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Uploaded by on Oct 27, 2007

This is a dated look at video game piracy on the Canadian TV show Game Nation circa 1995. Dave Perry of Shiny Entertainment (Earthworm Jim era) weighs in on the issue.

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  • One downloaded copy doesn't necessarily make the company lose money. Some games that I have downloaded, I wouldn't have bought if I couldn't DL it.

  • I need to find me one of these "secret computer bulletin boards". XD

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  • 20 minutes to download a SNES game. Lol, vintage internet.

  • @STALKERX9 just because they release COD more frequent doesn't mean people will automatically buys it. Also,COD is a console port so most of their sale would prolly be from console in the first place. Console has more legit players because its way harder to actually pirate a game and there are risk involve. You can get permanently ban from SONY or MICROSOFT online service ..which pretty much kill your system. Piracy isn't innovating game its just forcing developer to switch to console

  • tweakguides has an awesome article concerning piracy... 6 pages long, but a great read, lots of hard data was researched for said article.

  • I dont support neither i am against piracy, i respect the role it plays in the gaming industry, cause it is one of the things that forces (some) developers to inovate and improve theyr games.

  • If it wasnt for piracy, if all developers would get all the money, i guess we would see more franchises like Call of duty, with an every month release of the same load of crap.

    And my thoughts about why consoles sell more legit?

    I would almost say for sure that most console gamers are (kids) who do not have to work to buy theyr games, they just have to cry for theyr parents to buy them.

  • but dam he paid 500bucks for that device?! what a rip! u could prob buy every snes game for that back then

  • i know a guy who is a video game developer and pirates games

  • the truth about piracy is that is an ilegal and destructive activity that hurts a few and makes happy thousands of millions

  • @boilerplate

    guess that explains why games add little surprises to pirated games such as crashes, bugs and even making the pirated game unplayable

  • @toshineon Agree,but piracy isn't such a crime.It's more like a infraction.If games wouldn't be so expensive,there wouldn't be any piracing.

    Thumbs up if you are with me!

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