came to mind. Piracy is bad, McKay.