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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:16 am
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Waynebrizzle The game won't be of much benefit to them if it's not in their language. All the games here are released in English, i don't know about Belgium and Luxembourg though, because they they speak French for the most part and for some reason people who speak French seem to be too lazy to learn English.
But yeah, i do agree that this isn't really the best solution, because people will download it for sure now.
Now, it's easy to blame it on the developers of R4, but i don't know. They probably found a detour and say it's for "homebrew" purposes only, otherwise it would be banned for sure.
On the other hand, i don't know if R4's impact is that big of a deal. Practically EVERY kid has a DS here, most of em with R4's which their parents bought for them, just because it's a cheap solution. If the R4 wasn't there, most of them wouldn't have bought a DS for their kids in the first place, because games are pretty expensive here and they don't want to spend that much money on it.
Meh, i don't know. It's just frustrating.
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:52 am
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Vaettur Waynebrizzle The game won't be of much benefit to them if it's not in their language. All the games here are released in English, i don't know about Belgium and Luxembourg though, because they they speak French for the most part and for some reason people who speak French seem to be too lazy to learn English. But yeah, i do agree that this isn't really the best solution, because people will download it for sure now. Now, it's easy to blame it on the developers of R4, but i don't know. They probably found a detour and say it's for "homebrew" purposes only, otherwise it would be banned for sure. On the other hand, i don't know if R4's impact is that big of a deal. Practically EVERY kid has a DS here, most of em with R4's which their parents bought for them, just because it's a cheap solution. If the R4 wasn't there, most of them wouldn't have bought a DS for their kids in the first place, because games are pretty expensive here and they don't want to spend that much money on it. Meh, i don't know. It's just frustrating.
Devices like the R4 itself aren't the problem and going after them would take too much time. You have to tackle the distributors of the illegal copies of these games, meaning you have to start shutting down some sites. Hell, I would imagine just by going after a few sites, the intimidation factor would take care of quite a few others. Perhaps even go after a few of the illegal users personally, again just the fact they're doing something would be better than nothing.
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:53 am
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While I don't really pirate games, I can understand why people do it.
It's because businesses now treat consumers like crap and they don't even care; all they want is money. In terms of countries that use U.S. currency, you got your average Wii game going to $50 whenever it's released new and $60 for a new 360/PS3 game. The problem is, many games of this price end up being either shitty, mediocre, or way too short of a game to justify the price. The businesses don't care; it still feeds their machine. It's the same thing with movies and music; people are tired of wasting their money on crap and being treated as sheep, so they pirate as a way to say "******** you" to the fat-cats. With the economy the way it is, people can't get jobs to afford to pay for the activities that they love, so of course they're going to go for the option that says they get it for free. Problem is, the industry, developers, artists, etc. will also take the butt of the recession as well if they're not getting compensation for their released works.
One solution is to rent, but guess what? You pay $8.00+ for a game, you play enough of it to decide that you actually like it enough to buy it. Well, you STILL gotta pay for it, and you just ended up spending an additional $8+ on top of the cost to buy the game at it's retail price.
Not releasing a game isn't going to make things better, because pirates are still going to find ways to get it illegally. What companies need to do is lower the price of games to more affordable levels.
Steam is a breakthrough in gaming distribution, IMO. I know I shouldn't be saying this because of how much I was complaining about Steam Support being slow, but that was because I'm an impatient ******** and I need to work on that. They got around to it in about a week and they fixed up my duplicate CD-key problem in a flash. I'm now enjoying GLaDoS's singing and Gordon Freeman kicking Combine a**, and I'm grateful for Steam Support for fixing my problem in a flash once they've gotten around to my issue.
Valve has showed us that making a good portion of your prices more affordable, making killer deals occasionally, and treating your consumers with respect can cause your sales to skyrocket. THAT's what we need more of in the gaming industry...in ANY entertainment industry for that matter.
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:10 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:14 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:43 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:52 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:50 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:13 pm
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Xilo The Odd Meta_Fish You should support the companies that make the games and just buy them. It's pretty sick that people never buy a single game and great companies like 2D Boy can go bankrupt because of mother effers like them. I understand pirating to a point because you're poor or because you just want to try a game out, but if that's all you ever do, shame. Shame. list of acceptable excuses WITH documentation: trial - for those who want it IF it has great replay value to them Poor - send your food stamps to me >_> ITS FOOD OR GAMES NOT BOTH! test compatability (PC only) like getting crysis to see if your new flamin hot computer can tame that piece of a**. totally understandable. if you own it. obvious, you bought rights to own the game personally. some people get PC games cause they might not always want it, you buy a PC game after awhile there is no return policy, not even at wal-mart. which is because of piracy but still if all piracy stopped they still wouldn't change policy. i miss anything?
What about when it just plain isn't localized, like Mother 3 or the first 3 Starfy GBA games, for example?
...Granted one could just take on the ardrous task of getting it off eBay... I guess otherwise that may fall under the poor bracket.
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:38 pm
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TtheHero Xilo The Odd Meta_Fish You should support the companies that make the games and just buy them. It's pretty sick that people never buy a single game and great companies like 2D Boy can go bankrupt because of mother effers like them. I understand pirating to a point because you're poor or because you just want to try a game out, but if that's all you ever do, shame. Shame. list of acceptable excuses WITH documentation: trial - for those who want it IF it has great replay value to them Poor - send your food stamps to me >_> ITS FOOD OR GAMES NOT BOTH! test compatability (PC only) like getting crysis to see if your new flamin hot computer can tame that piece of a**. totally understandable. if you own it. obvious, you bought rights to own the game personally. some people get PC games cause they might not always want it, you buy a PC game after awhile there is no return policy, not even at wal-mart. which is because of piracy but still if all piracy stopped they still wouldn't change policy. i miss anything? What about when it just plain isn't localized, like Mother 3 or the first 3 Starfy GBA games, for example?
...Granted one could just take on the ardrous task of getting it off eBay... I guess otherwise that may fall under the poor bracket. oh yeah i forgot to say i think you should just get it from the other region, and atleast own a copy of it before you rom it so you can play it.
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:49 pm
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Lord of Armageddon In terms of countries that use U.S. currency, you got your average Wii game going to $50 whenever it's released new and $60 for a new 360/PS3 game. The problem is, many games of this price end up being either shitty, mediocre, or way too short of a game to justify the price. Then you don't buy it for that price. The game will go down in price, it's just a matter of waiting long enough for the price to drop to a point where you'll buy it.
And no, you don't need the game on day one. If you did, you'd be willing to pay the $50/60 and get the game right away.
Lord of Armageddon It's the same thing with movies and music; people are tired of wasting their money on crap and being treated as sheep, so they pirate as a way to say "******** you" to the fat-cats. Last I checked, the businesses aren't holding a gun to your head and forcing you to buy their releases. If something's crap, then don't buy it.
Not to mention, why are you pirating something if it's crap? Why not use that hard drive space for porn something worthwhile instead?
Lord of Armageddon With the economy the way it is, people can't get jobs to afford to pay for the activities that they love, so of course they're going to go for the option that says they get it for free. There are these wonderful things called birthdays...
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Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:11 am
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Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:00 pm
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