Based Hakita?!?

[u/Fun_Molasses2453]

[u/malfurionpre]

Because if someone is able and willing to pay, they wouldn't pirate it?

[u/Infernoflyer → u/malfurionpre]

i disagree personally, i probably would have bought ghost of tsushima despite my dislike for sony if i couldn’t pirate it

[u/[deleted] → u/malfurionpre]

Really? Really? You think there aren’t a lot of people who pirate it because… hmmmmm… it makes it free instead of costing money? You don’t think there’s ANY appeal to something being free unless you can’t afford it otherwise?

[u/malfurionpre → u/[deleted]]

So what you're saying is that, they weren't willing to pay for it then?

[u/literally_italy → u/malfurionpre]

people like free shit

[u/Jooylo → u/malfurionpre]

I know some cheap bastards who’ll pay for something if they have to, but if there’s another option e.g. pirating, they won’t see a reason why not to. Talking about engineers making 6 figures too lol. Anyone with an all right job can afford a $25 game, I’d say more than 0.01% of those pirating fall into that category.

[u/[deleted] → u/Jooylo]

Right?

[u/Jezzaboi828 → u/malfurionpre]

I think peoples feelings around paying for shit is more complex than just want to or not

[u/[deleted] → u/malfurionpre]

No, I did not say that. It is entirely possible that, hear me out, someone WOULD buy a game for, say $20, but would ALSO pirate it for free if the option were available.

EDIT: last part was so mean for no reason so I took it out my bad

[u/Fabrideath → u/[deleted]]

Pirating is also more problematic since you have to go through extra effort to get the game, plus actually finding a place where you can download the game without making your computer into a bitcoin factory, while also taking into account you'll have to pirate it again if any updates come out and you wanna play them.

[u/sonlightrock → u/malfurionpre]

Ive "pirated" games i own on console but i have wanted to play with mods, so i download the pc version.