(20-05-2009 10:07 PM)MetaKnight! link Wrote:For real, that's all I'm really not doing it for, and it is so close to release date.

But seriously, if pirating is that horrible though, torrent websites would be shut down, so would file sharing sites like Limewire--handing out free music and videos--same thing as downloading a game.

And since Limewire is widely used, because 99 cents for a song is still too much, and most kids don't have a credit card...and 16 bucks is too much for an album with 9 songs, with 2 that you only like, I'm sure a lot of you have pirated before.

The law is worried about bigger things...people buy what is worth the money to them, and most the people who download free stuff wouldn't had bought it anyways, they would had just did without it.

(21-05-2009 03:10 AM)killerkenya link Wrote:I download all of my music. And yes, I download movies too. DVD's are just too expensive for me. I can't pay $20+ for something that's only going to truly interest me once. And I can't afford the movie theaters for every movie I want to see. If I have a favorite movie, sure, I'll buy it, because I know I'll watch it a lot. If it's a movie that I have been wanting to see and I know it's going to be awesome, like the new XMen movie? Yeh, I'll watch it in theaters. But to be honest? I'm way too broke to be paying for all that all the time. Especially in this economy. When I've been working all day it's nice to come home and curl up and watch a new movie.
But a game? I mean, you spend hours playing a good game. And actors are so overpaid I don't feel so bad downloading movies, but game makers deserve my money. Even though I am still very unhappy with EA, I still feel obligated to pay for my game, because I feel it is worth it. Thinking back I shouldn't have spent so much on the original Sims games, but back then, they were worth it.
Basically, if I really like something I downloaded, I buy it. But downloading has saved me a lot of money. I've watched movies that I thought I was going to love and they turned out to be horrid. I can't afford to buy things I won't use or enjoy. But The Sims 3 is worth every penny, and more. [By more I mean the money it will take to fix my gaming computer that just happened to crap out 2 weeks before the game comes out >.<]