why is /v/ the only board on 4chan to be so divisive on

Sonygroes and Nintendies. Both of them have a much harder time pirating than PC, hence they see piracy on PC as very threatening as it is a big plus for PC as a platform.

None of the other boards have such a disparity, since everyone can pirate more or less equally.

>>381544303
/v/ is one of the most popular boards and is about video games so it attracts many cancerous and/or underaged people

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>>381544465

>>381544465
fpbp

>>381544561
>we even optimized it for your console of choice
fucking kek

I don't see what the big deal is. I used to pirate 90% of all my games, right now I only play ps4 so I only pirate meme games for my shitty laptop, but I really don't think it's as big an issue as some people here make it out to be.

>>381544303
>guy with the gundam helmet.
He's kinda unnecessary.
The guy beside him is pirating the same thing unless gundam guy is somehow pirating runners or something.

>>381544303
As a wannabe indie dev fag, I don't really see the reason to get your titties in a bind over piracy. If they want to pirate your game, trying to stop them is only going to make it shitty for people who want to buy the fucking game.

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There's 2 kinds of pirates
The Pirate
>gives zero fuck

and the faggot
>pic related

Every pirate on /v/ is unfortunately the second type.

>>381544823
>he doesn't 3D print his gunpla

>>381544823
>kinda unnecessary
/v/ermim-kun, /m/en are the only people talking about sentai and toku

Old games we're better right? The industry was not making the huge amounts of money it does now, so by pirating i'm actually restoring the game industry.

>>381544303
BUT THERES NO GAMES WORTH PIRATING LMAOOOOO UR LIFE

>>381544561
I don't get it? The witcher 3 came out for pc.

>>381544303
Bane?

>>381545032
>sentai and toku
I'm surprised you niggers aren't talking about how disappointing twilight axis is.

>>381545032
>the only people talking about sentai and toku
They're at least talking cool shit then.

Kuuga a best

>>381545095
>worth pirating
what does this mean? Are there thirdworlders with bandwidth caps on this board or something?

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>Go in thread and write I want to buy a game
>Dumb piratefag answers with "hurr just pirate it"
I don't care about piracy (one can't cancel poor people from existance, unfortunately). You want to pirate? Good.
But don't force your dumb ideas on me. If I want to buy something, your aspegers won't stop me, so avoid to speak to me, thank you.

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>>381544465
>Nintendies
heh

>>381545260
Take Mass Effect Andromeda for example. Most people would consider playing other existing games like Nier Automata or Dark Souls 3 to be a much better use or time than pirating that, committing hard drive space, installing it and playing it.

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>>381545019
If you give no fucks why do you care that other people have a reason for pirating?

>>381544465
>Nintendo games
>hard to pirate
You can download 3DS games from Nintendo's servers for free

>>381545289
Dude want the fuck is wrong with you? People are trying to give you advice since you're asking for advice. You need to learn to not get offended and grow the fuck up. Some games aren't worth buying, and if you are on a small budget for example, piracy is better in most cases. Do you really have to act like a baby? I'm sure no one ever giving you advice ever said "hurr", stop putting words in people's mouth just to try to look smarter than they are. You're the fool here.

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don't mind me, just pirating this handbag

>>381544303
I swear to god most posters are shills. This board is basically shills discussing with shills. Since they work for the game companies, of course they'll fight against piracy.

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>mfw people repost my oc

thanks.

it's a mix between people who are obsessed with the game company of their choice and get mad when their games are pirated, trolls who don't actually believe what they're saying and just in it for fun and the weird wave of hyper conservative/libertarian people on /v/ who are pro corporations/laws who think that if something is illegal it is automatically morally wrong to do and maintain that stance in every situation (which is funny because they probably still steal music)

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>>381545446
>>381545541
CRACK CRACK CRACK
CRACK WHEN?
OOGA BOOGA CRACK

>>381544303
It's because most of this board is Nintendo toddlers.
Did you see their reaction when BOTW leaked early on Wii U?

>>381545541
I never asked for advice though. It was my ultimate decision.
I don't need poorfags to tell me what to do. Keep your idiocy for yourself.

There are lots of people on this board who have a little something known as "post-purchase rationalization"

>literally no one cares

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>>381545541
lmao get a load of this bitch ass crybaby poorfag
How's being a nigger working for you?

>>381545027
One day I'll 3D print my custom parts but that day is definitely not today.

>>381545289
>someone on an anonymous imageboard makes a recommendation
>goes apeshit

Dude what are you, 17?

>>381545801
I'm going to keep pirating games I want to pirate and there's literally NOTHING you can do a out it ;^)

>>381544303

Videogames are a young medium in a strange time. The consequences arent extractable through history when looking at other medium for example books that suffered piracy as well. people dedicated get often overly defensive, domming those who arent as dedicated as them for "ruining" it through for them as actions that might bring inestimable consequencies. Ironic pirateposting is a thing too so take it with a grain of salt.

This is getting stupid, let's talk about games ABOUT piracy, not the software kind but the kind that get on ships and shoot cannonballs.

>>381544465
Funny enough console games are some of the most pirated

Why would any video game player, pirate or not, be advocating for piracy? Less money for the devs is detrimental to all of us in the long run.

Pirate if you want but don't start advocating for it, you are just hurting yourself.

>>381545816
Hey man, those 3D printers are killer so long as you can afford one in the six digit area! Realtalk though if you go to a super prestigious college that has one of those six axis printers you can actually get some serious work out of it.

literally roddit moralfags
nothing else

>>381545118
That was the point of the comic. Even after it came out for PC people still pirated it, and wherever the game devs make the most money on a multiplat title, they're going to try to pander to that audience.

>>381545898
>Videogames are a young medium in a strange time
yes but the same could be said about anime. It's like what, 60 years old? Still you don't see anyone on /a/ or /m/ giving a fuck.

Probably because years ago (and still in many ways still today) the gaming industry pulled a lot of cancerous shit to combat piracy and as a result most online discuss of piracy was either for piracy or at least against things like SecuROM.

And of course whenever you have a general online consensus there is a section of /v/ who are either trolling everyone else or are 13 year old contrarians who automatically take the opposite opinion.

>>381546438
Result? Anime industry is dying.

>>381546438
because the effort and insight you need to aquire anime legally has been and still is far higher than just streaming/downloading the stuff compared to video games where for the longest time getting it legally was just a matter of walking over to the next store which is rather straightforward.
If Anime had been easily and widely legally available for as long as video games the culture around that would be a lot different

>>381544303
I think when it comes down to it the journalists/marketers have done an excellent job in cultivating a sort of "gaming" mentality that film and music doesn't really have. Partly because it's a newer medium and people have been shunned for their hobby, but also just because of the aggressive marketing and journalists+critics more or less just being the marketing division of big game devs a lot more than other media.

Another thing is just how fucking volatile the industry is and how quick companies and games go belly up, nobody cares that Lionsgate only made 4 billion this year instead of 5 billion, but here even one failed game can break a well established company so sales become a lot more important.

Paying customers are the only source of income for devs.

They dont have concert or tv advertisements to back them up.

>>381547058
That money goes the publisher and whoever also has ownership of the IP. The majority of devs get their pay while making the game, and don't get a cent once it comes out.

>>381545801
I pirate games and own a GTX 1070 :^)
Do something bitch

>>381545289
>I want to waste my money on irrelevant shit
>wait man you can save your money because the game isn't worth buying and you can use your saved money to afford something else!
>HURR DURR WHAT ARE YOU POOR

I AM SILLY

>>381546183
So what basicly unless i fork over an arm and a leg for a printer. the 3D printed parts will be garbage?
Good to know

>>381547058
While you have something with concerts, it's not like tv advertisments are all that healthy either. People pirating TV and movies through streaming is actually a pretty big issue. I think Netflix is sort of the Steam of the TV world. Like if it wasn't so easy to use people would still just pirate by the millions. As shitty as steam and valve is, you could argue that they more or less single-handedly"saved" PC gaming and now it's more popular than ever.

>>381544303
Because /v/ is the only board where the pirates are obnoxious faggots about it

>>381546438

Yes but it follows the same rules as the film industry while videogames are ayylmao technology for all I know. Its a highly sensitive medium succesable to forming and as you can see. How many anime cartoons have extreme cultural pandering right now? Compare it to videogames. Something is clearly off with it.

>>381546560
Every single person I know now watches fucking anime, i am sure its dying.
Even my partying dumb ass sister who didnt know japan existed.

>>381547248
To be fair, the devs income is dependent on their games selling well so they will get recommission.

>>381547248
Publishers aren't generating money out of thin air either. Well, EA does.

>>381547414
Yeah, everybody watches it and nobody pays for it. Just like manga. Every year they make less and less money.

>>381547337
For right now, yes. The technology is rapidly improving, a $300 printer today can do things a $6000 printer could do 4 years ago. It's not very good right now but give or take a decade.

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>>381547375
Not really. This comic got shared a lot here for a reason. Pirates will always lord it over non-pirates for wasting money, and buying customers will always feel a bit butthurt about it and get defensive. Though /v/ is one of the few places where the buying customers probably outnumber the pirates. At least in terms of vocal opinions.

>>381545369
I'd fuck femDSP.

>>381547595
>give or take a decade.
Fuck that is way too long.
Guess I'll start stashing money now and get one in 5 years.

>>381547718
She/he/it looks like Mike from RLM.

>>381547592
Yeah like how most of those people I know also use Crunchyroll
Damn all those dumb normalfags using Crunchyroll to pirate the anime.

>>381544303
It's popular to hate popular things here because there's tons of kids that hear about "le contrarian meme" and "can't agree on anything" just want to fit in because they are faggots who think people will like them.

Honestly, everyone who posts on this board should be shot. I feel like it would solve alot of problems in the world.

>>381544303
People will post anything to incite more console war bullshit and baiting.
I couldn't care less about what people pirate or not.

>>381545019
this

Pirating is only acceptable for abandonware games.

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>>381544303
Piracy is LITERALLY illegal, stop posting these threads

>>381548969
>gipsycouple69

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>>381545019
I'm conflicted about ignoring your accusation and calling you out on it because there's obviously a lot of people in the first tier but acting butthurt would make you assume I'm in the second tier and the first one still doesn't exist
Anyways fuck you, faggot

>>381544465
I prefer the term 'Sonybro' and 'Nintenbro'

>>381544303
If i see the devs actually gave a shit about the game i will buy it. In other cases i just pirate cuz you know the games not worth the money. I always feel bad tho

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>>381544303
>I don't go to any of those boards.jpg

I see you have no clue what a buyfag is

Go off yourself you newfag

>>381549535
Buyfags buy things that are unavailable to pirate or buy stuff to physically obtain them.

>>381549535
>implying buyfags give a single shit about piracy
>implying they don't also pirate stuff themselves

>>381549776
>>381549886
>I really wanna show off how much of an uninformed newfag I am

go support the release

>>381544465
Nintendies.
Even better than nintennegros.

>>381550138
lets take a someone off /a/ for example. For an anime do you really think people going to wait 7 months for an untranslated BD and pay $50 to watch two episodes instead of just pirating?

fuck off idiot. buyfags buy stuff to collect, no one cares about pirating

>>381550394
>if I continue to deny these people exist they will not exist!

not how that works, take your alt history ass off muh chan

>>381544570
>>381544465
But piracy is possible on those consoles, dumbass.

>>381550487
>a small minority of autists somehow means that the majority of board is supposed to care
Fuck off idiot, OP's image is correct.

>>381549276
So you are the second. Nice.

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>>381547667
>buy music
I've been in this site for 8 years and I thought it originally says buy anime

>>381550604
On PC you don't risk anything because you own the hardware on consoles you can get bricked or not being able to play multiplayer.

>>381544823
I mean /m/ pirates anime just as much as /a/, plus pirating tokusatsu.
Though they do spend a disproportionate amount on gunpla, so I guess that makes a good amount of them buyfags.

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>>381545019
>implying there's any difference whatsoever between top and bottom

All pirates are fags who have yet to evolve past kindergarten-tier intelligence.

>>381552074
You mostly can't play mp with pirated copy too in pc.
Also
PS4 cfw when?

>>381544561
http://gamingbolt.com/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-has-sold-more-copies-on-pc-than-consoles-combined-developer

>Sold more on PC than consoles combined

Cool comic m8

>>381544303
>I AM SILLY

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>yfw

>>381544303
What board is the one on the left supposed to be?

>>381552690
Oh wait it's /mu/ never mind.

>>381552690
from left to right,

/mu/, /tv/, /co/, /a/, /m/, and /g/

I think part of the reason vidya piracy is more frowned-upon than other media is that the majority of video games, even older or more obscure ones, are still easily available on Steam, GOG etc, whereas nobody expects you to go buy a physical copy of your untranslated VN or 60s folk record because that would be an inordinate amount of money and effort.

So with vidya it's likely pirates pirate because they want something for free that others pay for, rather than for convenience or out of necessity.

personally I don't care about pirates unless they argue that piracy isn't morally wrong because muh corporations or muh gayman industry is bad

>>381545513
>>381550604
Where did anyone say it isn't possible?

>>381548969
>vidya
Yep, sounds like the average /v/ user.

>>381544465
>wiiu 3ds and vita piracy
>hard at all
Dumb fuck nigger detected.

>>381544561
The best thing about your comic is with the fact you drew the PC guy as disgusting so I know he's in the wrong!

>>381551809
there's an edit like that, you're not crazy

>>381554052
buttmad detected

>>381552453
but when I get a legit copy I can play in multiplayer. Its virtually impossible to cripple a PC without a bios update or physically damaging it.

>>381552262
>I mean /m/ pirates anime just as much as /a/

yes im sure bamco is very upset about people pirating their toy commercials

>>381552627
Name three companies that went bankrupt due in part to piracy. No ass-pulling, no nonsense; only legitimate fucking examples of piracy having a totally negative impact on any artistic medium.

>>381552453
Also its possible to play multiplayer with cracked copies.

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>>381555024
I didn't say that bamco had to care, just that they were doing it.

>>381555083
Companies go bankrupt from a lack of money in the bank, anon. It'd be impossible to attribute a failure SOLEY to piracy, but smaller indie companies get hit especially hard and that is probably the biggest contributor.

Because /v/ has the highest concentration of marketers

>>381555467
I would argue that the existence of piracy is actually beneficial to larger companies like bamco in the long run, as it causes far more damage to their smaller competitors.

>>381544303
Because we know how to troll properly. Even the big guys over at /tv/ have nothing on us.

For some reason video games attract children who idolize "the industry" and can't stop imagining themselves as its heroic protectors

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Piratefags buy more than buyfags due to their buying being more informed since they consume that much more than buyfags. All stats and studies done so far point towards this.
Buyfags always fund complete shit.
Piratefags when they buy, at least support on a higher quality level than ordinary buyfags.

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My country needs my money more than some foreign faggot does.
Nothing personal, just good old politics.

>>381544561
>Witcher
>Awesome game

lol