The point in my life where I feel so old I have absolutely no idea who this is someone change my bedpan please.

Damn.

who are you

When does the day of reckoning come for white, middle-aged, Christian, conservative, sexist, racist, fascist, under-educated, uninformed, theocratic pond scum?

Wat?

came him a dick to his face

What do you mean, toots? He thinks you broads are swell. Gonna have to turn you over and teach you a lesson when you get cheeky though. It’s the only way you’ll learn.

• Some people think of stealing a pair of new Nikes out of a store as ‘just trying them out’

Piracy is not complicated. It’s theft.

Piracy isn't complicated at all. It's theft. I don't give a s**t if you can't afford it. Games are cheaper than they've ever been and if you can't afford them without stealing, find a new hobby.

It’s not really complicated - piracy is driven by greed. To counter your own points:

Piracy is simple.

* They are all just excuses made up by entitled people that think they are owed something.

PC is my indie/Bethesda machine. Consoles might not be as ‘good’ as PC but I put in a game in my PS4 and it works. No DRM. No searching for solutions on the internet.

So, they weren’t going to buy it anyway, and that completely justifies them stealing it.

It's not about a 1:1. It's about the fact that a large amount of folks are playing a game he put his time and money into developing it are stealing his work for their entertainment. If the price is too high, these folks don't need to play it. If no one buys it, then the price will drop as all games have already. There…

“Greed”? The game is fucking brilliant. People who spend years of their lives making something great have a right to charge for their effort. I find it bizarre that you classify server costs as a valid cost but don’t seem to be counting making-a-great-game as one. Are you judging artistic effort or are you judging an…

I don’t much care for his work, but I like what I read from this guy.