Not it doesn’t. There are plenty of indie devs that make plenty of money and fame. The ones that don’t are either under marketed or just... suck. Crying about piracy is the ultimate proof they are looking to blame someone besides themselves on their failures. The indie market is THRIVING and growing constantly, and…

I pirated ME2, enjoyed it then purchased the game as well as subsequent DLC.

That is just the perception. In reality most people who pirate never would have bought the game anyway, and some do buy the game after because they enjoy it. But we don’t get those numbers.

Interesting enough, piracy also helps smaller developers (or any artist or creator for that matter).

Except, for what has to be, like, the hundred billionth time on the internet, every pirated copy does not equal a lost sale. So there’s that.

DRM is the scourge of every media. It limits the options of what you can do with your own purchases and makes paying customers suffer when it breaks. It doesn’t usually detour pirates, they just remove it or use DRM free options. Piracy doesn’t actually effect anything, other than being an excuse for big corporations…

No, corrupt publishers and naive children are the scourge of the economy of video games. People easily bought by hype trains and DLC cash gimmicks. Quality of games can continue going down as long as there are dumb people who spend $100 on special edition pos 2016 because “damn son that dramatic commercial showing…

the problem with your assertion is that many people that Pirate games, would never have paid for them to begin with, and therefor no loss of sale exists in many(most) cases.

Not really though. Most pirates likely would not have purchased the game otherwise. A game stolen is not the same as lost revenue. That is the lie that they want you to believe.

Ahh, yes. I remember when “Game of Thrones” had to stop production because it became the most pirated TV series ever. Shame. If HBO could have actually made a profit off it and kept going past that first season, I bet it would have been really good. And they wouldn’t have had to file for bankruptcy.

RIP Home Box…

Interesting theory, but overlooks the damage that the industry does to itself in nickel and diming their product. Devalueing it and cutting it up to sell it for scraps.

It has never been proven (yet) with definitive facts that piracy has an overall positive or negative effect on the economy of any digital medium, especially not the economic success of a video game. Whether it has a real efect on the economy currently largely depends on which side of the argument you are and who did…

He’s like a child who wasn’t all that good at the thing he was supposed to be one of the best at (given his lineage), so he was easy to turn. Every time he wasn’t good at something, or the best at something right away, he threw a tantrum. I find the character absolutely fascinating and a reflection of our…

Agree. Also, there were times during III where I was like...well...ya know... Ani kind of has a point there...

A horrible actor is up for debates. I’d recommend checking out some of his other movies. Shattered Glass is a good example. I also quite enjoyed Awake. Also... according to rumors. He may be returning for Episode VIII in some shape or form.

As for Hayden in Star Wars. I think some aspects of him were great. His pauses…

I disagree. Don’t get me wrong. Adam Driver is actually a good actor. I just think that his acting with Ben was one of the most underwhelming character in Star Wars. That’s my opinion.

Debatably Luke had the worst acting in the series. Go rewatch the originals. That doesn’t make him any less of being one of the best…

Sorry but Episode III Anakin was very convincing to me. He You could clearly tell that he had a mental issue from episode one. He tried to save the woman he loved by any means possible with anxiety panic attacks and maybe a case of bi-polar. To be fair. I’ve encountered people like that irl and I can defiantly say…

But only two of them call themselves Spider-Man.

There are lots of Spider-people in the Marvel Universe right now.

Miles is great and all, I love miles. I wanna know what happened to the other break out characters from the Ultimate Universe. Kitty Pryde, Ben Grimm, Jonny Storm, Sue Storm, Mach Two, Rogue, Jimmy Howlett, Spider Woman and Bombshell. I really hope these characters are just living it up in Universe 1610 and that it…