Fallout Boyarsky says copy protection would have helped Fallout

[Sigourn]

You're right, nothing wrong with it, put putting in DRM-measure that mainly hurt your customers and convinces them that pirating your stuff would have been the better option, or worse, not bothering at all with buying games from you in the future, is idiotic

You could always buy the game and pirate it. You support the developer and are set free from the annoyance that are DRM-measures. I understand it's annoying, but there's not much more you can aside from requesting the devs to stop with their piracy prevention measures.

 

[Grauken]

GOG and itch.io help with most of the DRM free stuff I want, lots of games on Steam are DRM free as well, so it's less of a bother than it was a few years ago. And most of the AAA-titles that are full of DRM aren't stuff I'm interested in anyway, so these it's less of a concern for me, and in most cases Steam is pretty painless as well. Also, as I get older and see the end is nigh at some point, I get less riled up about preservation of gaming history. I still think its important, but often I feel like most of the DRMed games aren't worth preserving that much anyway and I care less and less about these issues (although still enough to post in this thread)

 

[LAO]

if fallout had dragons would sell alot more

 

[rusty_shackleford]

if fallout had dragons would sell alot more

 

[Micormic]

Dont worry buddy I still got my big boxes of f1 and f2 circa 1998/99 or so

 

[Kev Inkline]

JOGO COMPLETO

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[rusty_shackleford]

There's so many good games on that cover. It's hard to think that a time when you could have over 4 games you are interested in all be on the cover of one magazine is wild nowadays.

it also promoted delphi...

please don't use proprietary software

 

[TemplarGR]

but



err...

There is no contradiction. In capitalism everyone is looking for their self-interest, ignoring society, the planet, and morals. As long as you can get away with something, you do it. That is CAPITALISM. so yeah, i break the laws, sue me. The reds asked for tetris rights, if you think you could avoid them, avoid them.... See?

Capitalism is a retarded crypto-feudal system that only ignorant 12 year olds support. Oh and a few cultist morons like Stephan Molyneux on youtube. The rest of the world understands that capitalism sucks, is retarded, and is evil, but are too lazy to do anything about it. I mean, as long as your credit card works in the west and you can still order your overpriced pizzas and your toys, you are fine. When the next crash arrives and you will be out of money, job, and food, we will see how capitalism works then. You barely managed to contain the 2008 crisis, the next one is gonna be bigger. Have fun!

 

[unfairlight]

Capitalism is a retarded crypto-feudal system that only ignorant 12 year olds support

TIL nearly the entire world is ignorant 12 year olds.
The USSR was shit, that is undeniable and "not real communism" is a non-argument" because "real communism", aka anarcho-communism is a unrealistic pipe dream because it expects that every single person will work together as a unified body. If you think that "oh people should just work together and we won't have issues dude" is legitimate way to keep a society going you are delusional.
At best, communism is unrealistic idealism, at worst it's a destructive force that will kill millions.

 

[Funposter]

Capitalism is a retarded crypto-feudal system that only ignorant 12 year olds support.

You're thinking of Moldbugian neoreaction.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Caring only for yourself vs caring only for the Supreme Leader. Which is better and why?

 

[Latelistener]

You could always buy the game and pirate it. You support the developer and are set free from the annoyance that are DRM-measures. I understand it's annoying, but there's not much more you can aside from requesting the devs to stop with their piracy prevention measures.

By purchasing such product you're saying that you're okay with whatever bullshit DRM mechanisms they're throwing at you. Requesting something isn't going to work. The only thing that speaks in a language they can understand is money.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Lol downloads. I just bought my copy from a shady guy who was selling porn and pirated games from a truck.

 

[Luckmann]

You could always buy the game and pirate it. You support the developer and are set free from the annoyance that are DRM-measures. I understand it's annoying, but there's not much more you can aside from requesting the devs to stop with their piracy prevention measures.

By purchasing such product you're saying that you're okay with whatever bullshit DRM mechanisms they're throwing at you. Requesting something isn't going to work. The only thing that speaks in a language they can understand is money.

They clearly don't, though.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

all the traces of this have been slowly removed, article after article, but let me remind you this: after napster closed, cd sales in usa went down by 14%. that's huge. after audiogalaxy closed, singles sales in china went down by 90%.

 

[taxalot]

This is more than simply about sales, it's about moral values.

Every man is entitled to money produced from his work ; while piracy might not be stealing, it is depriving a hard working man from the product of his creativity and work force. While I would understand an individual being put in a position where his only choice would be steal for survival, Gaming is just a dorkishness pastime everyone here could do without (and in some cases, would be better off without). And that is not even mentioning that a price being put on a game can make said game appear to be more precious, more investing yourself into.

If anything, this thread has convinced me that every game should have copy protection.

 

[unfairlight]

all the traces of this have been slowly removed, article after article, but let me remind you this: after napster closed, cd sales in usa went down by 14%. that's huge. after audiogalaxy closed, singles sales in china went down by 90%.

Don't forget this little piece.
https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537

 

[taxalot]

"Editors secretly know that piracy do not harm them, this is why they fight so hard against it."

 

[Grauken]

This is more than simply about sales, it's about moral values.

Every man is entitled to money produced from his work

Which man, the one who owns the company or the ones who do the work?

 

[taxalot]

Both, obviously. In a good company, both are rewarded.
However, if internal remuneration concerns the customer, he has the choice not to play the game altogether.

 

[Grauken]

Are you by any chance working for a government agency?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Are you by any chance working for a government agency?

He does.

 

[coldcrow]

Capitalism is a retarded crypto-feudal system that only ignorant 12 year olds support

TIL nearly the entire world is ignorant 12 year olds.
The USSR was shit, that is undeniable and "not real communism" is a non-argument" because "real communism", aka anarcho-communism is a unrealistic pipe dream because it expects that every single person will work together as a unified body. If you think that "oh people should just work together and we won't have issues dude" is legitimate way to keep a society going you are delusional.
At best, communism is unrealistic idealism, at worst it's a destructive force that will kill millions.

I which way is that different from capitalism?
At least in communism there is in theory the prospect of an utopia, whereas in capitalism there is autodestruction through exploitation and consumption over and over.

 

[taxalot]

Are you by any chance working for a government agency?

And yet you will notice my views are pro-companies.