alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 5 months agoUltrakill dev says it's fine to pirate his game if you don't have money to spare: 'Culture shouldn't exist only for those who can afford it'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down14cross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comgames@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1234arrow-down1external-linkUltrakill dev says it's fine to pirate his game if you don't have money to spare: 'Culture shouldn't exist only for those who can afford it'www.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 5 months agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comgames@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareIsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down30·5 months agoI mean good for him. But very few pirates actually can’t afford shit. It’s mostly people in shitty regions and freeloaders who don’t pay for anything.
minus-squareFrostyTheDoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·5 months agoSo, money the company was never going to make anyway then, got it.
minus-squareFranklin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·5 months agoYou have to be playing Devil’s advocate for the sake of it because every significant study done on the subject shows that piracy has a positive or at worst neutral effect on the industry.
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agodevil’s advocate would be calling this a hollow publicity stunt
I mean good for him.
But very few pirates actually can’t afford shit. It’s mostly people in shitty regions and freeloaders who don’t pay for anything.
So, money the company was never going to make anyway then, got it.
You have to be playing Devil’s advocate for the sake of it because every significant study done on the subject shows that piracy has a positive or at worst neutral effect on the industry.
devil’s advocate would be calling this a hollow publicity stunt