Video Game Piracy Is Good, Actually
Added 2024-02-13 18:00:08 +0000 UTCI don't think video game piracy is as bad as people say, and I made a video essay to prove it.
🎵 MUSIC USED ➜ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB41KjBc4ASJbs9nL8sP1p1NjK7ag7r1J&si=MdOee1Ah7U745PW9
📓 REFERENCES ➜ https://www.lextorias.com/references/piracy
Reddit thread about Warez scene and EMPRESS ➜ https://old.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/rowk83/digital_piracy_the_rise_of_empress_how_one_woman/
Wikipedia article on Warez scene ➜ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_warez_groups
Comments
Empress shoutout 🙌 incredible video man! Your recent work has been astounding, fantastic research.
Jared
2024-03-10 01:18:16 +0000 UTCexcellent video, appreciate seeing a reasoned pro-piracy argument :) the cracker joke really got me cackling btw, kudos on that
TheJadedMieu
2024-02-17 00:20:36 +0000 UTCI personally pirated some games to later buy them on steam because I enjoyed them, so me pirating the games led to more sales at the end. These were game I wasn't originally planing on buying, so piracy definitely has a bright side to it.
StannieV2
2024-02-16 14:12:49 +0000 UTCLove your videos man, great work as always!
Sam HungaryTF
2024-02-15 18:37:49 +0000 UTCI agree with you and think you're right.
Ian Flynn
2024-02-15 16:45:11 +0000 UTCIncredible video!!
Withoutsun666
2024-02-14 20:40:03 +0000 UTCgreat vid. sad the whole part that you don't technically own your digital games you bought. its merly a license to play the game and the devs or who ever you bought the game from can just take it from you at any time. the whole trending quote "If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing"
Slasher2
2024-02-14 15:51:04 +0000 UTCW video
thezwarteridder
2024-02-14 10:28:52 +0000 UTCAnd you're free to use it, but I'd personally prefer I'd it didn't exist.
MayContainYuri
2024-02-14 06:16:16 +0000 UTCThe EA app isn't that bad imho.
Marcell Dávid
2024-02-14 06:08:34 +0000 UTCAnother fantastic video. I will support games that I love but at the same time I'd like to try them out before actually dropping the 40-60....70 dollars for a game I might not like. Also shout-out to including your music playlists for the videos. Much appreciated.
Failosaurus71
2024-02-14 01:10:48 +0000 UTCValid point
ThatOneGuy
2024-02-13 23:21:36 +0000 UTCHonestly, amazing vid! I never really saw things the way you talked about them in this video, and I think my opinion on the matter is genuinely deepened. You're doing great, keep it up dude!
Kleitor
2024-02-13 23:14:31 +0000 UTCmentioning specific sites or groups or people would’ve turned this into a much longer history video, which I didn’t want to do because there’s a lot of those online already
Lextorias
2024-02-13 23:03:21 +0000 UTCAmazing bro 🙏 Excellent video!
TAU-9
2024-02-13 21:48:31 +0000 UTCI have never pirated a game that i can get on steam or at the store for a reasonable price. There is no reason that haunting grounds should cost 400 dollars to play. I think thats another aspect that is important is old games that people want to play are sold for a ludocrous amount of money. If the company does not value a game enough to sell it to me than why would i spend money on it?
Brian Boddicker
2024-02-13 21:42:24 +0000 UTCWhile I get why it didn't get mentioned, I'm a little sad that PirateBay didn't get any love
ThatOneGuy
2024-02-13 20:41:49 +0000 UTCGood video! Another dilemma is that sometimes you buy the game on one platform and then want to play on another. Should you pay twice? I did, and then pirated TF2 anyway because EA forces the EA app on anyone who wants to play their games. So it was definitely a better experience after pirating, even IF I paid twice...
MayContainYuri
2024-02-13 20:16:05 +0000 UTC
