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Whose point? People don't pirate 360 games because it's probably fairly annoying - you need a 360 console to begin with, then mod it which might need an older
by brigade 13y ago
Whose point?
People don't pirate 360 games because it's probably fairly annoying - you need a 360 console to begin with, then mod it which might need an older one running an out-of-date OS, and likely can't play multiplayer without the risk of your account being banned. Plus the size of games means torrents which means letters to your ISP. And if it's a couple years old you can probably buy the game for $10-20.
Pirating games for older consoles is trivial in comparison - any computer you have and most smartphones can emulate a PS1 or older almost perfectly. And the game sizes are tiny.
If you were asking about a moral justification, there's always the "it's not being sold new, so the makers won't get my money if I buy it used anyway." Though by now at least 95% of games that people actually play have been re-released, so that justification doesn't hold much water.
- ekianjo 13y agoThe "makers" of the games (i.e. developers) don't get the money for re-released games, just the publishers do. It does not cost them anything, it's full profit and they own all rights to their distribution. I don't think it makes it more reasonable to support them for making fresh, full money out of completely outdated games.