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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-07-16 06:55 pm

[ SECRET POST #2022 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2022 ⌋

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otakugal15: (B/)

Re: OP

[personal profile] otakugal15 2012-07-17 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
I think you don't give a lot of us who pirate a lot of credit. I have some movies downloaded that I would LOOOOOOOOOVE to have physical, legit copies of. But I'm flat broke. So I downloaded them to watch in my down time. They happen to be shit quality. But, once I'm hired somewhere and can actually have some money to spare? I'm buying that shit. Especially since some of it isn't on my boyfriend's netflix.
majorshipper: (Default)

Re: OP

[personal profile] majorshipper 2012-07-17 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Agreed completely. Now that I have a steady income, I'm slowly starting to replace my copies with actual boxsets, and it's glorious.

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(Anonymous) 2012-07-17 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
da

I pirate games all the time. Why? Because demo rarely exist and I'm incredably sick of buying a game, getting 2 hours into it, it's SHIT, but I cannot return it because I only play PC and nearly all PC games have an online aspect or potential DLC - classifying it as an online game so I CAN'T RETURN IT. Even if the sign up and DLC is untouched.

So now, when I see a new game out? I pirate that shit, decide if it's enjoyable, THEN go buy it.

Not ranting at you, just a general rant at my frustration for a way to try games before buying.

Lets say Diablo 3 made a good move throwing out a demo. Because I played it, enjoyed it, then bought the game.
Fable 3 on the otherhand is a waste of space.

Re: OP

(Anonymous) 2012-07-17 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Question, not attacking: Can't PC games be rented like console games, like, for a few days, or so? I haven't bought/rented videogames in forever, and I don't really play PC games, so this intrigues me.
otakugal15: (Default)

Re: OP

[personal profile] otakugal15 2012-07-17 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. I have friends who do that themselves. I also have a lot of friends who pirate games for emulators because the originals are either too fucking expensive to get off Amazon/Ebay because they're out of print and in low quantities, for they just can't find them these days period. You know, games for the NES or SNES, Famicom, etc.

Downloading and using the emulators are the only they can enjoy those old games today if they no longer have the system and physical games.

Re: OP

(Anonymous) 2012-07-17 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Or it's not the lack of money, but, you know, the lack of legit stuff you could buy. Say, I'd love to buy some books printed a couple of decades ago or books printed in small quantities. However, I cannot do so because they are not sold anymore. When you don't have permanent access to a large library, piracy might very well be the only way out.
otakugal15: (Default)

Re: OP

[personal profile] otakugal15 2012-07-17 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel you on the book thing. I pirated the PDFs for every single Animorph book:Megamorphs, the series, the spoof, and the Alternamorphs.

Because, the books in their original state, are no longer printed.

However, I do go to second hand shops looking high and low for the books, so I can have them all on hand. But the publisher is still not getting that money.

Once I get all the books, I will probably start buying the rerelease. In hopes that one day, whatever kid or kids I may have, can read the series and not be constantly asking me who Xena is or some such like that.

Not that that's a bad thing and I'd happily explain, but the original books, by today's pop culture standards, are hideously outdated.