I originally had Minecraft pirated, but I bought it about 15 days after downloading it, I enjoyed it so much. It was back in early Alpha, so it was only $10.
Last game pirated was AC II, played it for 2 hours, the game was so bad that it made me puke. Deleted this shit right away. And they ask 40 £ for this shit is ridiculous, I would not play it even if they`d pay me.
Last game I paid 20$, was battleforge. Overpriced! after I finished campaign, I was unable to play pvp, lack of upgrades. Solved, buy purchasing token boosters from the cash shop, then used cheats to cut down token farming time buy a month. 6 months later I was banned.
@6425gorda not really, the game has so many problems with the combat i just could not stand it any longer. Like why cant I jump from the roof & kill the guy & then run away ? why he keeps hitting the opponent with the knee & does not finish him off?? & the controls were bad & no tutorial how to make special moves & when u press q what weapon is what, all images look same how the fk u know what weapon to choose? & i see a crossbow on the floor & i cant pick it up, looting is also buged
@9578755 Hm,like the first one was better. you should of gotten brotherhood,or if it wasnt released yet you should of waited for it
btw its pretty simple,there is a tutorial,the beginning fyi,you just look at the actions and keys to see what will it do at that specific spot and so on. And your supposed to get the crossbow later in the game. q brings up the weapon selection,you use the mouse and go over the icon to choose that weapon,a little spike you cant recognize is the hidden blade
@6425gorda You use the hidden blade to jump off the roof and kill the person,its silent and deadly if used right,no images look the same,you just dont know anything.
windows got it's dominance because of it. and with few publishers making demo's. downloading a game is basically the only way to try it out before plopping down 50 to 60 dollars. you will always have those who just want to get everything for free, you can't stop them. so you might as well ignore them.
Piracy is not theft. The inclusion of DRM is a pointless exercise and does nothing but harm the experience that paying customers receive. The best way to get rid of piracy is to in-still in gamers that in the end piracy will hurt them. If people want good quality titles then they have to realise that they must buy them.
Still there are people who cannot pay for whatever reason. They have a decision, do they download a copy or do they not play! I used to pirate games all the time - not anymore.
I like how TB goes on his high horses to tell his viewers that piracy is wrong but that honesty by the publishers is going to reduce piracy. Well, then pirates are champions of consumer rights then, even if what they're doing is morally questionable, the effect they have on the industry is for the greater good of the consumer. I mean, hearing TB bitching about it here isn't going to do anything, even if that isn't morally questionable, TB is far from a champion of customer rights in comparison.
@Langsorigingaleia DRM was made because of piracy, if no one pirated games DRM might not even exist or would be far less intrusive. Pirates have actually made it worse for the people who buy games, so I'm not exactly sure how pirating has helped advance consumer rights, in fact it's done the opposite.
I'm watching Torchwood on BBC america at the moment. it's alot better than i thought it would be. Not better than doctor who, mind you, but better than i thought it would be.
How about this? D2 had a release date shown on Steam yet on they day in question i couldn't play the game even tho i had pre-orderded it. After 20min google i found it had different realese date in EU, steam never told me that.
So is it stealing to DL a game i had pre-orderded?
due to this i am reluctant to pre-order any game now.
I am not going to say I am not one of those people that doesn't justify that a game is not worth buying but I also don't finish the game or even play it for that long. I once saw a pirated movie and thought it was so good, I saw it 3 times in theaters. I enjoy blizzards games so much that over time I have bought diablo 2, starcraft and warcraft 3, 3-4 times each. I really do think that their needs to be more games that are good demos that show a good preview or a real enjoyable part of the game.
just didn't have tv/internet/phone for 6.8 days, got to love to have age of mythology + expansion, aoe 1/2 gold edition, lord of the rings return of the kings.
couldn't play any of them on parallels desktop(windows on mac program) because of fucking drm...., couldn't even install heroes of might and magic V because of fucking drm.
that really made me fucking angry. incredibly regretted not pirating some games i was thinking of 2 days before my internet was gone. thx ubisoft and ea..........
i pirate the big franchise games like cod which i cant pay for anyway, but buy from smaller developers like minecraft and terraria, or when their on sale.
To the guy of the first mail: I rarely pirate games, but when I'm not sure about buying an expensive game, I might pirate the game, and play it to get a first impression. You could compare it to watching a 'WTF is' video, I'm not finishing the game. Buying a retail game has a charm to it. I mean, those disk cases look pretty cool on a shelf.
And if I really like an album, I buy it, for the same reason: having disk cases is sweet.
in most scenario's, i believe that "pirates" fall into a category of people that wouldn't buy said developers game in the first place for whatever the reason may be
so in retrospect 'said developers' would not be losing any income to begin with..
moral of story = there are FAR to many misunderstood perspectives to accurately tackle a subjective topic such as pirating games
MY OPINION = people have been DE-EVOLVING for thousands of years. business models evolve regardless. wtf is up wit that???
I find it hard to buy a game on the PC, specially when I know the game won't work on release date, it happens a lot of times. Saying it's a bad idea to not buy it at release date, and just wait until they fix the game in the amount of 6 months, just to play it, is a little hard to take. I rather wait that amount of time, then buy it, then I will be able to play it, and the majority of flaws won't be there. In my country games cost 82 dollars, they're not cheap.
@JHack423 not gonna lie, i've been running a pirated version of terraria since it released, with the ability to get every update as they come out. i think the devs are assholes. they have the power to down any vid online that talks negatively about their game (as rare as it may be) and they do JUST that. DAILY... dont get me wrong, the game is great. but (at the time) i didnt feel that Red or Blue deserved my hard-earned cash.
srry im not sugarcoating anything. im not forced to (yet)
Do what you want, ‘cause a pirate is free, YOU ARE A PIRATE! Yar har, fiddle di dee, Being a pirate is alright to be, Do what you want ‘cause a pirate is free, You are a pirate!
Pirating for me is a very simple thing. I always pirate PC games if they do not have a demo/trial. I generally play for 24-48 hours to figure out if I like the game, and either buy the game or just delete it if I don't like it I wouldn't have any reason to pirate they just gave us some actual demos/trials, but since you can't normally return a used PC game to a store like you can with a console...meh. I would never pirate for keeps but god is it so hard to give a downloadable demo/trial?
@The1177 Yes, it does. Most PC games I buy range in the $40-$60 area and I'm not just going to dump that much money into a title unless I actually like it. With console games I get 7 days to return it for a refund, but with PC games you're stuck with it as soon as the plastic wrap comes off the box. If the game I want has an actual demo, I use it If it does not, I pirate it and give it a try before I buy it. Forgive me if I don't like flushing money down the toilet for a crap game.
@TotalHalibut You forgot the part where games aren't lacking many patches when they are released. Most people buy them on steam sales few months after release because they expect the game to be correctly patched. So it's cheaper, and you got a better product, why would you pre-order the game? It's expensive and sometime you don't ever have review about (hello DNF). But still, it doesn't gives a good reason to pirate the game :)
Well, one example of pirating then buying was me playing Terraria. At first i thought Terraria is a Minecraft ripoff, but after playing it for a while in 1.0.1 I got 90% of everything, and I thought "Wow, this is seriously a thoroughly original game worth the $10 it charges." However I still didnt buy it knowing that i got nothing to do afterwards. That is, after patch 1.1, which added new content. Then I decided to buy the 4 pack for $30 to play with my friends. THATS a good excuse to pirate.
@gameviewsnet Well then your brother wasn't very good of presenting the games in such a way that you could formulate a proper impression of the game. A good let's player will do that.
I can maybe understand that you've seen some bad let's plays since they are so common and many of them are very bad at doing "let's plays". But if you've seen someone who's good at it you'd know how good an impression it can make on you.
I wonder how people think, Pirating a game, and then buying it coz you wanted more? I initially pirated terraria, Yes I'm a bad guy, but as 1.1 was coming close, I immediately bought terraria then and there in anticipation for 1.1, I don't know if I'm wrong or right, but I feel good about buying it now, updates come instantly and I can safely say "I paid for this game"
Also warnings like "This content is not available in your country" spells like go and get it from some torrent site. It has been many times that I wanted to buy a book (audible), a song or use a movie-service (netflix) and I could not. So I may turn to alternatives. And lets even start with the drm. I have to use audible program to listen to the book I just bought?! But I want to listen to it with my mp3-player!
@gameviewsnet So just because you pirate games some of the time you're pardoned, that's not how this world works.
And really there are tons of playthroughs of games I watch just because they're entertaining. Many who I watch before buying a game, and also just as entertainment. So it's no excuse to say that they're not entertaining and you get a wrong impression
BTW anyone else noticed the lack of demos these days? How can I know what I'm buying? Even though watching TB's videos might be enough, playing for your self is totally different experience.
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Absolutely correct about the piracy issue. At first, I pirated because I could and because it was cheaper. Now, I am so freaking frustrated and annoyed at how a demo is so small and misleading as to what the actual product ends up to be. Sure, it is not correct, but it is a reason.
All I freaking want is LONGER ****ING DEMOS. not 30 minutes, not 2 levels, FUCKING MORE. Every developer should look at what spiderweb does. They have a 12 hour demo for their games. Bought the game instantly after.
could you please add timer tags for each question. It would be really convenient for skipping questions we dont care about. e.g: in a mailbox not long ago (i think the first "star wars: force unleashed 2") you were talking about trading card games, which do not interest me. It would have been great to skip that question and view the next one.
When it comes to music I am like that, I will pirate a few songs from an album to see if I like it, and then if it's good i'll buy the album properly, but when it comes to games I always get them legit upfront
@ResurgamZerg "WHERE'S THE BLUE RAY!", yelled Jack. He looked angry, not so telling him the location of where to buy the disk's wasn't an option...you won't like Jack when he's angry...
I admit i pirate but honestly i can't afford games. I'm a broke college student. I do support devs when i can but the indusutry needs to change. Well yes 60 dollars a game isn't bad it just a lot of money for something that may or may not be all that good. With review embargos, lack of demos. Some times the only way to see if i game is good is to torrent it. Another issue is looking at batman AC the game comes out in oct and then it sells for 20 dollars in dec. Its crazy.
@adrianbeloo Depends on the source, if its from Steam Etc, Yeah... if its from some random dude who just offers it to you... not entirely as the Game saw its use from the person, and the devs probably got the money from it; however you are only paying for the game at whatever price he sells it and not from what the actual game might be worth at the time. I probably just confused you more due to my thoughts just being typed out and not reviewed... I have a headache right now :D
I only pirate games that i have on another console or already on my PC. I feel as though i shouldn't pay £40 for a port. Good excuse?? (True by the way)
I agree with TB on most parts in this. But I find it a bit contradicting that he is pretty much super-anti-pirate when it comes to games but he is against commercials in TV. Not all TV shows end up on DVD for sale. And those, I'm sure, need funding as well. And they get that from licenses that broadcasting companies buy, using money from advertising/commercials. But I guess both has a thing in common, it's the service model that is faulty. I really hate commercials and aggressive anti-pirating.
are you fool? tv isnt dying out, its bigger then its ever been. if it were to die out then it will be yonks in the future. i love you TB but some things you say are just wrong.
OR you could use AdBlocker and get no "adverts" at all. Look, I know you guys get paid like that, but YouTube was based on the foundation of free media sharing, not something folks would make a living off-of. If you earn your paycheck through YouTube, fine. Good for you. But don't expect me to endure the intellectual insult of modern advertising for 1+min per video for your sake. Not going to happen.
I've pirated a few games only to use as demos without restrictions. If i like it i buy it and continue on. If i don't like it i wipe it from my hard drive.
In regards to dishonesty and demos, I almost feel bad for Kingdoms of Amalur, it very clearly showed that the gameplay was simplistic tripe and the story was retarded, but at least it was honest about it. I would buy it for maybe $20 but not $60.
I think my only excuse for pirating a few games (Not really gonna do it anymore, I have no reason to) is that I was never going to buy them in the first place, pirated or not.
I pirate games...and I make no excuse other than I simply can't afford everything. I do however purchase reasonably priced games.
The vast majority of AAA games on steam are $89.99(AUD) on steam for me, and a few exceptions are $99 on steam. I go to Greenmangaming whenever the games are available, since they are around $40. I have a large library of great indie titles that I have purchased. If a game is $89 on a digital distribution service and I cant get it cheaper, then its a lost purchase.
When I was in highschool, I bought every GBA, DS and PC game I had. That's because I only spent money for school allowance on weekdays. I bought games because the money didn't impact me that much. But now I usually don't because I'm on college my money goes to food, transportation and tuition fee.
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Yeah where is all the demos. In the old days all big games had some kind of demo or trail version. Fx battlefield 1942 secret weapons of WW2 had a demo. Why dont anyone do that anymore? :-/
@Tyotyo999 like I give a flying fuck what you or anyone else thinks :D I know the truth of the matter but I'm certainly not bothered explaining it to a fucking idiot like you. Live on in ignorance my zit covered friend.
To be honest i pirated a lot of games... just because i couldn't pay for it.. in my country original games are just too expensive for me to afford it when i was a teenager... now that i have my own work.. and thanks that i discovered steam and digital downloads.. my mind has changed a bit... and now i praise the people that makes this wonderfull games that i love so much by buying original games on digital stores (the only way i'm getting a fair price)... and i'm happy about it.
I generally never pirate anything, but when I do, it's not games, it's movies that are not available in my area and for me to buy that movie it would cost me about three times as much to buy because of all the travelling costs.
I pirated the first half life at school it got me into gaming, Since then ive bought every valve developed game the day it came out , thats my system, if i pirate something good they get my cash after that , TBH I don't pirate games any more as there getting close to 20gb and i do like hard copies for the shelf.
@hypopsycho Technically it isn't they because you never stole anything. If you stole a TV, they can't sell that tv anymore because it's a physical item. This isn't the case on the Internet.
Plagarism is taking someone else's work and claiming it's your own work, usually done in writing. So no, pirating isn't technically plagiarism.
but... "tele" means "distance" so the internet is nothing but a more open "cable" or "satellite dish". So television will not die. It has just evolved. We may call it other names, like internet, or youtube, but it's still tele-vision.
I used to pirate when I lived in my home "3rd world" country. The reasons where simple:
1. to expensive, in the extreme: a game was 50% of a medium salary.
2. you couldn't find the games in shops. there are no shops for games and other "supermarkets" never bothered to bring them in. The reason? no one buys them.
I have recently bought about 10 games, 3 of which I pirated in the past. I bought them cheaper, yes, but new. I also a bought a game which I already bought for xbox.
We'll talk all you want about piracy but I'm pretty sure Good games always have and always will make profits, heck even fully FREE games can make tons of cash if they are good (LoL is a perfect example). Also I for one am really REALLY happy i pirated Rage, also i just bought Skyrim only cuz i know mods will make the game better, and finally piracy is rooting the bad games from the good ones believe it or not, if we paid for every single game we would have tons of retarded games.
@BuuGz86 If you don't like a game, don't pirate it. Aside from being a douchebag, you're just giving the devs a reason to bitch about piracy and add more crappy drm. If you DO like a game, however, go ahead and show them support by buying it. There's nothing that makes it right to pirate a game, I can proudly say that I have never pirated a game in my life, and neither do I intend to.
@Ragedaonenlonely I don't get you, there are lots of ppl like me If they like something they buy it, ye, i would never pirate a game if the dam demos weren't misleading. And just so you know every game I've pirated and didn't buy I never played it all the way through i pretty much gave up on them after 2-3 missions. Also if piracy didn't exist id never buy the game anyway cuz as i said Demos these days suck lol.
I buy any games I truly want (vast majority of my games are bought). Pirate games that I never actually want, but at least want to try out without demo restrictions. Pirating is a service issue.
TBs opinion on piracy is a bit archaic, frankly. It seems his negative opinions are based on his own history of being the 'worst kind' of pirate and he just buys stuff now in order to feel morally superior.
@tzuyd I'd love to see your evidence for " It seems his negative opinions are based on his own history of being the 'worst kind' of pirate and he just buys stuff now in order to feel morally superior."
@Niemtol2 The 'evidence' for how it *SEEMS* is right here in this video, where he openly states he used to never pay for things he pirated as a rule and now buys games because he essentially feels guilty for it.
You posted a 'fact'. I posted an observation. Learn English before picking stupid fights, yeh?
@tzuyd And that proves your point in what way? All you've done is shown that TB has pirated before and felt guilty, not that he stopped pirating because he wished to claim the moral high ground over people that actively pirate.
@Niemtol2 I'm sorry you're not intelligent enough to make the obvious connections, but I'll end this by again pointing out that I don't need to back up an observation with 'proof', other than to reference the point the observation was about in the first place.
@Niemtol2 Actually you acknowledged it yourself, but then tried to change the subject. On top of that, out of the 3 people who involved themselves in this conversation, you are the only person who posted a 'fact' and couldn't back it up.
@tzuyd What? You posted a quote from the video in order to back up your point, but the quote only backed up half of your point, the part about TB pirating before. It didn't back up the part where you said he stopped pirating because he wished to gain the moral high ground.
@tzuyd You said in your original comment that his negative opinions on piracy appear to (or seem to) stem from his past history as a pirater.
I'm asking how you managed to get from your observation that only proved that TB has pirated before to him stopping pirating so that he could claim the moral high ground over people that do pirate.
Playing the force unleashed two I liked this lvl verry much, the boss battle I absolutly adored but after that the game became repetative and I HATED the dearth vader fight because it's INCREDEBLY easy especialy with the graple move, and the ending sucked, in the end I didn't think it was a bad game, I enjoyed parts, but it is the most disapointing thing I ever played. Even more so if you considre I love the first FU
As an old person I will send you an angry electronic letter just as soon as this thing finishes heating up my supper and I figure out where to put the stamp!
Only games I "pirated" were emulators for the old consoles, Super Nintendo, Nintendo, Sega, Atari 3DO. They don't make em so oh well, As for buying. I wait til at least half off on Steam.
Dude, wish the older generation would at least take a look at your commentary... It explains the reasons why SOPA and PIPA is not the fault of the consumer, wether pirated or not, but on the media industry for failing to adapt... When the media is available, the consumer will consume... It's what we do as a society... The industries faulier to adapt is not our fault, if they made it available when appropiate, we would gladly pay for the product...
I don't pirate because it's easier. I have the money and use it to skip all the time searching for patch fixes and mess around with my software to get a game to work properly.
In Germany we have the US adv. ratio, they also redub the shows (the worst part) and air them almost a year after US premiere. TV is just broken here.
@Killerschildkroete yeah german tv sucks :/ that's why i hate watching german tv channels,,, everything is dubbed, so i don't understand a thing >.< om from denmark btw, lol xD
@IamBday That was never true... hell spend one week as a cashier and you will quickly find yourself wondering how many of your customers manage to figure out how to operate their car long enough to get to the store without killing someone.
I watch all TV on the internet. Why? Two main reasons:
1) I don't want to watch TV on some arbitrary schedule. I am busy so I like to watch on my own schedule and be able start and stop when I want.
2) Ads. In the US the standard is about 20 minutes of ads per 40 minutes of show, which is absolutely unacceptable. It's SO bad that you literally feel like you're developing ADD when you watch network TV because they switch back and forth so quickly.
TV network streaming sites have really bad advertisement, almost as bad as television. You get two or three 30-second-long advertisements for every 5-10 minute clip that the show is split into. Even worse, it's the same advertisements almost every time and they're never the clever ones that you get occasionally on TV that make you want to buy what they're selling, they're the ones that make you want to put an axe through your screen. Oh, and the video quality sucks.
i pirate games because i don't want to pay for something that might be shit or not even run on my PC, for example i torrented minecraft, after a week i bought it because it was awesome same goes with alot of other games. on the other side i have downloaded quite a few games then deleted it in a couple days because they are shitty
the boss TB is fighting 19:20 reminds me of a boss fight on wild 9 oh i loved that game and for some reason most games nowadays is missing something that older games had.
Oh second, well i know small artists who use piracy to get a lot of exposure. Do it right and you have 100k+ hits on your name etc on google in 24 hours, try to get a SEO expert who can get you that. And guess what everybody knows their music, freaking love them and want to see them perform live and their channels are blowing up.
You also clearly have no idea and i'll spare you how really big artist are doing it atm cause then you would be a shamed of your own comment.
Not always TB, i've gotten that stupid bad breath ad that goes for 2 minutes for a video that goes for 1:30. There was also that Christian ad that went around that was 15 minutes long.
Ok, first piracy isn't bad for the economy (thats bs) and if piracy would die at this moment a lot more jobs will be gone then for example music store owners/employees. And do you know why music stores etc are closing? because there are better alternative's and cheaper. If i want to buy a import music album in the local store here it cost me 15 dollars more then i buy a digital version from juno or even the retail is 10 dollars cheaper and it drops on my doorstep.
@TheSir2005 piracy is bad for the economy, how is copyright infringement costing the publishers/developers money not? Also if piracy died right now jobs would not be lost thats just fucking retarded thinking, no one makes a job of piracy on the internet. Your saying digital distribution would die because of piracy dying, this is also wrong because if piracy died then digital distribution would flourish.
Do you even know that in a lot of countries they sell pirated material in the freaking stores? Do you think we need mediaplayers at home if there wasn't pirated material? Uh no.. Or hey, a 16GB ipod? Uh no.... Or 10/100mbit+ connection at home or 3TB hard drives? 16gb+ usb sticks? Blu-ray burners? Uh no, no, no. The mass dont need it if their wasn't pirated material and the list goes on and on.
And yes a lot of jobs will die and technology will slack, all facts.
@TheSir2005 1. Your are talking about a whole different pirating. 2. Jobs will not die because pirating suddenly disappears and who gives a fuck if they do? Do you care if a drug dealer looses his "job"? 3. How will technology slack if people stop stealing/ripping off (in your specific case) their products? It wont. If you want a fucking ipod,bluray burner, w/e either go to a legit store or order offline its not hard unless your a fuckign retard like you.
Haha oh god, do you even read what im saying? 'Drug dealer' is not a job but for example a software developer at AC Ryan is and without piracy that company wouldn't exist without piracy or it would be a very small company.
And again, for example just like a ipod 16GB wouldn't exist because who the hell needs that? All most nobody, and thats why technologies will slack.
Learn how to read before you scream you childish silly boy or at least do some research.
@TheSir2005 you think just because people don't need a 16gb ipod they wont buy it? your more retarded than i thought. Also you don't understand. We are talking about online video game piracy. Also tell me why AC Ryan wouldn't exist with ought piracy? If anything they would benefit with ought it.
I originally had Minecraft pirated, but I bought it about 15 days after downloading it, I enjoyed it so much. It was back in early Alpha, so it was only $10.
aRMEd8uLL 20 hours ago
Last game pirated was AC II, played it for 2 hours, the game was so bad that it made me puke. Deleted this shit right away. And they ask 40 £ for this shit is ridiculous, I would not play it even if they`d pay me.
Last game I paid 20$, was battleforge. Overpriced! after I finished campaign, I was unable to play pvp, lack of upgrades. Solved, buy purchasing token boosters from the cash shop, then used cheats to cut down token farming time buy a month. 6 months later I was banned.
9578755 6 days ago in playlist Season 1
@9578755 Maybe cause you died and died and died in AC II
6425gorda 4 days ago
@6425gorda not really, the game has so many problems with the combat i just could not stand it any longer. Like why cant I jump from the roof & kill the guy & then run away ? why he keeps hitting the opponent with the knee & does not finish him off?? & the controls were bad & no tutorial how to make special moves & when u press q what weapon is what, all images look same how the fk u know what weapon to choose? & i see a crossbow on the floor & i cant pick it up, looting is also buged
9578755 3 days ago
@9578755 Hm,like the first one was better. you should of gotten brotherhood,or if it wasnt released yet you should of waited for it
btw its pretty simple,there is a tutorial,the beginning fyi,you just look at the actions and keys to see what will it do at that specific spot and so on. And your supposed to get the crossbow later in the game. q brings up the weapon selection,you use the mouse and go over the icon to choose that weapon,a little spike you cant recognize is the hidden blade
6425gorda 2 days ago
@6425gorda You use the hidden blade to jump off the roof and kill the person,its silent and deadly if used right,no images look the same,you just dont know anything.
6425gorda 2 days ago
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6425gorda 1 week ago
windows got it's dominance because of it. and with few publishers making demo's. downloading a game is basically the only way to try it out before plopping down 50 to 60 dollars. you will always have those who just want to get everything for free, you can't stop them. so you might as well ignore them.
neotruekaiser 1 week ago in playlist Season 1
1:2 ratio of advertisement time? more like 1:1. A half-hour show is actually 15 minutes content.
BMYacht 1 week ago
Piracy is not theft. The inclusion of DRM is a pointless exercise and does nothing but harm the experience that paying customers receive. The best way to get rid of piracy is to in-still in gamers that in the end piracy will hurt them. If people want good quality titles then they have to realise that they must buy them.
Still there are people who cannot pay for whatever reason. They have a decision, do they download a copy or do they not play! I used to pirate games all the time - not anymore.
trooperJac 1 week ago
@trooperJac how is it fair that you play and not give the people that make that game their due for their work
night4345 1 week ago
@night4345 Why buy something you can get for free? There aren't much buyers out there you know.
6425gorda 1 week ago
@night4345 "but how is it fair to not give appreciation to the people that made the game?" yeah yeah,blabla
6425gorda 1 week ago
I like how TB goes on his high horses to tell his viewers that piracy is wrong but that honesty by the publishers is going to reduce piracy. Well, then pirates are champions of consumer rights then, even if what they're doing is morally questionable, the effect they have on the industry is for the greater good of the consumer. I mean, hearing TB bitching about it here isn't going to do anything, even if that isn't morally questionable, TB is far from a champion of customer rights in comparison.
Langsorigingaleia 3 weeks ago
@Langsorigingaleia DRM was made because of piracy, if no one pirated games DRM might not even exist or would be far less intrusive. Pirates have actually made it worse for the people who buy games, so I'm not exactly sure how pirating has helped advance consumer rights, in fact it's done the opposite.
Zoowey07 2 weeks ago
I'm watching Torchwood on BBC america at the moment. it's alot better than i thought it would be. Not better than doctor who, mind you, but better than i thought it would be.
TheRaggetyDoctor 3 weeks ago in playlist More videos from TotalHalibut
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criminaltrap 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@hypopsycho
How about this? D2 had a release date shown on Steam yet on they day in question i couldn't play the game even tho i had pre-orderded it. After 20min google i found it had different realese date in EU, steam never told me that.
So is it stealing to DL a game i had pre-orderded?
due to this i am reluctant to pre-order any game now.
coldheart572 1 month ago
I am not going to say I am not one of those people that doesn't justify that a game is not worth buying but I also don't finish the game or even play it for that long. I once saw a pirated movie and thought it was so good, I saw it 3 times in theaters. I enjoy blizzards games so much that over time I have bought diablo 2, starcraft and warcraft 3, 3-4 times each. I really do think that their needs to be more games that are good demos that show a good preview or a real enjoyable part of the game.
anubis520 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
just didn't have tv/internet/phone for 6.8 days, got to love to have age of mythology + expansion, aoe 1/2 gold edition, lord of the rings return of the kings.
couldn't play any of them on parallels desktop(windows on mac program) because of fucking drm...., couldn't even install heroes of might and magic V because of fucking drm.
that really made me fucking angry. incredibly regretted not pirating some games i was thinking of 2 days before my internet was gone. thx ubisoft and ea..........
dodelol 1 month ago
i pirate the big franchise games like cod which i cant pay for anyway, but buy from smaller developers like minecraft and terraria, or when their on sale.
kitube14 1 month ago
To the guy of the first mail: I rarely pirate games, but when I'm not sure about buying an expensive game, I might pirate the game, and play it to get a first impression. You could compare it to watching a 'WTF is' video, I'm not finishing the game. Buying a retail game has a charm to it. I mean, those disk cases look pretty cool on a shelf.
And if I really like an album, I buy it, for the same reason: having disk cases is sweet.
Rynnakokki 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
I feel like an idiot asking this, but what is DRM?
GreatGranpapy 1 month ago
in most scenario's, i believe that "pirates" fall into a category of people that wouldn't buy said developers game in the first place for whatever the reason may be
so in retrospect 'said developers' would not be losing any income to begin with..
moral of story = there are FAR to many misunderstood perspectives to accurately tackle a subjective topic such as pirating games
MY OPINION = people have been DE-EVOLVING for thousands of years. business models evolve regardless. wtf is up wit that???
Jagethemage 1 month ago
3:45 <----- why Justin Bieber is popular (amoung 98% of all idiotic pop media today).. applies to EVERY form of media!!!!
dumb kids publicly hating on things that suck = 100% of the reason shitty things become popular
Jagethemage 1 month ago
Hoping for honest industry is just like hoping there won't be piracy in some bright future.
Also, let's stop being melodramatic. Even without publishers founding, or even anybody buying, games still would be made.
Samhildenach 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I find it hard to buy a game on the PC, specially when I know the game won't work on release date, it happens a lot of times. Saying it's a bad idea to not buy it at release date, and just wait until they fix the game in the amount of 6 months, just to play it, is a little hard to take. I rather wait that amount of time, then buy it, then I will be able to play it, and the majority of flaws won't be there. In my country games cost 82 dollars, they're not cheap.
Ryuuken24 1 month ago
I Think pirating is only viable if you have a mac and want a game like terraria and cant afford a new windows pc.
JHack423 1 month ago
@JHack423 not gonna lie, i've been running a pirated version of terraria since it released, with the ability to get every update as they come out. i think the devs are assholes. they have the power to down any vid online that talks negatively about their game (as rare as it may be) and they do JUST that. DAILY... dont get me wrong, the game is great. but (at the time) i didnt feel that Red or Blue deserved my hard-earned cash.
srry im not sugarcoating anything. im not forced to (yet)
Jagethemage 1 month ago
Do what you want, ‘cause a pirate is free, YOU ARE A PIRATE! Yar har, fiddle di dee, Being a pirate is alright to be, Do what you want ‘cause a pirate is free, You are a pirate!
DAGET1234 1 month ago
Pirating for me is a very simple thing. I always pirate PC games if they do not have a demo/trial. I generally play for 24-48 hours to figure out if I like the game, and either buy the game or just delete it if I don't like it I wouldn't have any reason to pirate they just gave us some actual demos/trials, but since you can't normally return a used PC game to a store like you can with a console...meh. I would never pirate for keeps but god is it so hard to give a downloadable demo/trial?
SutaSafaia 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
@SutaSafaia so 24 to 48 hours makes up for not having a demo ...
The1177 1 month ago in playlist More videos from TotalHalibut
@The1177 Yes, it does. Most PC games I buy range in the $40-$60 area and I'm not just going to dump that much money into a title unless I actually like it. With console games I get 7 days to return it for a refund, but with PC games you're stuck with it as soon as the plastic wrap comes off the box. If the game I want has an actual demo, I use it If it does not, I pirate it and give it a try before I buy it. Forgive me if I don't like flushing money down the toilet for a crap game.
SutaSafaia 1 month ago
@TotalHalibut You forgot the part where games aren't lacking many patches when they are released. Most people buy them on steam sales few months after release because they expect the game to be correctly patched. So it's cheaper, and you got a better product, why would you pre-order the game? It's expensive and sometime you don't ever have review about (hello DNF). But still, it doesn't gives a good reason to pirate the game :)
anthonyda 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
Well, one example of pirating then buying was me playing Terraria. At first i thought Terraria is a Minecraft ripoff, but after playing it for a while in 1.0.1 I got 90% of everything, and I thought "Wow, this is seriously a thoroughly original game worth the $10 it charges." However I still didnt buy it knowing that i got nothing to do afterwards. That is, after patch 1.1, which added new content. Then I decided to buy the 4 pack for $30 to play with my friends. THATS a good excuse to pirate.
zaruyko 1 month ago in playlist More videos from TotalHalibut
@gameviewsnet Well then your brother wasn't very good of presenting the games in such a way that you could formulate a proper impression of the game. A good let's player will do that.
I can maybe understand that you've seen some bad let's plays since they are so common and many of them are very bad at doing "let's plays". But if you've seen someone who's good at it you'd know how good an impression it can make on you.
marat271 1 month ago
Here in holland the ads are really bad. Sometimes we get 15(!) minute ad blocks. I'm not watching any tv anymore.
EvilBlonde666 1 month ago
I wonder how people think, Pirating a game, and then buying it coz you wanted more? I initially pirated terraria, Yes I'm a bad guy, but as 1.1 was coming close, I immediately bought terraria then and there in anticipation for 1.1, I don't know if I'm wrong or right, but I feel good about buying it now, updates come instantly and I can safely say "I paid for this game"
StarFanaticCraft 1 month ago
He didnt mention buying the game at a premium on release and then only playing it a few months later. What is that called?
eagletwo13 1 month ago
Also warnings like "This content is not available in your country" spells like go and get it from some torrent site. It has been many times that I wanted to buy a book (audible), a song or use a movie-service (netflix) and I could not. So I may turn to alternatives. And lets even start with the drm. I have to use audible program to listen to the book I just bought?! But I want to listen to it with my mp3-player!
haanjamiis 1 month ago
@gameviewsnet So just because you pirate games some of the time you're pardoned, that's not how this world works.
And really there are tons of playthroughs of games I watch just because they're entertaining. Many who I watch before buying a game, and also just as entertainment. So it's no excuse to say that they're not entertaining and you get a wrong impression
marat271 1 month ago
BTW anyone else noticed the lack of demos these days? How can I know what I'm buying? Even though watching TB's videos might be enough, playing for your self is totally different experience.
haanjamiis 1 month ago
i pirate a game to see if its good or not ,then i buy the game .
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questiontime101 1 month ago
You should turn the mailbox into a podcast, i would listen to every one
LezThanhuman101 1 month ago
That boss at the end sucks balls.
sir1junior 1 month ago
Absolutely correct about the piracy issue. At first, I pirated because I could and because it was cheaper. Now, I am so freaking frustrated and annoyed at how a demo is so small and misleading as to what the actual product ends up to be. Sure, it is not correct, but it is a reason.
All I freaking want is LONGER ****ING DEMOS. not 30 minutes, not 2 levels, FUCKING MORE. Every developer should look at what spiderweb does. They have a 12 hour demo for their games. Bought the game instantly after.
hotsum0ta 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
could you please add timer tags for each question. It would be really convenient for skipping questions we dont care about. e.g: in a mailbox not long ago (i think the first "star wars: force unleashed 2") you were talking about trading card games, which do not interest me. It would have been great to skip that question and view the next one.
Thanks :)
ExpensiveProduction 1 month ago
@ExpensiveProduction Just skip every 5-6 minutes he rants on each email for that long
TheOneProSniper 1 month ago
When it comes to music I am like that, I will pirate a few songs from an album to see if I like it, and then if it's good i'll buy the album properly, but when it comes to games I always get them legit upfront
JustOuttakes 1 month ago
I pirated dragon age 2 after being forced to log into an online account to play dragon age 1
karthadastim 1 month ago
24 is the shit. Shame netflix only has the first 4 seasons at the moment.
ResurgamZerg 1 month ago
@ResurgamZerg "WHERE'S THE BLUE RAY!", yelled Jack. He looked angry, not so telling him the location of where to buy the disk's wasn't an option...you won't like Jack when he's angry...
darkwiz666 1 month ago
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ResurgamZerg 1 month ago
@ResurgamZerg And it also means you can run them on high :)
JustOuttakes 1 month ago
I admit i pirate but honestly i can't afford games. I'm a broke college student. I do support devs when i can but the indusutry needs to change. Well yes 60 dollars a game isn't bad it just a lot of money for something that may or may not be all that good. With review embargos, lack of demos. Some times the only way to see if i game is good is to torrent it. Another issue is looking at batman AC the game comes out in oct and then it sells for 20 dollars in dec. Its crazy.
sunsfan2427 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
But are you a legitimate consumer if you don't pirate on release, but instead get it somewhere down the line for cheap?
adrianbeloo 1 month ago
@adrianbeloo Depends on the source, if its from Steam Etc, Yeah... if its from some random dude who just offers it to you... not entirely as the Game saw its use from the person, and the devs probably got the money from it; however you are only paying for the game at whatever price he sells it and not from what the actual game might be worth at the time. I probably just confused you more due to my thoughts just being typed out and not reviewed... I have a headache right now :D
ShadowRyas348 1 month ago
@Niemtol2 It does kind of feel like that
foller123 1 month ago
I don't see anything wrong with pirating a game you don't want enough to buy same with music really imo
foller123 1 month ago
I only pirate games that i have on another console or already on my PC. I feel as though i shouldn't pay £40 for a port. Good excuse?? (True by the way)
IMGONNAKILLU123 1 month ago
@IMGONNAKILLU123 or if the game is over 5 years old and the developer is gaining nothing
IMGONNAKILLU123 1 month ago
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I agree with TB on most parts in this. But I find it a bit contradicting that he is pretty much super-anti-pirate when it comes to games but he is against commercials in TV. Not all TV shows end up on DVD for sale. And those, I'm sure, need funding as well. And they get that from licenses that broadcasting companies buy, using money from advertising/commercials. But I guess both has a thing in common, it's the service model that is faulty. I really hate commercials and aggressive anti-pirating.
HugRunner 1 month ago
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HugRunner 1 month ago
are you fool? tv isnt dying out, its bigger then its ever been. if it were to die out then it will be yonks in the future. i love you TB but some things you say are just wrong.
LouisKing995 1 month ago
*watching saturday night live*
*commercial finishes*
finally its back *shows 1 minute skit*
*5 more minutes of ads *
wtf!
zeldafreak000 1 month ago
OR you could use AdBlocker and get no "adverts" at all. Look, I know you guys get paid like that, but YouTube was based on the foundation of free media sharing, not something folks would make a living off-of. If you earn your paycheck through YouTube, fine. Good for you. But don't expect me to endure the intellectual insult of modern advertising for 1+min per video for your sake. Not going to happen.
MrMprint 1 month ago
I've pirated a few games only to use as demos without restrictions. If i like it i buy it and continue on. If i don't like it i wipe it from my hard drive.
zelblade 1 month ago
In regards to dishonesty and demos, I almost feel bad for Kingdoms of Amalur, it very clearly showed that the gameplay was simplistic tripe and the story was retarded, but at least it was honest about it. I would buy it for maybe $20 but not $60.
TobiasMakesNoise 1 month ago
I don't really want to sound trollish or whiney, but does anyone ever send in an email that isn't about piracy?
takearideonmystache 1 month ago
Well... a friend of mine just was complaining how he couldn't run pirated Sonic Generations. "I tested it on my three laptops"
- Really.. really? He can afford 3 laptops but is being an cheapasss for 15 euro. *RAGE MODE ON*
skunkredhair 1 month ago 68
@skunkredhair >laptop there is his problem
HiPaZeRo 1 month ago
I think my only excuse for pirating a few games (Not really gonna do it anymore, I have no reason to) is that I was never going to buy them in the first place, pirated or not.
Clermn 1 month ago 17
@Clermn Yep pretty much the same for, TB would say then don't play it.
I have buy all then games i did enjoy and did buy few games i did not enjoy to.
I don't play a lot of pirated games because i usualy only pirate games that suck i do it just for test games i would never have play otherwise
GodOfMacro 1 month ago
@GodOfMacro Such as the Battlefield 3 Campaign. It wasn't even WORTH Pirating!
Clermn 1 month ago
@Clermn Yeah exactly...
GodOfMacro 1 month ago
like if your british!
ArcticVapour 1 month ago
I pirate games...and I make no excuse other than I simply can't afford everything. I do however purchase reasonably priced games.
The vast majority of AAA games on steam are $89.99(AUD) on steam for me, and a few exceptions are $99 on steam. I go to Greenmangaming whenever the games are available, since they are around $40. I have a large library of great indie titles that I have purchased. If a game is $89 on a digital distribution service and I cant get it cheaper, then its a lost purchase.
JSan272 1 month ago
When I was in highschool, I bought every GBA, DS and PC game I had. That's because I only spent money for school allowance on weekdays. I bought games because the money didn't impact me that much. But now I usually don't because I'm on college my money goes to food, transportation and tuition fee.
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NedPlaysGames 1 month ago
Yeah where is all the demos. In the old days all big games had some kind of demo or trail version. Fx battlefield 1942 secret weapons of WW2 had a demo. Why dont anyone do that anymore? :-/
TheKirger 1 month ago
@Tyotyo999 like I give a flying fuck what you or anyone else thinks :D I know the truth of the matter but I'm certainly not bothered explaining it to a fucking idiot like you. Live on in ignorance my zit covered friend.
alflud 1 month ago
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cbapiaz 1 month ago
To be honest i pirated a lot of games... just because i couldn't pay for it.. in my country original games are just too expensive for me to afford it when i was a teenager... now that i have my own work.. and thanks that i discovered steam and digital downloads.. my mind has changed a bit... and now i praise the people that makes this wonderfull games that i love so much by buying original games on digital stores (the only way i'm getting a fair price)... and i'm happy about it.
cbapiaz 1 month ago
I generally never pirate anything, but when I do, it's not games, it's movies that are not available in my area and for me to buy that movie it would cost me about three times as much to buy because of all the travelling costs.
BaraSkit07 1 month ago
What ever happened to demo discs? those were cool
DirtyFiend1 1 month ago
I pirated the first half life at school it got me into gaming, Since then ive bought every valve developed game the day it came out , thats my system, if i pirate something good they get my cash after that , TBH I don't pirate games any more as there getting close to 20gb and i do like hard copies for the shelf.
GamersBar 1 month ago
@hypopsycho Technically it isn't they because you never stole anything. If you stole a TV, they can't sell that tv anymore because it's a physical item. This isn't the case on the Internet.
Plagarism is taking someone else's work and claiming it's your own work, usually done in writing. So no, pirating isn't technically plagiarism.
Archonicable 1 month ago
but... "tele" means "distance" so the internet is nothing but a more open "cable" or "satellite dish". So television will not die. It has just evolved. We may call it other names, like internet, or youtube, but it's still tele-vision.
bv90andy 1 month ago
I used to pirate when I lived in my home "3rd world" country. The reasons where simple:
1. to expensive, in the extreme: a game was 50% of a medium salary.
2. you couldn't find the games in shops. there are no shops for games and other "supermarkets" never bothered to bring them in. The reason? no one buys them.
I have recently bought about 10 games, 3 of which I pirated in the past. I bought them cheaper, yes, but new. I also a bought a game which I already bought for xbox.
bv90andy 1 month ago
We'll talk all you want about piracy but I'm pretty sure Good games always have and always will make profits, heck even fully FREE games can make tons of cash if they are good (LoL is a perfect example). Also I for one am really REALLY happy i pirated Rage, also i just bought Skyrim only cuz i know mods will make the game better, and finally piracy is rooting the bad games from the good ones believe it or not, if we paid for every single game we would have tons of retarded games.
BuuGz86 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
@BuuGz86 If you don't like a game, don't pirate it. Aside from being a douchebag, you're just giving the devs a reason to bitch about piracy and add more crappy drm. If you DO like a game, however, go ahead and show them support by buying it. There's nothing that makes it right to pirate a game, I can proudly say that I have never pirated a game in my life, and neither do I intend to.
Ragedaonenlonely 1 month ago
@Ragedaonenlonely I don't get you, there are lots of ppl like me If they like something they buy it, ye, i would never pirate a game if the dam demos weren't misleading. And just so you know every game I've pirated and didn't buy I never played it all the way through i pretty much gave up on them after 2-3 missions. Also if piracy didn't exist id never buy the game anyway cuz as i said Demos these days suck lol.
P.s Pirates get rid of the DRM don't worry :D
BuuGz86 1 month ago
I buy any games I truly want (vast majority of my games are bought). Pirate games that I never actually want, but at least want to try out without demo restrictions. Pirating is a service issue.
SwobyJ 1 month ago
TBs opinion on piracy is a bit archaic, frankly. It seems his negative opinions are based on his own history of being the 'worst kind' of pirate and he just buys stuff now in order to feel morally superior.
tzuyd 1 month ago
@tzuyd No. That isn't the case at all.
Niemtol2 1 month ago
@Niemtol2 Oh it's good to know you're an authority on the topic, despite evidence to the contrary.
tzuyd 1 month ago
@tzuyd I'd love to see your evidence for " It seems his negative opinions are based on his own history of being the 'worst kind' of pirate and he just buys stuff now in order to feel morally superior."
Niemtol2 1 month ago
@Niemtol2 The 'evidence' for how it *SEEMS* is right here in this video, where he openly states he used to never pay for things he pirated as a rule and now buys games because he essentially feels guilty for it.
You posted a 'fact'. I posted an observation. Learn English before picking stupid fights, yeh?
tzuyd 1 month ago
@tzuyd And that proves your point in what way? All you've done is shown that TB has pirated before and felt guilty, not that he stopped pirating because he wished to claim the moral high ground over people that actively pirate.
Niemtol2 1 month ago
@Niemtol2 Maybe you should watch the video.
tzuyd 1 month ago
@tzuyd Maybe you should prove your point.
Niemtol2 1 month ago
@Niemtol2 I refer you to my original comment.
tzuyd 1 month ago
@tzuyd Your original comment makes the point, it doesn't prove it.
Niemtol2 1 month ago
@Niemtol2 I didn't know it needed proof in order to be made. Nevertheless, the video itself proves it, if you would care to watch it as I suggested.
tzuyd 1 month ago
@tzuyd Of course you need proof to back up a fucking point, and no, it doesn't.
Niemtol2 1 month ago
@Niemtol2 I'm sorry you're not intelligent enough to make the obvious connections, but I'll end this by again pointing out that I don't need to back up an observation with 'proof', other than to reference the point the observation was about in the first place.
tzuyd 1 month ago
@tzuyd Your 'observation' was false.
And you have failed to show otherwise.
Niemtol2 1 month ago
@Niemtol2 Actually you acknowledged it yourself, but then tried to change the subject. On top of that, out of the 3 people who involved themselves in this conversation, you are the only person who posted a 'fact' and couldn't back it up.
tzuyd 1 month ago
@tzuyd What? You posted a quote from the video in order to back up your point, but the quote only backed up half of your point, the part about TB pirating before. It didn't back up the part where you said he stopped pirating because he wished to gain the moral high ground.
Niemtol2 1 month ago
@Niemtol2 You don't seem to understand the words 'seem' and 'observation'. If English is not your first language, you can be forgiven.
tzuyd 1 month ago
@tzuyd You said in your original comment that his negative opinions on piracy appear to (or seem to) stem from his past history as a pirater.
I'm asking how you managed to get from your observation that only proved that TB has pirated before to him stopping pirating so that he could claim the moral high ground over people that do pirate.
So far, you have failed to do so.
Niemtol2 1 month ago
@Niemtol2 For the third and final time, perhaps you should watch the video.
tzuyd 1 month ago
@tzuyd I have watched the video.
Niemtol2 1 month ago
Playing the force unleashed two I liked this lvl verry much, the boss battle I absolutly adored but after that the game became repetative and I HATED the dearth vader fight because it's INCREDEBLY easy especialy with the graple move, and the ending sucked, in the end I didn't think it was a bad game, I enjoyed parts, but it is the most disapointing thing I ever played. Even more so if you considre I love the first FU
inperatieloos 1 month ago
TB is very good at speaking his subjective and personal opinion like it's fact and truth.
torkel104 1 month ago
Funny enough I got an advery for a TV series at the start of this video.
Phredreeke 1 month ago
As an old person I will send you an angry electronic letter just as soon as this thing finishes heating up my supper and I figure out where to put the stamp!
HartAHart 1 month ago
my 78 year old grandpa plays games
night4345 1 month ago
Only games I "pirated" were emulators for the old consoles, Super Nintendo, Nintendo, Sega, Atari 3DO. They don't make em so oh well, As for buying. I wait til at least half off on Steam.
HartAHart 1 month ago
I pirate media because...[Remaining commented removed by SOPA].
MarkDCUK 1 month ago
stupid pirates with their excuses
I just download games because I dont want to pay, easy as that. XD
DaBase333 1 month ago
@DaBase333 And you're a scumbag for that very reason
Niemtol2 1 month ago
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DaBase333 1 month ago
i love seeing a new mailbox to put in the background while i do things, glueing warhammer stuff together ftw.
seanziess 1 month ago
wow if sw tor looked like that
lionpulse 1 month ago
Dude, wish the older generation would at least take a look at your commentary... It explains the reasons why SOPA and PIPA is not the fault of the consumer, wether pirated or not, but on the media industry for failing to adapt... When the media is available, the consumer will consume... It's what we do as a society... The industries faulier to adapt is not our fault, if they made it available when appropiate, we would gladly pay for the product...
SuperMartimusPrime13 1 month ago
Twilight Princess was 50$ for about 5 years so
if you were broke then she didnt get any cheaper ;o
crocodiliusz 1 month ago
i got a rom of pokemon and then when it came out i bought it as soon as it came out
Punisher9419 1 month ago
I don't pirate because it's easier. I have the money and use it to skip all the time searching for patch fixes and mess around with my software to get a game to work properly.
Misostrate 1 month ago
for 8:00 (talking about being a lag-time gamer)
"Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it - Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
s0m30n3el5e 1 month ago
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It's funny how people who pirate game's get DRM and the people who pirate don't get it. SERVICE FAILURE!
MrPopscotch 1 month ago
It's funny how people who pirate game's get DRM and the people who pirate don't get it. SERVICE FAILURE!
MrPopscotch 1 month ago
I think you might enjoy 24 TB. You really ought to watch them all in order at some point.
pyrocious 1 month ago
@Kohr998 If you've got an education you probably should be able to earn that.
marat271 1 month ago
In Germany we have the US adv. ratio, they also redub the shows (the worst part) and air them almost a year after US premiere. TV is just broken here.
Killerschildkroete 1 month ago
@Killerschildkroete yeah german tv sucks :/ that's why i hate watching german tv channels,,, everything is dubbed, so i don't understand a thing >.< om from denmark btw, lol xD
megamage911 1 month ago
TB, you might not replay your games but I sure as hell do if it's a good game, just saying.
ColdAdapt 1 month ago
what happened to 'the customer is always right'?
IamBday 1 month ago
@IamBday That was never true... hell spend one week as a cashier and you will quickly find yourself wondering how many of your customers manage to figure out how to operate their car long enough to get to the store without killing someone.
pyrocious 1 month ago 19
I watch American TV shown illegally on the internet,why? Netflix and Hulu isnt available on my country,they should make it available in Asia.
Smokemalboro 1 month ago
"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem," -Gabe Newell
And this is why he is awesome.
Clermn 1 month ago
@Clermn More like uninformed. Piracy is a cheap bastard consumer problem.
pyrocious 1 month ago
I watch all TV on the internet. Why? Two main reasons:
1) I don't want to watch TV on some arbitrary schedule. I am busy so I like to watch on my own schedule and be able start and stop when I want.
2) Ads. In the US the standard is about 20 minutes of ads per 40 minutes of show, which is absolutely unacceptable. It's SO bad that you literally feel like you're developing ADD when you watch network TV because they switch back and forth so quickly.
I am cool with places like Hulu, Netflix, etc.
Feydakin8 1 month ago
'Game at a Lag Time' wow, I didn't know there was a name for what I did heh, thanks TB!
GhostRetch 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
TV network streaming sites have really bad advertisement, almost as bad as television. You get two or three 30-second-long advertisements for every 5-10 minute clip that the show is split into. Even worse, it's the same advertisements almost every time and they're never the clever ones that you get occasionally on TV that make you want to buy what they're selling, they're the ones that make you want to put an axe through your screen. Oh, and the video quality sucks.
aeiluindae 1 month ago
99% of statistics where pulled out of someone's ass
sidzta 1 month ago
5:45 I love gaming on a lag time. Playing bioshock for the first time ever right now. cheap and amazing!
lothrazar 1 month ago
Constructive critisism here:
Try to cut down on your answers just a little bit, Tb.
you spent almost 13 minutes answering the first Email, which could have been answered in 6-7 mins.
Shorter answers gives alot time for more e mails you can answer in 1 video.
kanistor22 1 month ago
i pirate games because i don't want to pay for something that might be shit or not even run on my PC, for example i torrented minecraft, after a week i bought it because it was awesome same goes with alot of other games. on the other side i have downloaded quite a few games then deleted it in a couple days because they are shitty
angas0311 1 month ago
well you can watch a bad movie and it cost 15$ or you can buy a game that cost 120$ and its SHIT. Welcome to australia.
opiemonster 1 month ago
I BE A PIRATE
ARRRR
what u gonna do about it !?
cross me an I'll shove me sword up yur arse
ARRR
vlweb3d 1 month ago
Actually, Deus Ex: Human Revolution was able to be pirated BEFORE the release, stunningly it worked.
fatedead505 1 month ago
@fatedead505 It was the press version. The one they had on E3 and other conventions.
Antte94 1 month ago
the boss TB is fighting 19:20 reminds me of a boss fight on wild 9 oh i loved that game and for some reason most games nowadays is missing something that older games had.
Breelik 1 month ago
I'd like to point out that I don't watch TV. I can't stand the loud adds that run for like 33% of the show.
I use the internet for that.
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@TheMrSlap
Oh second, well i know small artists who use piracy to get a lot of exposure. Do it right and you have 100k+ hits on your name etc on google in 24 hours, try to get a SEO expert who can get you that. And guess what everybody knows their music, freaking love them and want to see them perform live and their channels are blowing up.
You also clearly have no idea and i'll spare you how really big artist are doing it atm cause then you would be a shamed of your own comment.
TheSir2005 1 month ago
Age of Conan, anyone? :D
gredenis 1 month ago
Lol I thought you were going to play a different game since this one seemed to annoy you lol
ElectricCicuslover 1 month ago
Not always TB, i've gotten that stupid bad breath ad that goes for 2 minutes for a video that goes for 1:30. There was also that Christian ad that went around that was 15 minutes long.
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@TheMrSlap
Ok, first piracy isn't bad for the economy (thats bs) and if piracy would die at this moment a lot more jobs will be gone then for example music store owners/employees. And do you know why music stores etc are closing? because there are better alternative's and cheaper. If i want to buy a import music album in the local store here it cost me 15 dollars more then i buy a digital version from juno or even the retail is 10 dollars cheaper and it drops on my doorstep.
TheSir2005 1 month ago
@TheSir2005 piracy is bad for the economy, how is copyright infringement costing the publishers/developers money not? Also if piracy died right now jobs would not be lost thats just fucking retarded thinking, no one makes a job of piracy on the internet. Your saying digital distribution would die because of piracy dying, this is also wrong because if piracy died then digital distribution would flourish.
battelman97 1 month ago
@battelman97
Do you even know that in a lot of countries they sell pirated material in the freaking stores? Do you think we need mediaplayers at home if there wasn't pirated material? Uh no.. Or hey, a 16GB ipod? Uh no.... Or 10/100mbit+ connection at home or 3TB hard drives? 16gb+ usb sticks? Blu-ray burners? Uh no, no, no. The mass dont need it if their wasn't pirated material and the list goes on and on.
And yes a lot of jobs will die and technology will slack, all facts.
TheSir2005 1 month ago
@TheSir2005 1. Your are talking about a whole different pirating. 2. Jobs will not die because pirating suddenly disappears and who gives a fuck if they do? Do you care if a drug dealer looses his "job"? 3. How will technology slack if people stop stealing/ripping off (in your specific case) their products? It wont. If you want a fucking ipod,bluray burner, w/e either go to a legit store or order offline its not hard unless your a fuckign retard like you.
battelman97 1 month ago
@battelman97
Haha oh god, do you even read what im saying? 'Drug dealer' is not a job but for example a software developer at AC Ryan is and without piracy that company wouldn't exist without piracy or it would be a very small company.
And again, for example just like a ipod 16GB wouldn't exist because who the hell needs that? All most nobody, and thats why technologies will slack.
Learn how to read before you scream you childish silly boy or at least do some research.
TheSir2005 1 month ago
@TheSir2005 you think just because people don't need a 16gb ipod they wont buy it? your more retarded than i thought. Also you don't understand. We are talking about online video game piracy. Also tell me why AC Ryan wouldn't exist with ought piracy? If anything they would benefit with ought it.
battelman97 1 month ago