Who Would Pirate the One-Cent Humble Indie Bundle?
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I COULD have pirated this and left it to die in the tomb of the games I could forget.
I COULD have paid $0.01 and deprived some devs and charity of some money.
Instead, I went with the less cheapskate route of paying $4. Too good of a deal to pass up and it's kind of encouraging to see over $800,000 have been made on the Humble Bundle.
I COULD have paid $0.01 and deprived some devs and charity of some money.
Instead, I went with the less cheapskate route of paying $4. Too good of a deal to pass up and it's kind of encouraging to see over $800,000 have been made on the Humble Bundle.
I would say a lot of people pirating this probably don't even know how much it costs.. A lot of people just browse warez sites without trying to find anything in particular and download stuff as they see it. I would go on a limb and say this is the case for almost all of that 25% of people.
I'm wondering though, how the devs actually know 25% of people playing are pirates IF there is no DRM in their products? Strikes me as a little curious.
Either way this pack is well worth at least $10 if you're at all into indie games.
Edit: Disregard this post, I just read the first post properly.
I'm wondering though, how the devs actually know 25% of people playing are pirates IF there is no DRM in their products? Strikes me as a little curious.
Either way this pack is well worth at least $10 if you're at all into indie games.
Edit: Disregard this post, I just read the first post properly.
Anyone who's paying 0.01USD is a self-righteous prick? Yes, cents can pile up but really it is shamefully close to nothing as can be.
There are a lot of young people who haven't learned "if you can't afford it, you can't get it" because now they can get it. And we can write books arguing about if thats good or not and who's to blame and wouldn't be wiser..
I didn't buy or pirate the bundle because I have exactly 0% interest in any of the games.
There are a lot of young people who haven't learned "if you can't afford it, you can't get it" because now they can get it. And we can write books arguing about if thats good or not and who's to blame and wouldn't be wiser..
I didn't buy or pirate the bundle because I have exactly 0% interest in any of the games.
well the only reason i think people have a reason to pirate is if they dont have a credit card or paypal account
Why did they pirate it? I present once more my personal theory on gamers:
AHEM... All gamers are assholes.
Surprisingly this is a fairly good explanation for general behavioral patterns. It's nice to see a group that is willing to stare piracy issues right in the eye and dare pirates but I can't help but feel bad for them to be pirated still. I wish people wouldn't have to worry about pirates at all. Apparently one step above open-source is still too much protection for some.
AHEM... All gamers are assholes.
Surprisingly this is a fairly good explanation for general behavioral patterns. It's nice to see a group that is willing to stare piracy issues right in the eye and dare pirates but I can't help but feel bad for them to be pirated still. I wish people wouldn't have to worry about pirates at all. Apparently one step above open-source is still too much protection for some.
While I dón't hold with pirating these games I'm submitting that a LOT of the people who paid next to nothing are just as cheap and petty as the pirates. I wont be getting this bundle as I have most of the already, but if I did get it I would feel like a heel for paying anything less than 15$.
Only time I actually have payed the smallest possible amount was for Crayon Physics deluxe as my account was pretty empty at the time. I did return the next time I got some money and bought a decent priced copy though.
Only time I actually have payed the smallest possible amount was for Crayon Physics deluxe as my account was pretty empty at the time. I did return the next time I got some money and bought a decent priced copy though.
Question:John Funk said:
I used to have to pay up to £100 on a video game soundtrack because the CD was out of print and collectible. And always 2nd hand to boot so none of the money went to the original creators.
I now download these music tracks for free and it's not harming the original publishers/ creators banks because they're not selling it anyway. This, presumably in your eyes, makes me a pirate.
So, in your opinion, should I have to suffer without because I'm more for downloading for free rather than give stupid amounts of money to greedy, opportunist ebay sellers?
I know your quote is more aimed at pirates who download games that are still in print, but it does somewhat irritate me when people lump all free-downloaders into one pot, unable to comprehend that people do it for different reasons, some of which I would say are quite reasonable.
Bloody hell.
Just goes to remind me of how some pirates are massively selfish idiots.
I mean, it's one thing to buy a game and then download a pirated version or crack it to bypass the DRM.
It's one thing to pirate it and try it out before deciding to use your hard-earned money on it.
It's one thing to download a pirated version instead of buying it, and trying to justify it with reasons like "I'm poor", etc.
But it is something else entirely to just download a pirated version of a game purely for the sake of piracy. That is just wrong on such an unimaginably selfish level. And to do so with a game that costs a penny - no, strike that, a game bundle that costs a penny. A penny! Unbelievable. Hell, this game is so cheap that you could bypass the whole "try before buying" thing and just buy the bloody thing with literally no dent in your budget, regardless of whether it does turn out like crap.
Laziness, selfishness and a sense of supposed duty to fellow pirates are the absolute worst reasons to pirate, IMO.
Just goes to remind me of how some pirates are massively selfish idiots.
I mean, it's one thing to buy a game and then download a pirated version or crack it to bypass the DRM.
It's one thing to pirate it and try it out before deciding to use your hard-earned money on it.
It's one thing to download a pirated version instead of buying it, and trying to justify it with reasons like "I'm poor", etc.
But it is something else entirely to just download a pirated version of a game purely for the sake of piracy. That is just wrong on such an unimaginably selfish level. And to do so with a game that costs a penny - no, strike that, a game bundle that costs a penny. A penny! Unbelievable. Hell, this game is so cheap that you could bypass the whole "try before buying" thing and just buy the bloody thing with literally no dent in your budget, regardless of whether it does turn out like crap.
Laziness, selfishness and a sense of supposed duty to fellow pirates are the absolute worst reasons to pirate, IMO.
It seems petty and slightly vindictive to pirate a one cent game. I would have thought it was much easier and possibly less risky to just buy the game (It costs a penny!). I can almost (not quite) sympathize with people who pirate %100+ games (I use brackets a lot!)
"It's more convenient to click a torrent link that to type in a credit card number"
Well not only that. I don't even have a credit card and to get one I would have to change bank or start making $10000+ annually (not an option, I'm 19 and still in school).
And for those who have a credit card, I don't think it's about typing in a credit card number. It's more about stuff like getting PayPal and the delivery.
I don't think it's worth it so I'm going to the pirate bay.
Read the comments here, they're not that evil
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5542204/The_Humble_Indie_Bundle
Well not only that. I don't even have a credit card and to get one I would have to change bank or start making $10000+ annually (not an option, I'm 19 and still in school).
And for those who have a credit card, I don't think it's about typing in a credit card number. It's more about stuff like getting PayPal and the delivery.
I don't think it's worth it so I'm going to the pirate bay.
Read the comments here, they're not that evil
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5542204/The_Humble_Indie_Bundle
Yeah, I'm going to have to go with either:
a) The article suggested "parts of the world where PayPal, Google Checkout and Amazon don't work"
or
b) No credit card.
I can't think of any other reason that someone would pirate it.
...Wait, I think I can.
c) They figure the cost of bandwidth to the site from downloading it would be greater than one cent and instead use an external source. (This is really unlikely though)
a) The article suggested "parts of the world where PayPal, Google Checkout and Amazon don't work"
or
b) No credit card.
I can't think of any other reason that someone would pirate it.
...Wait, I think I can.
c) They figure the cost of bandwidth to the site from downloading it would be greater than one cent and instead use an external source. (This is really unlikely though)