52 Percent of Gamers Admit to Piracy

[Ace195]

I agree I mean they charge too much for games that are second rate, *note* not saying that all the games made are second rate I'm just saying that some of them.... Need to be lowered in price.

[Professor S]

I disagree. Its not the developers job to regulate the quality of their product, its their job to make money and report profits back to their investors. If they got your money, their job is DONE.

It is the consumer's responsibility to shop wisely. If you make a crappy product, people will not purchase products from you anymore or will at least be very hesitant to do so in the future. On the other side, if you make a great product, customers will flock to you. An example of this is Dell, who is now the standard of quality in PCs. Meanwhile Gateway's profits and credibility have plummeted paralleling the incresingly shotty quality of their product.

Take responsibility over your purchases. If you buy a shoddy product that costs more than its worth, its YOUR fault, not the developers. There are more than enough resources online alone (IGN, Gamespot, Gamespy, etc.) to aid you in making smart gaming purchases.

"The fault does lie in the stars, but in ourselves."

[Hero2]

The other 48% are a bunch of liers :P

[GameMaster]

I've never downloaded a current generation video game. Only old video games.

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

I've never downloaded a current generation video game. Only old video games.

Same here. Im pretty strongly against that thing. Although I do download music quite often, so I guess we all have our faults.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by The Strangler

I disagree. Its not the developers job to regulate the quality of their product, its their job to make money and report profits back to their investors. If they got your money, their job is DONE.

I thought it was the developers job to develop a good, non second rate game that is worth the money to pay for it.

Look at pirated music, remember when CD's had 20 songs on them, then a CD was worth 15 bucks. But now, they just lowered the songs to about an average of 12, while the price has stayed relatively the same.