02-02-2005, 10:42 PM | #51 | ||
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I live at Argentina, and here games not only cost, but the normal quantity of money earned by a family is very low.. So i try to save my money for games i Really like.. And for companys that really deserve the money
got Quest for Glory Anthologies Space Quest Collection Series Loom Monkey Island 1 Monkey Island 2 Monkey Island 3 Quest for Glory 5 StarCraft StarCraft Brood War Legend Of Kyrandia 1 and 2 and a lot more.. But im not going to pay NOW for larry 1.... |
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02-02-2005, 10:45 PM | #52 | ||
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i don't have that problem :i bought warcraft 3 for 1 $ !!!!!!!
But now i am in canada |
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03-02-2005, 01:09 PM | #53 | ||
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Besides, believe it or not, computer piracy is one of the means of preserving some great games from slipping out of people's memory. And in some cases, people have to get w**ez instead of originals... Say, there was this fella who bout Diablo II in localised version. He could not return it to get his money back and the a**-quality of translation pissed him off so much that he could not bear it to play the game. He began asking in about all stores with PC games he could get to, and everytime the talk was like -Do you have Diablo II? -Why, sure we do. -In English language version? -What for? And because of not being an adult, the local law prevents him from having any sort of bank account, so he could not order the game from Blizzard. His parents did not understand the problem either - why does he want to mail-order the game when he can get it from a store? So what was he supposed to do, huh? W**ez ws his only option of obtaining original English version. And, I know for granted that some supermarkets who sell computers have been found out in here to install pirated versions of OS'es and other programs. |
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03-02-2005, 01:59 PM | #54 | ||
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LOL
It's incredible how hard for some people is to understand diversity in our growing community. I'm coming from south-east European country, and I know what people works for and how much of savings you have to do to afford purchase of computer. At the time you spend all your money on computer, only way to play the games is to download them or get pirated versions. Now, that I live in western world, and I have somewhat nice paid job, I'm still not baying newest games, as I believe that they are overpriced. I usually wait 6-12 months to get them at price from 10-20 us dollars. All of mine PS2 games are bought at price of 20 or less dollars and none of my consoles is moded, so all of my games for PS, PS2 and Sega Genesis are originals. I just bought Dreamcast last weekend, and this is my first console capable of playing home-burned cd's, but mainly reason I got it is to play emulators on it. My GBA SP is different story. :angel: :blink: I am not saying that illegal software is good, nor that people should not get it, just that I understand why some people can't afford it, and they still like to play a game. By saying this we have to conclude that games are addictive same as drugs. And as far as I know, gaming industry made a lot of people rich, but in many cases bad business decision were reason for most of company to get out of job. |
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03-02-2005, 02:04 PM | #55 | ||
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About 6 years ago I bought first time trough eBay Corel Draw (can't remember version) and Office 97. Both versions were complete version and I paid 15 bucks for each at the time. |
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03-02-2005, 02:26 PM | #56 | ||
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they dont get a share of that $15 for either game (LOL although the RIAA tried to get royalties payed on used cd's LOL) it wouldnt have made any difference to their finances if you warezed those 2 programs, or nowadays, used something like openoffice or abiword and some free paint program like the gimp or an old version of paintshop pro from a magazine cd |
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03-02-2005, 02:55 PM | #57 | ||
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I find it funny how people debate about how horrible warez are while downloading them. Abandonware is warez. And when you download games, you download communism.
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03-02-2005, 03:12 PM | #58 | ||
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Sorry, but trying to say that downloading games (or anything else on the internet for that matter, I don't see the difference as long as it's free) is the same as communist is so funny, you just made my day. |
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03-02-2005, 03:48 PM | #59 | ||
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I'am still downloading Jazz Jackrabbit 3d Demo with Emule...
(hey, this topic is named "warez" so i can speak about Warez right?) |
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03-02-2005, 03:58 PM | #60 | ||
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they dont get a share of that $15 for either game (LOL although the RIAA tried to get royalties payed on used cd's LOL) it wouldnt have made any difference to their finances if you warezed those 2 programs, or nowadays, used something like openoffice or abiword and some free paint program like the gimp or an old version of paintshop pro from a magazine cd [/b][/quote] Actually it makes a huge difference to the software companies. If someone owns a copy of a program and makes it available as warez then a huge number of illegal copies are released into circulation and the companies sales will drop dramatically. If someone resells their copy then the number of copies in circulation remains the same and the majority of people will continue to buy the software new, generating money for the developers! |
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