Indie development sim Game Dev Tycoon gives pirates a taste of their own torrenting

[Fletcher]

Reality: Everyone who does it is a thief and there is -NO- legal excuse for it no matter how unfair you or anyone makes it look. Trying to justify it is just outright silly,

You sound like my old college lecturer, I do it if there isn't a demo for me to test on my rig. I refuse to spend upwards of £40 GBP on a product that I cannot return if it is not compatible with my PC due to certain driver issues some games can have. Remember when RAGE came out a few years ago? Abysmal nVidea compatibility, horrible tearing and what not.

Piracy is wrong, its not theiving as said, its copying, but it COULD, repeat, COULD be a lost sale. But its very difficult to get solid numbers since its practically impossible without interviewing everyone who does it.

Piracy can help, by being a free 'word of mouth/meme' method of advertisement and its FREE for the company. But as said, possibly less income.

Its a question been going around for decades.

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