Immortal
Arcane
No, you're missing the point here. The point is that DRM is at best of use for a limited amount of time, and at worst counter-productive, while piracy doesn't hurt the companies as much as they think it does (because if it did, everyone would be out of business already: the games that don't receive a day one crack, or at the VERY least a crack in the first month, can be counted on one hand, and every time it takes crackers significantly longer than a month to crack a game, it becomes big news because it is such a seldom thing).
Agreed.
Going on TPB and commenting on a torrent something like "hey guys it's the dev here, I'm just a small dev and need the money, if you like the game please buy, no hate towards you guys tho" is a lot more effective than DRM, because it actually does make some people pay for the game, while DRM makes some potential customers into pirates.
Forget Donations / Pity Purchases.. Most people won't even seed past 100%. I think you give them way too much credit.
I remember way back when Rifftrax was posting into TBP torrents begging for donations.. Several people said "oh I will donate, I just download this because I don't wanna synch the audio" Weeks Later in the same comments section Mike was saying how not a single donation popped up. (I can't find the link for this but I remember laughing my ass off at the time)
While I usually pirate (I probably pirate 90% of my games and buy 10%), there have been occasions when I was interested enough in a game to consider a day 1 purchase. There have been occasions when I actually did purchase a game on day one. But there have also been occasions where I didn't after reading what bullshit kind of DRM the game has, so the piratebay version gives me someting that is less of a hassle to install.
Shitty DRM drives customers away. Most games will be cracked in the first week. Hardcore pirates always pirate and don't buy. Some pirates buy if they like the game.
The logical conclusion is: DRM is a useless waste of your money, and piracy is a thing you should just ignore because it doesn't affect you as much as you think it does.
I am fully against DRM, You won't get an argument out of me.
I am just not delusional enough to believe that my pirating is helping companies make more money.
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