• atro_city@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    Gamers don’t care. They’ll buy the thing even if it meant selling their grandmother.

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      8 hours ago

      I’m not so sure. When it comes to a conscious decision to either pirate or buy, crap like this often helps with the guilt.

      • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        5 hours ago

        You should feel absolutely zero guilt about pirating “triple-A” software. It’s a morally neutral act. The money they would’ve got from your purchase is so insignificant to them that it wouldn’t even show up on their annual returns. Assuming they file them.

    • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zip
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      It speak more about this age of consumerism, regardless how evil one company are, people will still buy their stuff because they don’t care.

      • Gamma@beehaw.org
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        20 hours ago

        Most gamers won’t even hear about it. Just seeing the article already puts you in the “highly informed” bucket