But, Breath of the Wild IS a map game and Super Mario Odyssey is NOT an open world game, so...

Yeah, no. Just got done playing a little Battlefront II in 4K HDR and lemme say, it’s a drastically different experience. As for me quoting numbers: well, yeah. They’re this thing called facts. You should try them out sometime. And when did this become a VHS vs. DVD debate? You are literally using an analog to digital…

Bahahahaha. Born on Intellivision, raised by the Genesis. Learned how to use a pull switch dial CRT before I could talk, kiddo. I wish I could still call myself a kid, but those days are FAR behind me. I’ve been an early adopter at virtually every resolution standard since the mid 80s. 

‘Tiny nuances’

If the original Xbox One were this powerful, it would’ve been $1200. At $500 now, 4 years later, it’s still a minor miracle that it’s only this much. Don’t be that guy.

Shipping.

My PS4 collected dust when I realized that their first party games are GORGEOUS, but they’re just not fun to play. I’ve purchased all the Naughty Dog games, Horizon, the team Ico games, etc. and never beat any of them. If you can get past the first party exclusivity, then I’d say do it. The Switch is borderline…

I laughed at the Switch. I called it underpowered. I told all that would hear that it would be Nintendo’s final nail in the coffin; that the Wii U would be considered a success compared to the failure that the Switch would be. Who wanted a console that was less powerful than any other console and a portable that was…

Agree to disagree about the gameplay evolving. I play the vast majority of my games on harder/hardest difficulty because I like the challenge. On Uncharted 3 I found the gunplay so tedious that I put it on Easiest. Didnt’ help. I gave up on this one during the ballroom of a cruise ship (I believe) and I didn’t look…

Where in my post did I say that I’ve ‘skipped’ everything since Uncharted 1, dear Kinja poster? I have owned every Naughty Dog game pre-Uncharted 4 and tried my damndest to like them to no avail. I completed Drake’s Fortune and slogged through the crap cover system with motion-blur induced nausea.

Sweet! I can’t wait to watch the full ‘movie’ on YouTube, just like I’ve done with every Naughty Dog game since Uncharted 1. They make amazing stories paired with superb voice acting and stellar graphics, but I HATE their gameplay. Couple that with the fact that their games have given my brutal motion sickness and I’m…

So, you use ‘piracy’ twice in your two sentence post and it’s ok. I use it and it’s the wrong term. Right. Either way, you’re illegally obtaining a product and hurting and industry. Input whatever term you see fit.

Thanks for the lively debate. Piracy is a sore subject for me as I know many people in the industry that have been negatively affected by it. I just don’t understand how people justify stealing something just because it’s code and not a disc. Same thing in my mind.

Except piracy - and the ‘numbers’ behind it - directly lead to $300 Windows and Photoshop licenses, DRM, online requirements for single player games, and the like. As long as all you pirates accept the fact that you are A) stealing and B) hurting the industry, then keep on keeping on. It just astounds me how many of…

99.9% of the time piracy is shit, full stop. As I stated in a previous comment, gaming is NOT a right. If you can’t find/afford the game: tough luck. No matter how much you justify and sugar coat it, piracy is theft and there’s really no debate. Piracy is the reason that Photoshop and Windows cost hundreds of dollars,…

And that’s how you get Free-to-play, Loot boxes, locked disc content, multiplayer passes, and a dozen other tactics the industry is trying to use to combat piracy and make a profit. Yes, most people are not going to pay for what they can get for ‘free’ because most people are shit. You moral highground pirates think…

I’ve read your rebuttal a half dozen times, and I honestly don’t know what you’re trying to say with the car analogy. (Again, it’s a TERRIBLE analogy, but I digress) The fact is, whether you pirate a digital product or steal a physical one, you are illegally benefiting from the work of others. No matter how you look…

Again, I am not debating whether or not it is a lost sale, I’m simply stating that to the publisher it IS a lost sale. They view them as such and treat the developers (and its employees) with this information as fact. We can talk about the numbers and ethics of pirating software until we’re both blue in the face, but…

...but if they believe it to be so and react as if it is so, then whether you like or or not it has a negative impact on the industry. Seriously, why is this so hard for people to understand?

Reading comprehension is key here. I never said it’s a lost sale, I said to the publishers it is. Whether you like it or not, a pirated game is just further justification for shitty publisher tactics. This victimless crime is hurting the industry and hurting the lives of the people that actually make the games,…