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It's not surprising that Brazil, Russia, and China top the list for pirate users. This game is probably very expensive for users in those countries, if they ar

It's not surprising that Brazil, Russia, and China top the list for pirate users. This game is probably very expensive for users in those countries, if they are even able to easily pay for it.

modoc 11y ago
shrug those are also the countries that tend to account for the most spam delivery attempts, SSH brute force attempts, etc.... on my server. So it may be something beyond just cost..
- pjlegato 11y ago
  Yes. The idea of "intellectual property" as such is nonexistent (and widely considered absurd) in those countries' cultures, combined with a pretty high level of technical sophistication among the general populace.
- Grue3 11y ago
  Poor economy drives people to crime? Shocking!
Veratyr 11y ago
> if they are even able to easily pay for it I think this is something a lot of people don't realise but online payment systems in China and Russia are near completely different (and isolated) from ours. China doesn't do Visa, doesn't do Mastercard, doesn't do AMEX, doesn't do PayPal. Try buying something from a Chinese website like Taobao or Baidu. They use things like Alipay which are linked to their local payment systems. I don't think Chinese CAN buy independent games like this.
- jpatokal 11y ago
  China does, however, widely use UnionPay, which is Discover-compatible.
- gst 11y ago
  Stripe supports Alipay: https://stripe.com/alipay https://stripe.com/alipay
thiagof 11y ago
This game is not expensive here in Brazil. I think the problem is other, maybe it's not easy to pay (not everybody have international credit card), or some people don't want to pay.
zamalek 11y ago
> if they are even able to easily pay for it. Or even get legal access to it. Copyright treaties get in the way of people in certain regions from legally acquiring some content. For example, I've been legally unable to purchase certain music (in some cases download free music) in South Africa - DRM or not. Pandora is a fantastic example of this brain-dead approach. Furthermore, per-region release dates only further propagate piracy, as everyone outside of America has to sit back and watch everyone else enjoy <thing>. By encouraging the rest of the world to pirate during NA launch, you are decreasing the likelihood of those people buying your game when you eventually stop celebrating long enough to release it in their region. Piracy seems to thrive with the current measures designed to prevent it.

It's not surprising that Brazil, Russia, and China top the list for pirate users. This game is probably very expensive for users in those countries, if they are even able to easily pay for it.

modoc 11y ago

shrug those are also the countries that tend to account for the most spam delivery attempts, SSH brute force attempts, etc.... on my server. So it may be something beyond just cost..

pjlegato 11y ago
Yes. The idea of "intellectual property" as such is nonexistent (and widely considered absurd) in those countries' cultures, combined with a pretty high level of technical sophistication among the general populace.
Grue3 11y ago
Poor economy drives people to crime? Shocking!

Veratyr 11y ago

> if they are even able to easily pay for it I think this is something a lot of people don't realise but online payment systems in China and Russia are near completely different (and isolated) from ours. China doesn't do Visa, doesn't do Mastercard, doesn't do AMEX, doesn't do PayPal. Try buying something from a Chinese website like Taobao or Baidu. They use things like Alipay which are linked to their local payment systems. I don't think Chinese CAN buy independent games like this.

jpatokal 11y ago
China does, however, widely use UnionPay, which is Discover-compatible.
gst 11y ago
Stripe supports Alipay: https://stripe.com/alipay https://stripe.com/alipay

thiagof 11y ago

This game is not expensive here in Brazil. I think the problem is other, maybe it's not easy to pay (not everybody have international credit card), or some people don't want to pay.

zamalek 11y ago

> if they are even able to easily pay for it. Or even get legal access to it. Copyright treaties get in the way of people in certain regions from legally acquiring some content. For example, I've been legally unable to purchase certain music (in some cases download free music) in South Africa - DRM or not. Pandora is a fantastic example of this brain-dead approach. Furthermore, per-region release dates only further propagate piracy, as everyone outside of America has to sit back and watch everyone else enjoy <thing>. By encouraging the rest of the world to pirate during NA launch, you are decreasing the likelihood of those people buying your game when you eventually stop celebrating long enough to release it in their region. Piracy seems to thrive with the current measures designed to prevent it.