Is there a legitimate reason to pay for games other than

multiplayer

that's about it

I havent given a dev a dime in forever. Games aren't like they use to be pre 2006.

Automatic updates, multiplayer, supporting the devs.
Those are the big reasons.

PCtards wonder why PC only developers moved onto focusing on consoles

It tells publishers which games we want more of, and which aren't worth paying for.

>>380627815
If videogames are your primary hobby, you should probably fund the creators of the games you like so you can see more of the content you like in the future.

If you liked a game, but it didn't sell well, it's never going to get a sequel.

>>380627815
by paying for games you increase the chance of a sequel
judging by your picture, you only need to buy nier automata as all the other games are trash

File: 1496697522630.png (7KB, 377x330px) Image search: [Google]

7KB, 377x330px

>>380627815
Because otherwise id end up spending it on drugs and most likely overdosing.

>>380628184
didn't that game require extensive mod support for it to be playable

>>380627815

The only reason games exists is because they make money. If you don't pay for them people will stop making them.

>>380627815
I like having physical copies of games, but when it comes to Steam I just like to support what I buy so that I let companies know this is what I want. When companies make shit I don't buy it, just being a consumer.

Also OP sorry but you're really faggy, nobody is impressed with your folders.

File: 1431910095854.png (208KB, 574x480px) Image search: [Google]

208KB, 574x480px

>>380628181
>If videogames are your primary hobby, you should probably fund the creators of the games you like so you can see more of the content you like in the future.
>actually believing this

Companies make games for everyone now. Even if one group of people stop buying them, the other groups will. They don't have to listen to anyone anymore.

>>380628262
no

Gaben was right, everything is just simpler with less hassle (but supporting the devs is of course the big one.)

I think the last time I pirated a (non-emulator) game was Mass Effect 3 on release.

Yeah, being able to pirate videogames.
If devs dont get their money, means no games, means only pirating old videogames

>>380628181
>If you liked a game, but it didn't sell well, it's never going to get a sequel.
And a single sale won't change that.

Well, I guess by buying games, there is absolutely zero risk of getting viruses. Also, online play. That's all I can think of.

>>380628107
>Not pirating console games
Fucking lol

>>380628107
Kek, this. Fewer and fewer games have been coming to PC because of them, yet they keep digging their own grave.

And what about buying on G2A and those gray markets?? Is that piracy?

>>380628682
Reddit-tier post. You realize that when every other PC gamer thinks this way, it has a huge impact on how the game sells?

>>380628157
Wtf is wrong with Armenia lmao

File: l04he.jpg (50KB, 399x385px) Image search: [Google]

50KB, 399x385px

>>380628107
>he doesn't own a cfw'd ps3, wii u, 3ds, wii
>he didn't buy a flashcart for his nds

>>380628682
and those single sales add up when millions of people say the same shit
if you like a game you should support the devs

>>380629510
Good luck pirating Bloodborne or Persona 5, piratefag.

>>380627815
no

communism all the way desu

File: 1445265544142.png (115KB, 634x697px) Image search: [Google]

115KB, 634x697px

>>380629614
there's a 4.7 kernel exploit and userland exploit
it's only a matter of time

>>380627815
because they stop making games if they arent making money?

>>380629463
>games sells poorly
>sequel canceled

>game makes bank
>publisher goes full jew
>"we're bringing the franchise to a wider audience"
>sequel is a casualized turd

you're losing either way, but at least you get to keep 60$ if you pirate

File: 1421019188850.png (955KB, 510x767px) Image search: [Google]

955KB, 510x767px

>ROMs
>PC

>>380627815
Is there a legitimate reason to give ANYONE any money?

As long as you're not getting raped by DLC and paying for online and all that shit (also assuming the nominal price is fair and the game is actually good), fucking quit being a shithead and pay for a product.

File: 1436082601323.jpg (56KB, 579x567px) Image search: [Google]

56KB, 579x567px

>>380629301
>pc getting ports left and right
>sequel to console exclusive titles like destiny getting a pc release

I always wonder how malware-infested most PC gamers' computers are. Every torrent comes attached with malware. Yes, every single one. Even if you take precautions, like using virtual boxes, you will get malware from a torrent. Most of which can't be detected by garbage free programs like Malwarebytes.

t. software engineer

>>380627815
it's easier desu
don't care enough to go on TPB and find a working crack that isn't virus-ridden

>>380629915
It's just convenient to keep all of my games in the ROM directory.

>>380630050
This. PC is getting more ports and multiplat releases than at any other point in history.

love all these people acting like pc isn't getting any games when pc gets release dates concurrent with consoles now.

>>380627815
Keep the gaming market healthy. Piratefags are the reason why devs are forced to implement microtransactions and dlcs.

>>380627815
I don't understand your issue. You do understand if everyone turned into a faggot like you, you'd have nothing to play because all the devs will go broke.

I don't care if you want to be a faggot in your own little faggot corner but I don't understand why you insist on being a loud faggot.

>>380630163
SoftEngi brother! I remember back in uni when we first learned why this was true. So many PCtards with wide-open eyes that day in class.

>>380630163

Sure thing buddy.

pirate 99% of the games i play. i buy a few games here and there, e.g. automata recently, then GTAV when it launched on PC, etc.
then i borrow console games from friends, and get gifted MP games from friends who wanna play with me

>>380629746
>buying a console in order to play the PC waiting game
literally retarded

Who else sitting on a 4.05 PS4 just in case here? Bought one at $200 during Black Friday.

Opened it up to make sure it wasn't defective and it's been in the box in my closet ever since.

>>380630352
>Piratefags
Fucking kek. Devs have been trying to find ways to keep making money off their games for a long time due to how one-hit video game entertainment usually is. Pirating is a minority and simply an excuse for them to pad up any lost sales, which most of the time is too minuscule to be worth all the effort. Microtransactions are used by even mobile devs who don't have to worry about piracy, so your argument makes no sense.

>>380629301
lol what. There are more games coming to pc now than ever.

>>380628107
You realize that retards like you only know how to operate the power button and thus to make more money, it's profitable to also make things work on console despite it being a completely objectively inferior platform in every way. It has fuck all to do with piracy and every company that has ever studied it scientifically has proven that.

File: 1496431907287.jpg (160KB, 900x1200px) Image search: [Google]

160KB, 900x1200px

>>380627815
People paying for games is why PC is getting so many games now in the first place.
If you have an income and can afford games its your moral duty to pay for them.
And you can call people who acualy buy games retards all you want wo them you would not be getting free games in the first place.
Only man children defend piracy.
Only ok reason to ever pirate is a lack of money.
Many countries acualy dont have salaries big enough to make buying games a regular thing which is why so many countires have such low regional prices compared to the rest of the world.

>>380630534
Hopefully only you because it's retarded to buy a console that isn't hacked yet when you're going to wait anyway when you can buy it later fully hacked for you and without praying you are on the right firmware.

Love these mental gymnastics. "B-b-but devs ruin games and casualize sequels so I'm not giving them my money!!"

Kek, you clearly like the game enough to pirate it. Just say you're a poorfag and can't afford them, you'll look less ridiculous that way.

>>380630050
People who grew up on PC are now older and have jobs and can afford games.

And also she shit performance of consoles is making PC a more popular platform over time.

>>380630163
>tfw your pc has long since become a chinese bitmining farm
>can still play titles at 4k with 60fps
Eat shit. What are they gonna do? Steal my porn? My seven year old useless college Excel files?

Piratefag logic is calling people who pay for games retards, despite the fact that the games wouldn't exist if nobody paid for them.

Looks like console-only really is the future. I guess that explains the high number of console exclusives compared to last gen.

>>380628181
i dont buy games for over $20. Most of the budget is wasted on marketing / being pocketed. I have not played a game in recent time that has enough quality content to satisfy me to spend $60 on day one.

>>380631118
Devs make games for a broad audience these days, so basically, there's enough people paying for the games for people to keep it "successful". Honestly, there's no reason to pirate personally considering how shitty games have become. Who would want to pirate shit like life is strange or fucking undertale.

>>380630917
THIS desu. If you can't afford the game then the company wouldn't have gotten a sale out of you anyway. But trying to justify it by complaining about "le bad devs!!' or "le DLC!!" just makes you look daft.

>>380630192
you do know you can rename folders right?

>>380629614
>Persona 5
you can already pirate persona 5 tho with all the dlcs 4 free and play it on ps3

>>380631598
There's also a Games directory on that drive which is where the installed games go.

>>380629510
some people just don't have autism

>>380627815
To get physical copies.

>>380627815
Avoiding criminal prosecution.

>>380631467
>Devs make games for a broad audience these days, so basically, there's enough people paying for the games for people to keep it "successful".
Kek anon, you realize there are more games than the AAA? Devs go out of business every day because their niche game was pirated a thousand times, but only legitimately bought <100 times.

As an example, let's look at Vocaloid Dex (not a game, but software nonetheless). It needed just 1,000 sales to be considered a success. It was pirated 10,000 times and did not originally reach its 1,000 sales goal. Yet you mean to say pirating isn't an issue?

>>380632280
>buying weebshit
lmao

>>380631118
>Looks like console-only really is the future
kek
since the 2000s pc gaming has been increasingly healthier and consoles have been increasingly considered a joke except for normies (because specs but also because the gaming community grew and started to realize what a scam they are)

>>380632435
>english vocaloid developed by americans
>weebshit
?????

>>380632280
Most games that dont make sales is because their game tend to be shit. Also it is due to lack of business sense. But any dev claiming they lost sales cause of pirating likely didnt have a good game to begin with. The market always decide and if no one wanted to pay for it, it meant it wasnt worth paying for. Don't blame pirates for that. Blame your game for not being good enough.

modding with steam workshop is pretty cool. I liked Steam's approach to piracy in earlier years, to make quality platform and not punish pirates but rather reward legitimate customers.

>>380633164
>Most games that dont make sales is because their game tend to be shit
Reddit logic. How little knowledge do you have of the gaming industry that you think this is true? Hell, most games that /v/ loves didn't make their sales targets, because they didn't cater to the masses. When people pirate games like these, we never see sequels to them.

>>380633528
>How little knowledge do you have of the gaming industry that you think this is true?
five time gdc attendent and former sony programmer.

File: fag_buys_music2.gif (49KB, 600x610px) Image search: [Google]

49KB, 600x610px

/v/ in 2010 pirated anything and everything.
now it seems most of you guys are staunchly against piracy. what happened?

>>380633764
change of demographics. a lot of kids and leafs think it's a good thing to pay for dlc.

>>380627815
literally only to support the games you enjoy and get maybe a sequel.

Also updates

>>380627815
Piracy will be the fall of gaming once people realize how fucking EASY It is.

That being said, I just finished Pirating Rabi Ribi because it looked interesting, what should I expect

>>380633880
If you got into a hobby with an already established cancer, it seems normal to you

>>380633764
People grew up and got jobs. Also sales.

I used to pirate everything under the sun as a teenager, now with a good amount of disposable income pirating is just not worth the trouble.

>>380630753
>It has fuck all to do with piracy
Except Crytek said due to high piracy they moved to consoles

>>380633764

Normalfag invasion

>>380634309
I mean I have plenty of disposable income too, but that money goes towards other hobbies that I can't pirate, like woodworking tools. It just seems silly to buy something when you can get it for free for no effort.

>>380633695
Then you should be aware of the hundreds of critically acclaimed and fan-loved games that didn't sell well.

Do people forget that even beloved shit like the F-Zero games didn't sell?

>>380634556
If it didnt sell, it means there's no market for it. Thats all it means. Business 101. Make something the market wants.

>>380627815
I only see paying for physical copies of PC games if they have the full games data with free patches available DRM free. Otherwise, pirate or just give in and buy a steam copy/

>>380634367
>Crytek said due to high piracy they moved to consoles
And they're not the only ones. But it's human nature to defend one's own actions, so don't expect pirates to admit how shitty what they're doing is. They'll just say all devs suck or something, despite still wanting to play their games.

>t. dev whose employer rarely releases games on PC

>>380634765
Kek, I'm sure the ease of pirating and emulating (even in the GC era) had no affect on F-Zero GX's sales, right? Keep trying to put that business degree to good use though.

File: 1403643317115.gif (2MB, 286x210px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 286x210px

>all the retards ITT refusing to accept their role in killing the game industry
>muh "it's just one sale" and "if it sold well the sequel would've been casualized anyway"
>game developers aren't people with families to feed and bills to pay

File: 1475182335050.png (276KB, 433x482px) Image search: [Google]

276KB, 433x482px

>Torrenting Falcom games

>>380635506
The devs, for the most part, already got their money. The only people that really lose a lot of money are independent devs. Only publishers lose money on pirates.

>>380628181
Okay, nigger faggot.

File: 1496959232787.png (57KB, 136x177px) Image search: [Google]

57KB, 136x177px

>>380627815
Does "not being Brazilian or a slav" count as excuse?

>>380635506
Hey anon, but all games nowadays suck anyway! Why would I pay for such shitty games that I hate playing!!?? I'll show the publishers who's boss by pirating their games because I hate playing them because all modern games suck!!

File: IMG_3011.jpg (109KB, 780x434px) Image search: [Google]

109KB, 780x434px

>>380627815
>PCniggers

>>380627815
To support indirectly anyone involved indirectly in the game. Like the makers of teh software the devs used.

But why do you need more reasons? Are you trying to be edgy?

>>380635912
>I AM SILLY

>>380627815
>Is it a legimitate reason to support x other than support the creator of x
Communists everyone.

>>380635740
Wow an actual redditor. You realize that the publishers won't fund the devs' next game when their last one sold like shit due to piratefags? Then the devs are unemployed and the implosion of the game industry continues.

People complain about casualized games, but more and more devs wouldn't be chasing after the casuals if core PC gamers actually paid for their games.

>>380636208
>implosion of the game industry
good. a crash will make the industry actually good again.

>>380636424
DELET THIS

File: 2017-06-08 15.33.29.jpg (4MB, 5312x2988px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 5312x2988px

reminder that you should pirate games so you can spend your money on things that really matter like anime figurines.

>>380636567
You can just say that you can't afford the games instead of pretending you hate them all. This is an anonymous Siberian spear fishing forum, nobody is going to make fun of you.

>>380627815

No if you like to play moba f2p games with micro-transactions beacuse it's the only way people don't pirate and reduced to the worst kind of games because FUCKING PEOPLE LIKE YOU DON'T PAY FOR PROPER VIDEO GAMES SO THE INDUSTRY STILL SUPPORTS GAMES WHICH ARE FUCKING HUGE PIECES OF SHIT YOU FUCKING MONGREL

Also, being really poor and only having a toaster.

>>380636038
>PCbrok arguments
Lel

"In an interview with Croatian gaming site PC Player, Yerli cited rampant piracy of PC games and the significantly higher sales potential of console platforms as the main reasons behind the move away from exclusive PC development."

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.59258-Crytek-Moving-to-Consoles

"Those games suck anyway, I'm glad nobody on my platform can play them now!!" <- actual piratefag logic

>>380636740
>video game crash
>sony, ms, and nintendo drop out due to it not being profitable at all
>only "hardcore" gamers are left,
>games have depth, but lack graphical fidelity allowing for consoles to have an actual war about how powerful it is
>independent consoles are viable now
>homebrew scene is booming
but no I want the market to crash because I can't afford games.

>>380637131
>console buycucks supporting the pc gaming industry
thanks

>>380629862
Thanks for paying for the games I play for free then!
I guess you could call it righteous redistribution of wealth.

t. gibs money

>>380637179
>market crash
>all devs move to mobile because that's where the revenue is
>all games are now F2P P2W

You realize that this is what would actually happen, right? Your little fantasy is cute but not realistic at all.

>>380632565
>majority of communiry cant run games on high/max

i loathe lowbudget pc shitters more than console owners.

>>380627815
support the devs isn't even a legit reason, they don't get residuals

>>380627921
this
singleplayer games are boring af

>>380637586
devs are doing that anyway. you can't beat f2p p2w mobile games because they cost nothing to develop and can make more than just about every AAA game.

you can make a shitload of them and you only need to hit the jackpot on one.

>>380628157
>date
>2007

nice source

File: 1497295414669.png (49KB, 673x501px) Image search: [Google]

49KB, 673x501px

>>380630163

>>380630163
yeah you get viruses if you're a retard. If you're paranoid run malwarebytes once a week and you should be good. It's not the torrents, youre just dumb.

>>380627815
Sometimes it's the multiplayer and often if the game deserves it.
I used to pirate literally every game and still now I pirate some games but the occasional game might be worth a purchase.

This year I purchased Everspace (now out of EA) and Dead Cells (still in EA) and I don't regret it.

>>380637391
Not him but some dev teams deserves our money.

I pirate all kind of shit and some months ago I pirated the early access of Everspace, I liked it and purchased from gog.

Worth every cent.

It's not like I support buying shit, I'm the first to pirate games but there are certain situations where a dev team earned my money.

>>380627815
If every single person who plays vidya thought like you do, we'd have next to no games to play because there'd be no point spending years developing hundred thousand/million dollar games if everyone's just going to pirate them.

>>380640172
>what are passion projects
do you think dorf fort makes any money?

>>380640172
The moltitude of normies and gullible marketed idiots is enough to maintain our hobby.

It's not like there's a shortage of niche games, casualization is a plague but I don't care.
Buy if you can and pirate if you can't or don't want to, no one gives a shit.

>>380640235
Something not everyone, especially if the team consists of multiple people, can afford to do.

Games from EA Ubisoft Activision* Microsoft
deserves to be pirated
i torrent their shit and seed 24/7

>*implying activision has any game

>>380640509
I will never forgive EA for spore
never

File: cropped-icon-192x192.jpg (7KB, 192x192px) Image search: [Google]

7KB, 192x192px

>>380627815
I would pirate more often just to create backup copies, but I'm too scared of getting caught. Canadian here, not sure how strict our piracy laws are.

>>380630163
top kek kiddo, i have norton

File: 1491420619369.jpg (12KB, 258x245px) Image search: [Google]

12KB, 258x245px

>>380637131
>mfw crysis 2 and 3 sold less than 1.

>>380640663
I do the same. If I buy a game I usually have a pirated copy with crack and all dlc, just incase it ever goes off whatever store I bought it from.

>>380629510
There's still no piracy for PS4, piracy for consoles tends to come years later(took 4 years for CFW to come for 3ds). For PC it's always available.

>>380627815
Shit dude, we should hang out!

>>380641015
Probably going to buy a ps4 as soon as CFW becomes available. What are they gonna do, ban me from not paying to play online?

>>380640663
They don't give a shit about piracy unless you literally download and seed a few TB of data per day which is gonna get you an email from your ISP at worst.

File: Image 323.jpg (61KB, 583x295px) Image search: [Google]

61KB, 583x295px

>>380640663
>mfw i'm brasilian
>no bandwith cap
>no strict laws
>30mbps for 20$
>downloading WRC 6 58%
no face

File: 19184215_10213233831670945_42073921_n.jpg (28KB, 575x714px) Image search: [Google]

28KB, 575x714px

>>380640868
Yeah, I think the SJW controversy with Pillars of Eternity is what red-pilled on me on the subject. How devs can go back and retroactively patch-out things that are considered controversial. Given how politically sensitive everything is, I can see more devs beginning to follow this trend (steam is particularly bad when it comes to this, as the client forces you to play with the latest patch).

With that being said, would a VPN tangibly help with hiding my activities?

>>380641640
it would theoretically hide all your activities, but most companies don't care about vidya. The worst you would probably get is a slap on the wrist email about what you downloaded.

>>380628508
Your skewed logic just agreed with him

>>380641640
yes
a good vpn will cover everything, no worries about your ISP
I use mullvad

>>380627815
uhmmm its illegal???????

>>380627815
Basically two reasons:
>support da devs. I like game. Dev make game. I give dev money to make more game.
And
>My pirate-fu is rusty and I don't know many good places to download this at a reasonable speed anymore, so I'm literally throwing money at the Internet to save me the hassle and spoonfeed me the game.

File: 1485740884323.jpg (18KB, 307x309px) Image search: [Google]

18KB, 307x309px

>newfags still get triggered by piracy on /v/
Fuck off.

>>380641921
>>380641909

Is Nord VPN any good? I've heard good things about it, and it seems like a step up from PIA (what I'm currently using).

>>380629273
not buying pre owned games at half the price

>>380629510
just ninty shit
no ps4/xbox

>>380627921
multiplayer that die witting a month sure thing

>>380641456
>30MB/s for $20
RN here, let me tell you a nice little horror story:
>spend about four years with no better option for an Internet provider than paying Oi about R$150 a month to be able to download things at 70 kb/s.
>not counting the times when they straight up charged about R$100 extra for undisclosed services.
Now we're at times of plenty though, I only have to pay R$100 to be able to download things at 1.6mb/s. Sometimes.

>>380642227
Only thing that triggers me is when pirates come up with bullshit excuses to help them sleep at night. I will call out that bull every time. Pirating should only be, "I just want free shit" and nothing else.

>>380641456
troca widow you sob

>>380642453
Dunno.
Based on the most recent article on torrentfreak it seems okay, mullvad just seemed more professional the way they went about it, and swedes legitimately have a use for it due to their draconian government so it's okay.
As long as you don't pick a proxy serb in one of the five eyes countries it's okay, probably.
https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-anonymous-review-2017-170304/

>>380642743
Depends on the game, Dark Souls 1 and Dark Souls 2 still have 3000 players on average 5 and 3 years respectively after their launches.

>>380642954
How about
>"I want to play a Fire Emblem game that was never released outside of Japan. I don't speak Japanese either"

>>380642453
I've never used a vpn but PIA seems to be the goto for a lot of people.
>>380642954
yeah basically. I hate this "i pirate to demo the game shit". I pirate shit because I don't want to pay for a shit game, I only pay for good games.

>>380643046
no weeb games that only bearnecks play

>>380643165
You could pay to import it. You just want free shit.

>>380643046
sure cuz core gameplay of a ds game is mp

File: 1409460004217.png (26KB, 243x190px) Image search: [Google]

26KB, 243x190px

>>380643325
Fair enough!

>>380629438
No, that's fine.

>>380630832
Reminder that GTA V sold incredibly well on PC, but the devs are still enormous jews.


>B-BUT SUPPORT THE DEVS

>>380629438
yeah it's fine as it's only reselling keys.

>>380630832
you pay for games what a bloody retard are you?

>>380643887
>>380644510
but doesn't that actually hurt the dev because they have to pay the full price back (including valve's cut) if they're stolen verses piracy which is just a lost sale

>>380635474
All scientific studies point to pirates being some of the best customers of any industry they are a part of.

Keep dancing around facts to make your deluded opinion make sense though. It seems to make you happy.

I haven't pirated a game since kickass and piratebay went to shit.. where do you guys even get them from these days??

>>380633764
People grew up faggot. Even if I did it, I wouldn't advocate it because it doesn't need to be mainstream and it benefits us all for people to keep buying.

>>380646998
qbittorrent's search engine is pretty good. bitGamer is having open registration right now, so I would get an account if you can

http://bitgamer.ch/

>>380635207
Crytek's games are all garbage and they, like every other shit developer, use piracy as an excuse as to why their shit game didn't sell well.

The truth is, looking at both audiences overall, console players have very low standards and as long as it looks pretty, it will generally sell pretty well if advertised. On PC, if it is actually fun and plays well, it will sell while looks are secondary and a way to use its superior processing power.

PC requires quality and flexibility while consoles require that it works, even if barely, and looks good.

It's been shown time and time again. The lazy developers are the ones who don't like PC. There are devs who are still entirely or almost entirely PC only devs who make very good money and have been doing so for years just fine. They don't seem to have a problem with """piracy""" or sales.

>>380647907
Isn't that the site that had its passwords stolen 3 times in 2 months and all 3 times they were in plain text and leaked to the net?

I had an account there but I gave up after the third time (not that I could log in because their system is so shit you had to go on IRC just to get them to manually log you in the first time).

> e x p e n d a b l e i n c o m e
what is a career
what is free time
what is balance in life

I buy games on Steam and I pirate same games because I want a drm-free (or cracked) version on my hard disk.

Devs need/want money and they try to find ways to make sure to get money like cutting out content and P2W. I think it doesn't matter if the game is like 5+ years old

>>380627815
The only reason I don't pirate is because I'm autistic about virus and malware and I'd spend more time nervously looking at my task manager than playing the game itself.
If I put some effort to get into a good private tracker, would that be surely 100% malware free?

>>380651406
Not really. Yes to some extent but a virus or two does make its way there on occassion.

Honestly, if you just know who the big players are, you should be fine. I haven't gotten a virus from anything since the limewire days where I thought a 23kb music file was just someone doing a better job at compressing it.

>>380650807
That sounds autistic

>>380651794
>big players
Do you mean trackers or users/uploaders themselves?

>>380628508
Do we just not participate in any system anymore if that's the case, since we are too small to actually effect the output of said system?
What happens when practiced apathy becomes widespread? Doesn't the system collapse on itself when no one actually uses the system?

>>380628682
You need to think about this a little more critically if that seems like a valid point to you.

>>380627815
>Pirated Nier
You're in for a ride, kek.

>>380652118
Both but more importantly uploaders.

>>380627815
Your collection is shit. I've got at least 200-300 games most of which are good and some of which are yet to be determined.

>>380627815
fucking cancer weebs

>>380648726
Yeah, PC players have incredibly high standards, plus they're a fickle bunch, and will try to find any reason not to buy a game (lack of 60fps, lack of graphics options, performance, game length, Denuvo, DLC, etc. etc.) and they're able to nitpick since the can just pirate otherwise.

Release really needs to be rock solid from every aspect, which must really suck for game creators, but I wouldn't have it any other way, otherwise what would be the point compared to consoles?

>>380651406
>autistic about virus and malware
Find someone halfway reputable to get your shit from and sandbox whatever you run. You're not nearly autistic enough.

File: External Drive.png (89KB, 849x591px) Image search: [Google]

89KB, 849x591px

>>380627815
Yes to support the devs m8

also anyone know why I can't move every file expect the steam.api.dll from the folder for guilty gear AA Plus? I'm pretty sure it's the file I need the most for actually running the game

>>380627921
>mutiplayer on modern games

it's dead jim

>>380653552
>>380651794
Thanks for the tips.
I know stuff like the fake scene sites like skidrow reloaded aren't to be trusted, but fitgirl repack's do have a legitimate site. Doesn't that mean they're safe, assuming she knows her stuff and repacks genuine stuff? Why doesn't everyone just use that?

>>380627815
being an actual human being that pays for his hobbies, and not some leech that takes without permissionand shows off a sceenshotesn

>>380627815
Yes, I'm a 30 something grandpa and I don't play much anymore. I could pirate every game I want but why do it now?

>>380627815
>stops buying games
>a year passes only FIFAshit and Cowadooty survives
>"S-see? The industry is dying! /v/ was right!"

>>380654209
why not just use rarbg?

>>380654209
Everyone is entitled to their own choices and variety is good. It wouldn't be good for the community if a single uploader got all the traffic and frankly, it probably would be good for them either.

Fitgirl is pretty good but she/he doesn't repack every game that comes out. You'll need more than one provider if you have a wide range of tastes.

>>380654547
Preservation. I have one hell of a retirement entertainment bank to draw from when I'm finally done.

>>380641640
yeah that's what their for m8

>>380628371
by this retarded logic there can be no f2p or just straight up free games, which clearly isn't the case

>want to buy Dragon's Dogma
>"Oh, cool, it's on sale on GOG! That means I can avoid that shitty 30% that STEAM gets from every sale!"
>Realize that I'll be supporting NeoCapcom
>If they ever decide to make a sequel they'll botch it badly
I'm conflicted.

>>380647045
>grew up
false. If you grew up, you wouldn't be here because you're too mature for 4chan

>>380657982
speaking of gog did they remove their guilty gear games from their site?

I can't seem to find slash or accent core anymore should I just but em from steam?

File: anime.png (14KB, 361x499px) Image search: [Google]

14KB, 361x499px

is anime the only acceptable thing to pirate?

>>380658268
>Growing up means leaving the most free forum on the planet

Obviously you're not American you fucking commie. Freedom is what keeps me alive every morning baby.

>>380658591
>he only has 3 TB of anime

You are like little baby. Where's your porn? Let's see if that even looks anywhere near respectable.

>>380658591
No, /v/ is the only board which takes issue with piracy.
Literally no other board has this problem.

>>380658635
thx for proving me right

>>380657787
F2P games make money through either in-game shops or ads

>>380658889
does dorf fort make money?

>>380640846
And 2 and 3 would have sold even worse if they were PC only. Do you really think they would have sold better if they were exclusive to PC?.... kek piratefag logic

>>380658859
>having 0 sense of humor means you've grown up

You've got problems my man.

File: porn.png (3MB, 1544x1200px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 1544x1200px

>>380658770
I can't even keep track of my porn anymore.

Each of those external drives is between 2-4 TB.
All of my hard internal + external hard drives currently connected except for the Anime drive are full of porn.

I have a massive jav downloading habit.

File: 32.jpg (41KB, 600x477px) Image search: [Google]

41KB, 600x477px

>>380648726
>console players have very low standards and as long as it looks pretty, it will generally sell pretty well if advertised. On PC, if it is actually fun and plays well
PC gamers actually believe they're sophisticated specimens who only play the finest of games when 90% of them are 12 year olds who bought an alienware with their dad's credit card

>>380659419
90% of console players are children who got a ps4 for christmas

>>380659258
Also the dump on the bottom is different from the drive labeled "the dump"

>>380658889
no guarantee that anyone will use shops tho, and ads are whatever. As long as they don't pack malware into them, devs can utilize them and people don't really pay money for the game, now do they?

>>380659419
no man's sky and fallout 4 are played more than games like bloodborn on console

>>380649901
This is /v/. 90% of people here are NEETs with unlimited free time. When you have all the time in the world to play video games, but no money to actually buy video games, you sink to pirating and then try to make yourself look superior on a Tanzanian rope climbing forum.

>>380659258
But why download so much porn? You masturbate for 10 minutes and porn is always free on the internet.

File: 1497343670524.jpg (90KB, 654x667px) Image search: [Google]

90KB, 654x667px

>>380659185
I know

>>380659419
I built my computer from scratch. I've been laying since the NES games and I sued to be console only.

I simply understand quality and trends when I see them and shitposting doesn't do anything from my ego.

>>380627815
Best offline games with good graphics? Recently bought a VPN to torrent.

>>380659258
Damn son. More power to you. You have me beat there. I have a couple TB and thought I might be overdoing it. I rarely even look at it.

>>380659925
Because there's so much porn that it's actually possible for old niche stuff to disappear. The worst is when you want to jerk off to a jav made in like 2006.

>>380660448
Porn is probably the only media I know of where it consistently disappears. Old stuff stops getting seeded all the time and it only MIGHT last if they were very popular.

>>380660136
Wolfenstein TNO, TOB
Doom 1, 2, Final, TNT, 2016
Blood 1 and 2
Elder Scrolls 3, 4, 5
Fallout 1, 2, New Vegas
Dead Space 1 and 2
Dishonered
Tomb Raider (2013)
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Bayonetta
Dead Rising
Bioshock 1, 2, Infinite
Dark Souls 1, 2, 3
Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Don't forget about emulation. A full PSX romset is about 450 GiBif you have the space, while every other console before that is under 30 GiB.

File: shirou.jpg (45KB, 600x588px) Image search: [Google]

45KB, 600x588px

>>380659667
>mfw joining the military soon

I wonder if I should completely give up playing video games while I'm inside or do what I was doing before which was making the ultimate emulation machine for fighting games & arcade games?

Would the guys/girls in the army laugh or be glad to play Marvel VS Capcom 2 lads?

File: 1496779966840.png (36KB, 778x512px) Image search: [Google]

36KB, 778x512px

>>380660748
I'd say be glad, just don't be "that nerdy guy", lift and set boundaries, be someone respectable and people will follow you no matter how strange your hobbies seem.

File: 1496868785989.jpg (195KB, 798x770px) Image search: [Google]

195KB, 798x770px

>>380660738
>a full psx romset is 450gb
>tfw the entire wii u library on titlekeys is less than 500gb

>>380660136
I would also recommend getting an account at bitgamer.ch while there is an open registration going on if you want to get games fast. They're usually seeders on the most games and sets.

>>380661113
Yeah, and that's just the US set.

AAA games are garbage, can't think of any that I want to play

I'll buy the occasional indie game if it's interesting

>>380637179

Junior, the vidya market did fucking crash in the 1980s with Atari, and guess what? It's still around. A company named Nintendo rezzed it's fallen corpse. Been there, done that.

>>380628157
Wow I never knew piracy so diverse (niggers).

File: 1495378197382.png (307KB, 427x427px) Image search: [Google]

307KB, 427x427px

>>380627815
Yeah I only buy games to support good devs or if they have multiplayer, I also pirate every Denuvo game.

So I buy VNs that have 18+ patch I can download easily, Koei Tecmo, good rpgs and most other games on discount.

Ni no Kuni 2 for example I intend to buy full price if it comes without denuvo.

Pirated Nier Automata because of denuvo.

>>380627815

Is there any legitimate reason to do anything legally other than to support the creators?

>>380660748
>in the military
>besides working out and work, still live a neet life
You'll have plenty of time to play video games. I built my own PC a few years back and it's still been going strong even after one duty station change.

>>380628157

oh noes, the price for saving thousand of dollars and getting all my games and music and movies and programs for free is getting called a third-worlder on anime image board

if only I knew the price sooner... if only...

File: 1422403871937.gif (513KB, 400x253px) Image search: [Google]

513KB, 400x253px

>>380662031
DESPAAAAAAIR

>>380630163

Good thing the only thing I pay for is high-quality anti-virus program.

>>380641015
But 3ds had flash cards almost on arrival, no?

>>380628682
And with that mentality thousands of people saying: "oh just me pirating won't make a difference". It adds up

>>380659084
they would've ended up being better games if they were pc exclusives, and would've sold better.

>>380630163
Actually using VMs as precautions doesn't work at all except some exceptionally basic malware. Most malware nowadays can thoroughly understand whether it's in a VM or not, and then effectively prevent themselves from being detected until on a legit machine.

It's pretty cool but a fucking nightmare because the 'VM as protection' crowd is notoriously stubborn, about as much as a tech illiterate grandparent.

>>380663072
>not having a dedicated pc setup for testing malware
it's like you enjoy getting fucked by trojans

>>380662612
>mfw kanye doesn't make music anymore because too many people pirated his albums
>mfw sony blames pirates for the new spiderman's downfall, not the awful movie itself

>>380663218
I'm not talking about myself here.

>>380628371
This guy nailed it.
/thread

>>380629746
>I waited 3 years to wait for a game to get cracked when it's 20 fucking dollars
You're a retard and a worthless piece of shit, kill yourself

>>380628682
I bet you feel that way about voting too, you fucking communist

Multiplayer