Have you been reading the comments regarding this game?

*wistful sighing*

“I don’t understand it, so it must not be true”

Gundam: Iron Blooded Kirby

What I’m getting at is this tone of philanthropy Gamers assume. That, by demanding an increasingly impossible set of standards while being unwilling to pay (pirate first, MAYBE they buy), if that’s met, and then you buy the game...you’re a Good Guy Supporting a Good Dev. Not just a customer buying a good product made…

We want auteurs who allow us to marvel at seeing their strong, clear visions brought to life within a video game. We want to feel like the digital worlds we explore actually have an attentive god who actually took the time to handcraft every single stone, tree, and river—or in this case, every single pixel—just for us

*patiently awaits Fallout 4 buyers to roll in here, screaming that this doesn’t ‘deserve’ to be $60 because a small team made it*

yeah, because fully investigating a situation so they can give a comprehensive account of the matter to their customers, is insane. They should’ve been talking from minute one, wildly speculating and giving lots of half-answers, guesses, and speculation to everyone’s concerns. THAT would’ve been the right thing to…

because playing videogames demands every bit as much dedication, diligence, and hard work as cycling, hiking, and learning an instrument to be allowed past the gates of Gamerdom, and into legitimacy...

Yeah, because *you* get to decide the conversation is over because *you* have nothing of actual substance to say. But be sure to set up your retreat from the conversation you actively started engagement in as not a ‘retreat’ but ‘above it all’ and ‘righteous.’

My point is consumerism isn’t a philanthropy. It shouldn’t be on a developer to prove that, by jove, they’re really cool cats you wanna hang out with, SO THEN you’ll pay for the thing you play. Otherwise, you’ll just STEAL it, because you’re stealing from Bad People You Hate, so it’s okay.

I know, I know...I was hoping the tongue-sticky-out-face would betray my coyness?

That’s interesting - I have an easier time thinking flat and ‘pushing’ it into a 3D shape. Although I’m sure sculptors, and 3D modelers prefer working into dimensional objects. This feels like something that could be beneficial no matter how you visualize something internally.

Because *whoosh* 2D sketches, by their nature, aren’t awesome? :p

Here’s a star, so you may have more visibility! :D

Games are not a right. You have no right to a quick, efficient way to play a bunch of shit you may or may not pay for.

No, because an actual copy of the game still has to be bought, in order to rent it. So your piracy is still ‘renting minus one sale’ at least.

When you pirate something, you are under no obligation to ‘return’ it. It’s stealing. Just because on your ‘pirate’s honor’ you delete it, doesn’t make it un-stealing.

Newsflash: None of those things you mentioned is illegal. And requires at least an initial purchase, somewhere in its chain of events.

I get what you mean, and I don’t deny that it happens. I just find the practice frustrating, is all. Since, why not base your purchase on the quality of product you’re buying, not the man behind the curtain? It’s extra frustrating when people mix and match this practice too, to fit whatever makes them feel okay with…