• AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    These loss figures are always fun. Me pirating a game i would NEVER have played otherwise is not a 50€(with todays game prices, 80€) loss for the company. On the other hand there are games that i pirated first because i wasnt sure it would be worth it for me to buy it and then actually bought it when i decided it would be fun to play and wanted to support the company.

    • Sas [she/her]@beehaw.org
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      5 days ago

      I got into the Age of Wonders franchise through a burned disc by our upstairs neighbour as a child. I have bought every game (except planetfall) in that franchise by now. I’d probably never have tried that game without said burned disc

      • AlphaOmega@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        That’s the same way I was introduced to Half Life. Valve has made that money back 1000 fold