Comments on: Is Your Favorite Game the Most Pirated Game of the Year? http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/13/is-your-favorite-game-the-most-pirated-game-of-the-year/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:37:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Thinker http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/13/is-your-favorite-game-the-most-pirated-game-of-the-year/#comment-566991 Thinker Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:38:01 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8988#comment-566991 Years ago I bought original Warcraft III, but I have to pay twice more because I wanted English version, not a translated one :/ Then I have to search for a crack to original game, because It need's CD in drive all the time :( It's ridiculous... Years ago I bought original Warcraft III, but I have to pay twice more because I wanted English version, not a translated one :/ Then I have to search for a crack to original game, because It need’s CD in drive all the time :( It’s ridiculous…

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/13/is-your-favorite-game-the-most-pirated-game-of-the-year/#comment-566864 Martin Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:53:34 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8988#comment-566864 Game companies seem to be one of the factors why the unauthorized distribution of games is so popular these days. If you purchase a game you get the DVD, the cover and if you are lucky a booklet. You also get copy protection that forces some ridiculous restrictions on you, like not being able to install the game more than a number of times or having to uninstall software on the PC before the game can be started. Downloaders on the other hand apply a crack and get the same game for free, without all the hassles that the buyers get. Does that sound like a good deal? I personally do not think so. Yes, there is a moral component to it but there is also the question about the damage that is done if someone downloads and plays a game that he would never purchase. Game companies seem to be one of the factors why the unauthorized distribution of games is so popular these days. If you purchase a game you get the DVD, the cover and if you are lucky a booklet. You also get copy protection that forces some ridiculous restrictions on you, like not being able to install the game more than a number of times or having to uninstall software on the PC before the game can be started.

Downloaders on the other hand apply a crack and get the same game for free, without all the hassles that the buyers get.

Does that sound like a good deal? I personally do not think so. Yes, there is a moral component to it but there is also the question about the damage that is done if someone downloads and plays a game that he would never purchase.

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