Piracy is cool and good. Legitimately don't even know if I'll play the game, but it's cool that the scene is just churning out cracks like mad
Piracy is cool and good. Legitimately don't even know if I'll play the game, but it's cool that the scene is just churning out cracks like mad
Remember that people who put their blood and sweat into making this game have probably been laid off already and all profits will go to some dumbass executive's bonus. There is no moral dilemma in piracy here.
3D artist who worked in videogames and film for about 10 years.
Spot. On.
Supporting indie developers is one thing but in cases like this: Piracy is praxis. The majority of people who worked on it were either laid off before the game even released OR were never employed directly by Rockstar to begin with.
Still had rockstar step in to force them to work insane hours for months.
Oh trust me, I know. I spent most of my decade in the industry working various gigs as a subcontractor and most people have no concept of how much shit gets outsourced.
I was thinking of the wrong game, Rockstar stepped in to help finish LA Noire because the studio was messing up. That immediately turned into a death march.
Rockstar is an incredibly shitty company in an industry that is really scummy.
Piracy pearl clutchers are the same people that call the cops on black people playing in the park.
"you arnt allowed to be here" i firmly state to the
blackstrange man at my private community centers pool"i live here" he lies
"im calling the cops!" i shout at the criminal, so he knows i mean business
edit: yall are really downvoting this? the fuck country do yall live in where this doesnt happen? cause it sure as fuck isnt amerikkka
edit edit: i see some of you have recanted, but still, the heck was that?
Always relevant to point out that the workers never see the profit: their labour is stolen as profit for executives and companies, and rarely even returns to the industry, let alone the creators. For indie developers and small groups where the labour division and profits work more like coops there might be ethical dilemmas, but rockstar can get fucked. :crab-party:
There was not a moral dilemma if they were not laid off either
IDK, I'd feel bad pirating from indie devs where there is more equal terms of profit sharing.
From indie devs ok, but this is Rockstar. I doubt the money from the 135m copies sold from GTA V went to the ones that actually made the game
The only time I need a legit copy of a game is if I want to use steam workshop mods or have the ability to play online. Sites like cdkeys dot com and g2a have keys for 75%-90% sometimes, so I always check there