Most anti-piracy crusaders, especailly the kind that swear and rant and cry tend to be purposefully obtuse. They'll never admit you have a point and they'll NEVER admit that piracy of a good game actually HELPS that game's sales as has been shown over and over again in examples like the OP's.stepsongrapes wrote:While you may not agree, morally, without OP's rationale, saying it is "senseless" is just being obtuse. He had a very clear reason for doing what he did. It's debatable whether it is right or wrong, but senseless it is not.FULLMETALJ wrote: I decided to address what he did because he couldn't demo the game.
"Please, provide a demo so that I don't pirate!"
That kind of behavior is senseless, pirating indie games is wrong, no matter how you look at it.
Same goes for any kind of media really. I was never much of a music fan before 'piracy' but when I got out there and could try for free, I went out and over the last 10 years have bought over 1000 albums I NEVER would have bought. I know numerous people with stories like that. As for the people who pirate and still don't buy the good games, let's be honest for r moment here: That kind of person would never have bought the game in the first place, they're cheap. No study any time by ANYONE has shown that p[iracy= lost sales. There HAVE however been numerous studies to show that piracy helps indie musicians and that likely extends to indie developers as well.
But hey, why would the anti-piracy baby crusader want to address facts and evidence when he can swear at people like the OP who BOUGHT THE GAME from his throne of self-righteous idiocy?