funny piracy fact: anti-piracy software ironically only hurts those who aquire the product legitimately, as most pirates get rid of it before releasing
that one sonic fan game that would get admin perms on your computer to spy on you hacking and if you did they would put you (and your ip) on a naughty list like they Santa
@@Sharkie_numbskullthe best ones are when they change something in the game subtly to make it more creepy or in the case of gorebox outright give you a jumpscare (although, the jumpscare only happens if you're cheating in multiplayer)
It made a lot of sense, since ownership from the consumer and to the publisher, but with companies trying to take it away from them it leads to big problems.
Note: relationship with customers and publishers are very burnted since the Live-Service Record we're showed to be poor in other words. Game Publishers: Nuh uh.
That line said a lot about our society "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" Edit: for those being furious at me in the replies (because of me saying I can steal if I borrowed it), I was joking
@@ApXucBuHThis is exactly what I did with Transformers: Devastation. It was delisted everywhere, and I wasn't willing to go the extra mile to find a physical copy.
“If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” mad respect for saying that. Much as Hakita has said, content shouldn’t just be limited to those who can afford it
What's wrong with complaining over that lol? The creator has the full right to decide who could use their software. The fact that people are unable to follow any rules isn't their problem 😂
@@pixelforg it's not their problem but they complain about it? What kind of a mental gymnastics is this??? Either you exclude people from buying it and accept the loss in the sales, or you don't exclude people from buying it and then you can be concerned for piracy. But region locking is just self sabotage.
Every time a bruh tells you you are evil for pirating, just say that, they either go nutz and get banned for insulting you or they just block you, either way they leave you alone
For me and for my fellow countryman the people who crack things in general are the heroes because without them we would be living in the dark ages(our money isn't valuable enough to pay $$$$ for every bit of digital data entering our device sorry not sorry)
No, they aren't as long as they label piracyas morally correct. Don't get me wrong, you are free to pirate what you want, but you should know the consequences and you should not spread misinformation
@@fyran6453 We are discussing our own opinions, not facts, so what do you mean by "misinformation"?. Also, there are near zero consequences for piracy except for the greedy corporations that make them.
@@ProjectionProjects2.7182 If They Can't Play They Can't Pay. People Need Money From Payment So They Can Have A Sustainable Income, That's How Prices Work.
"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" is easily the greatest quote of my life, and I will bring it up in every conversation about piracy or the video game industry.
This applies especially well to games or services that give you "guaranteed" lifetime ownership, but then just take it away anyways. You see this in Rossman's video.
Piracy isnt stealing no matter what. It is just a copyright infringement. Stealing means forcibly taking something from somebody else. When pirating you are not directly harming the original creator, you just geting it for yourself for free but the owner still has accest to it.
For anyone wondering, you probably won't end up having legal repercussions from piracy unless you live in a first world country (I doubt even there honestly).
True, even my prof was encouraging us to pirate Photoshop just so we could use the tools of a professional. (I live in a third world country, Philippines.)
@@neekomarina2782 In my short time in college one of my professors gave us a "definitely not scanned version of a very expensive book". Sometimes I straight up pirate because it's too expensive, same goes with second hand vs new.
FYI. "First world country" refers to Russia and USA. Like, that's literally the definiton of the terminology regardless of the quality of life there. You probably mean "Second world country".
@@rheokalyke367 second world doesn't exist really, the terms appeared in the cold war, 1st world being USA-aligned, 2nd world USSR-aligned, and 3rd world just neutral, but now there's just 1st world (The ones that look modern enough) and 3rd world (The rest of countries) I never heard anyone referring to any country as second world, other than for a possible definition of "it's a 3rd world country but can be 1st world if they did a bit more work"
Я поверю, если у нас в стране посадят кого-то за незаконно скачанную песню шамана, но за пиратский фотошоп или fl studio никому никогда не прилетит )))
Did it for a lot of games. Even if I know I won't play it anymore I consider it a debt and I buy it and it sits in my library. I do it for indie developers of course, there's no way I'm paying thousands to EA.
@@tpfoxCastro Its when you make something, copyright law automatically applies to it, so you can sue people if they use it without your knowledge or permission
Actually it's the other way around. ElAmigos repacks cut a lot of file sizes down and take about five minutes to install. Secondly, torrents download faster than Steam, Epic or UbiCon.
@@saiv46Share content with others? With who? I've never shared any torrent with anyone. (Here in Romania it's not punishable and almost everyone uses pirated content.)
My principles on buying game : 1. Pirate it, if i like it buy it from steam 2. Never do pre order 3 avoid microtransaction (i'm looking at you EA) 4.don't listen DEI reviewer
@@notalamenameyes, steam is not bad as a platform. their sales are frequent and there are usually some good games available for cheap. it's also nice when games integrate well with their API, so you can join your friend in some game by just clicking "join game" beneath his name. steam has been consistent over the years so i really can't hate on it. what nobody asked for was for ubisoft to make their stupid platform and require you to sign in and run some uplay garbage in the background every time you want to play a game. as if people are going to start using their idiotic platform when we have things like discord and steam. I don't even play ubisoft games anymore because i hate uplay that much - just trying to play far cry 3 which i have had for many years requires me to sign in, and then there's some issue starting the game so i have to restart uplay and sign in again, and maybe it works this time but maybe not, and that's when i give up and play minecraft
Funny thing, piracy can even get more sells to the game. Cuz if you can try game and play it more than "one level", you can get hooked on and buy game and support good game developer.
You forgot the part where the player is like "DAMMMNNNNN" and buys the game after. Most pirates players have very few clams to spend so usually I try the games before buying them.
Same here, I feel like it’s a relatively good policy, because you don’t spend $70 for a piece of shit game, and can tell if you want to actually buy it or not, without coming to the conclusion 2.1 hours after playing.
You forgot the part where the guy who pirates actually buys the game for real after having enjoyed it because he thinks the game deserves his money (after he gets enough of it)
I used to pirate stuff a lot, i couldn't afford a good pc to run them properly, so why would i buy them. But now i bought mostly of the games i used to play
@@foodaah You would buy them because you appreciate them not just straight up abusing your time and/or money, so you support their business depending on the quality of the game
@@bitupr8458 and then usually creators can create more games or add stuff in it for everyone to enjoy I think that's just being responsible with your money. Most people want to know if they're buying delicious food or poison before eating. Those who buy alcohol and cigs need to know they actually buy poison before buying, for example
You're not even loosing any money if someone pirates your game. I mean just like on the video most people pirate when they can't afford a legal purchase so they wouldn't buy your game anyway
@@IAmFlashTeamYT i said most, not all. And pracy is not a good way to save money if you can afford the game. I mean the priated game that you're downloading could be a virus
Honestly if you look at statustics then most piracy rates are heavily exaggerated. Pirates who would've paid otherwise have never been a majority or even a substantial minority. Piracy alone will never make or break a release. And for indie devs piracy often works as viable advertisement, as the visibility they get can get lead to more sales in the long run than short-term losses from piracy.
I only pirated games I couldn't buy (or when I didn't have an bank account). Majority of games I pirated are old games like gba games, so pirating them doesn't steal any money from nintendo, I'm just not giving money to the guy selling them overpriced on ebay. The few recent games I pirated I already bought or plan on buying when I'm able to. I know I can't speak for everyone, but I heard many similar stories. If someone really likes a game, they will buy it even if pirating is an easier option, even if they already pirated it they will buy it. If someone doesn't like a game that much, they wouldn't by the game in the first place.
For me, piracy is not bad. Im a pirate, because i cant buy games on Steam (im from Russia) But, if i like the game, i will buy it in the future. For example, Pizza Tower. I played a pirate version of it and i liked it so i bought this game legal on Steam.
Same with me an Undertale and Minecraft. Love ya bro (Also, is it really stealing if I'm pirating GBA games? It's not like nintendo would gain any money, the only person that would earn cash is the perosn on ebay selling the games overpriced so...)
@@tpfoxCastroIt'd depend on who you ask. If you ask Nintendo, then you're the scum of the Earth. If you ask anyone else, they wouldn't really care much /j
@@tpfoxCastro the point has been established, pirating was never stealing nintendo would not be very happy with any kind of pirating though, for the assholes they are (better watch out for their legal team)
@@tpfoxCastroit is pirating by law and there were many precedents with nintendo specifically trying to punish people for that. Pure bs if you ask me, they don't want someone else to use their stuff, but they also don't distribute it themselves, even tho lots of it is still popular
I definitely appreciate how you acknowledged that Piracy is a service-issue with that third guy trying to pay but being unable to rather than just people who will never want to pay
Ну так то да, но если ты, например, ребёнок, ты все равно её не сможешь купить + у студентов тоже денег немного Yes, but if you, for example, a kid, you have no money, and you can't buy it + students also have no money
“If buying isn’t owning Piracy isn’t stealing” This was the perfect time to post this video with all the scammy practices of streaming sites removing content we bought, gaming platforms removing content / accessibility to games we “bought” etc. You’re a hero my friend :) spread your message like a $5 red light worker spreads their legs
Chek the ppl that are dead. How many games they have under the ground, same as all others. But how much did they pay for them? That is where piracy makes every1 even.
@@JRPGLOVER From the "publisher" pov. Creator only gets a small share of profit, most money they got for the development itself. (Also Steam is not a publisher really, it's a platform)
The reason why piracy is so highly developed in Russia and there are no laws that prohibit us from doing this. Therefore, after Steam banned people from buying games from Russia, we will not stop playing them, but we will just download them for free, and they will not do anything for us :)
@@iroh231да это не то чтобы страшно. Все игры что нам недоступны в том же steam спокойно можно купить у проверенных продавцов из других не официальных магазинах. И бывает даже так что цены ниже. Ну а пиратство у нас было чуть ли не всегда. Помню ларёк с играми что раньше стоял в моем посёлке и большинство из них были просто репаками на болванке
If I remember correctly only the uploader of the content is breaking copyright law, so only they would be persecuted. Along with the fact that they likely bought the content which they are uploading makes this whole piracy thing more like an illicit charity. Which is a strange to say, as it makes me think about those charities exploiting and lying to the masses to enrich themselves. But those aren't charitable at all.
My piracy depends on which studio is making the game For Rockstar,CDPR,Bethesda,Santa Monica,Naughty Dogs and for Indy game devs i bought their games But for Ubi$oft, Activision , EA i sail the seas
That's what I'm saying! Do you know what's funny? I have pirated some indie games. But EVERY SINGLE indie game I pirated I ended buying few years later and if not on some of them, I still plan too when I can
@@tpfoxCastro Because pirating games that you can't afford to buy, but are definitely worth supporting, are a net positive for everyone. You get to enjoy a great game and then later you can support the creator in kind when you get the money to actually buy it. Both sides win
God I hate the phrase, "If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing", it literally never was theft. If it was theft, then it would reflect in sales, but since piracy is tapping into a market of those that can't buy the game, then all piracy will do is make the game sell more. This has literally been observed in multiple studies, even one by the UN, where piracy increased sales for both video games and music, (though in that one not movies but maybe don't spend so much on advertising lol).
The phrase exists because people and companies act like it is theft. It became a lot more popular recently when Ubisoft said people should get more comfortable not owning games. So yeah, there's a bit of context around it.
@@jesfest I understand, I still hate it though since it's conceding to a terrible point for "arguments sake", when it should instead be approached like the "I refuse the question" guy that was a meme a while ago.
i don't think it will ever be possible for me to NOT see pirating as stealing that's pretty much what it is, unless you have some fair reason to do so (like "the game is literally banned in my country" for example)
After 8 years of wondering how the piracy works, this video finally cleared that fog in my mind. Thank you for your simple yet very elaborate educational video!
The fun part is that sometimes, pirates get better versions of some games, compared to people that legally purchased the games lol A video of "How DRM works and how it sometimes fucks people that payed for these games" would be nice too and even funnier lol
@@elcabroneezaker6527 how can they sell AC games on steam if the games are in ubisoft launcher and not trully on steam? XD Im really hope them to close door with all the DEI shit thats happening
The thing is, it's stupid enough to pay $70 of a software where they can unlimitedly copy them for profit I'd be okay to pay that amount if I can get physical copy with stuff and souvenirs included
Bad logic, they spend years working on the game. not like it just generates itself. But you should be careful where you spend your money, not all games deserve your hard earned money.
@@zweihander00you may be correct now, but dont worry! Soon enough we will have ai generated games and they will be just as good as aaa games (because most of them make shitty games anyway LOL)
@@jismeraiverhoeven I don't think ai will ever be able to generate whole games, it's not that simple. But yes most AAA games are bad for example the latest exclusiv of playstation forspoken and rise of the ronin were bad games. I am in no spot of being able to buy these games so I just live the pirate life, not like these multibilliob companies will be hurt because of me or another thousand of me
Big company CEOs are the reason why game prices are increasing. They need to appear infinitely growing in a finite world. The extra money neither goes toward the employee's pocket nor goes toward to make a better product.
Уже 15 лет пирачу видеоигры. За все эти годы у меня были только 4 лицензии, все остальные игры (100-300) - пиратские копии. Также и с любой другой интеллектуальной собственностью: фильмы, книги, музыка
My code is that if buying the game doesn’t support the devs, piracy is ok. Example: PS2 games. You can't purchase them at a gamestop anymore. If you can't buy them on Steam, Epic Games, GOG or any other official digital store. Don't pay 5 times its actual price on Ebay. Pirate and emulate it.
"If buying isnt owning, then piracy isnt stealing" Perfectly for the game The Crew NFS series from 1990s to 2011 and other forgotten games like Driver San Francisco
I guess it only matters for multiplayer. Pirating a copy to play online with your friend means two copies are required, vs playing at a friend's house means you're missing that feature. Also, you should look up the new family share steam is rolling out
the difference is, for the former developers received money while for the latter they don't unless you meant: "someone's friend bought the game while said person pirated it", in which case i don't think there's any real difference
You forgot about the situation were the publisher stops selling the game and everyone starts pirating it because its no longer can be bought easily or is impossible to.
@@idkwhattotype511This exactly. I still love Nintendo because they still know how to make amazing games still, but man as a business, they constantly leave me going "but why?" Why on earth did they refuse to acknowledge the joy-con drift despite all the proof, and what on earth compelled them to think limiting how long games like 3D Mario all stars and some others for just a short while then they're gone forever?
Yeah, the key reselling business is far more shady than piracy. I am sure that I may have unknowingly acquired games which were bought with stolen credit cards.
@@JRPGLOVERit has nothing to do with your comment but your profile photo looked from far away looks like a realistic version of Mordecai from Regular Show Idk just wanted to point it, good day
Buying games is like an attraction you can visit anytime after buying it once, yet you are not the owner of the attraction and cannot duplicate the ticket and give it to other ppl, i mean, technically you can, but it's not always a good thing
This is on the same level as stealing the wallet of a mob boss lol Piracy wouldn't be stealing, but my point is that I doubt it is justified to deny payment to a "bad" publisher for simply being bad, given you are able to afford the game properly and the game is well made. I'd suggest separating the creator from the creation.
If digital piracy laws are actually enforced, prisons would be crowded everywhere
And what's funny is that even schools pirate here in Romania 💀
Тоже :D
@@12carbon True. In my school, Computers are even probably purchased from thief markets
@@12carbon hello from the CIS, piracy is approved here
Even my teacher pirate movies 💀
funny piracy fact: anti-piracy software ironically only hurts those who aquire the product legitimately, as most pirates get rid of it before releasing
and anti-piracy software used to be much more brutal... have you ever heard of -Darth Plegas the Wise- StarForce system?
For most part, it affects how much time it takes to crack game. And with starforce or some cases of denuvo, it really did the thing
that one sonic fan game that would get admin perms on your computer to spy on you hacking and if you did they would put you (and your ip) on a naughty list like they Santa
@@Sharkie_numbskullthe best ones are when they change something in the game subtly to make it more creepy or in the case of gorebox outright give you a jumpscare (although, the jumpscare only happens if you're cheating in multiplayer)
I remembered the name it was sonic gather battle
Fun fact: The original “You wouldn’t steal a car” advertisement pirated the music for the ad.
Ironic. 😂
💀
*make sense!*
Lmao I heard that before. It's facts
so basically they are hypocrites
Ubsoft: you dont own the game you just brought from us.
Me: thanks for given me a reason to pirate your games
*Assassin's Creed Black Flag theme song plays*
Not even worth the time pirating their game, most of the game is just mid anyway. But hey, if its free then its 10x better then the original
Also steam xd, you dont own shit except for a few non-drm games
I thought the same thing
i love it when i brought games
"Piracy is an issue of service, not price." ~Gabe Newell
It made a lot of sense, since ownership from the consumer and to the publisher, but with companies trying to take it away from them it leads to big problems.
Note: relationship with customers and publishers are very burnted since the Live-Service Record we're showed to be poor in other words. Game Publishers: Nuh uh.
Well, sometimes, in some countries it is for price (like, in some places photoshop is absurdly expensive". But yeah, in most cases you are right
@@tpfoxCastro I live in the Philippines and those services would kill me like seriously I could keep on the Long run
I'm from Turkey and some program's price are racing with my salary lol. Everyone just pirates them and it's an open secret
That "bad guy" is an anti-hero, not a villain
more like anti-villian (if its nintendo, xbox or really any big game studio)
Depends on the Developer tbf
@kadlifal yeah, in the reddit piracy community, pirating indie games are despised
@@niz_kwik I bet EA games are being supported
@@Eggable6900 They consider it satanic to buy an EA game 💀
That line said a lot about our society
"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"
Edit: for those being furious at me in the replies (because of me saying I can steal if I borrowed it), I was joking
not to mention the "If you want me to buy it, you should sell it to me"
@@ApXucBuH14s ago
@@ApXucBuHThis is exactly what I did with Transformers: Devastation. It was delisted everywhere, and I wasn't willing to go the extra mile to find a physical copy.
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@@goldfish425 or Wolfenstein 2009. or the games which became unavailable to buy in one particular country
Last step missing.
The fourth guy going WOOO and giving money to the publisher anyway.
Based: give it to the creator instead of the publisher.
So true for me, I often get pirate soft and games to see for sure if it suits for me, and if so I buy straight from the author(s).
What if the marketplace is the only way to purchase the game tho?
@@polyacov_yury It is the only way to purchase a game, but you can get a game for free through the "illegal site".
@@polyacov_yury Going to author's social media and asking for their venmo
0:50 bro was really on pirate group 💀
Who wasn't?
"If buying isn't owning
Then piracy isn't stealing "
Well said 🔥
I wholeheartedly agree
That means the subscription model is stealing
@@Perrito770 Correct!
Actually funny thing, in my country downloading is perfectly legal. Illegal is only spreading pirated stuff yourself.
@@kliperx what kind of spreading? Like can you be punished if you're just seeding the game you got on torrent in order to maintain good karma?
I like how creator didn't even got cash xD
I bet the publisher shared at least something to the creator
Don't they get money from ads on their websites and url shorteners?
@@elbolainas4174no
@@arbrilliant191amogus
It's quite realistic
“If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” mad respect for saying that. Much as Hakita has said, content shouldn’t just be limited to those who can afford it
"You know it can get you arrested right???"
Yeah good luck finding me in Moldova
With my VPN set to Mexico
We gotta search the entirety of Moldova for this menace
@@Thewalliest it's gonna take an approximate of 20 minutes with delays of up to 24 months due to infrastructure
@@Baltr add 5 more years it has romanian culture.
And good luck finding me in India, 1.42 billion lmao
Imagine banning people from buying your software and then complaining about piracy
it was always about control
russia
What's wrong with complaining over that lol? The creator has the full right to decide who could use their software. The fact that people are unable to follow any rules isn't their problem 😂
That is with Netflix region locked shows and unjustified removals
@@pixelforg it's not their problem but they complain about it? What kind of a mental gymnastics is this??? Either you exclude people from buying it and accept the loss in the sales, or you don't exclude people from buying it and then you can be concerned for piracy. But region locking is just self sabotage.
0:17 now explain to me why it says in the captions “F E E T”
dont forget the ''ohhh yeees'' on it
-ish
That ending line is so based, thank you.
Every time a bruh tells you you are evil for pirating, just say that, they either go nutz and get banned for insulting you or they just block you, either way they leave you alone
It's not based. It's true
@@DarthLeo1000YT but not in Russia
@@egorik-wd6uc what
@@egorik-wd6uc what?
Bad guy? Did you just called people who crack Adobe Products "Bad guys"? Man, they are heroes of digital world.
"Using a legitimate Adobe software is a pain in the ass unlike a pirated copy"
Some quote I read somewhere.
Especially right now
This is aged like wine
For me and for my fellow countryman the people who crack things in general are the heroes because without them we would be living in the dark ages(our money isn't valuable enough to pay $$$$ for every bit of digital data entering our device sorry not sorry)
No, they aren't as long as they label piracyas morally correct.
Don't get me wrong, you are free to pirate what you want, but you should know the consequences and you should not spread misinformation
@@fyran6453 We are discussing our own opinions, not facts, so what do you mean by "misinformation"?. Also, there are near zero consequences for piracy except for the greedy corporations that make them.
The bad guy is actually a good guy who helps other people play at his own expense
Because the other people couldn't be bothered to actually pay.
@@The_Remembered Not all people can pay for it you know. And another thing, If it aint owning, it aint stealing
@@The_Remembered You do know that not everyone can pay, right?
@@ProjectionProjects2.7182 If They Can't Play They Can't Pay. People Need Money From Payment So They Can Have A Sustainable Income, That's How Prices Work.
@@The_Remembered Not everyone lives in AMERICA with $$$$$$$ to pay for videogames that are most likely going to be mediocre garbage either way.
can't believe brainrot is teaching me better than my cybersecurity course 😭
Ong
This is not a brain rot - my rotten brain
me too
It's because a lot of those cybersec courses are designed so that even idiots can follow
When a youtube video teaches more than 12 years of school education
"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" is easily the greatest quote of my life, and I will bring it up in every conversation about piracy or the video game industry.
The moment we can pirate ALL online games will be the greatest moment in gaming
This applies especially well to games or services that give you "guaranteed" lifetime ownership, but then just take it away anyways. You see this in Rossman's video.
Ubisoft moment
This applies to a lot of games today. I also pirate. But only old nintendo games and nintendo luckily hasn’t done this trend yet
Piracy isnt stealing no matter what. It is just a copyright infringement. Stealing means forcibly taking something from somebody else. When pirating you are not directly harming the original creator, you just geting it for yourself for free but the owner still has accest to it.
"Piracy is a service Issue"
-Gabe Newell
For anyone wondering, you probably won't end up having legal repercussions from piracy unless you live in a first world country (I doubt even there honestly).
True, even my prof was encouraging us to pirate Photoshop just so we could use the tools of a professional. (I live in a third world country, Philippines.)
@@neekomarina2782 In my short time in college one of my professors gave us a "definitely not scanned version of a very expensive book". Sometimes I straight up pirate because it's too expensive, same goes with second hand vs new.
@@neekomarina2782I called the Fbi on you🤑😱🤡🤡🤡
FYI. "First world country" refers to Russia and USA. Like, that's literally the definiton of the terminology regardless of the quality of life there.
You probably mean "Second world country".
@@rheokalyke367 second world doesn't exist really, the terms appeared in the cold war, 1st world being USA-aligned, 2nd world USSR-aligned, and 3rd world just neutral, but now there's just 1st world (The ones that look modern enough) and 3rd world (The rest of countries)
I never heard anyone referring to any country as second world, other than for a possible definition of "it's a 3rd world country but can be 1st world if they did a bit more work"
"bad guy" lmao, just we gamers can actually tell how many times those "bad guys" came in hand to save us
readers too, even more
@@tiredboytypoguy yeah, unhappy phrasing, I ve just noticed how dumb that sounds
Goldberg, empress
0:56 that's there russian piracy ends. Except last guy is multiplied by quadrillion
Если б такое было бы то у нас вся страна в тюрьму бы села
@@_WARJOY_ но она не села же ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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@@_WARJOY_Меня бы ещё в 10 лет посадили в тюрьму (а мне уже 15!)
Я поверю, если у нас в стране посадят кого-то за незаконно скачанную песню шамана, но за пиратский фотошоп или fl studio никому никогда не прилетит )))
Notch: pirate the game until you can buy it legitimately 🗿🍷
Its a good thing wer all poor in the EU...
;D
Litteraly my moral code.
Did it for a lot of games. Even if I know I won't play it anymore I consider it a debt and I buy it and it sits in my library. I do it for indie developers of course, there's no way I'm paying thousands to EA.
Well it's no longer same experience as the first if pirate the game
Hakita (ULTRAKILL Creator/main dev): you can pirate the game all you want just support the game with word lol
Piracy was NEVER stealing, it is a copyright violation.
As a Mugen fan, what is a copyright?
@@tpfoxCastro Its when you make something, copyright law automatically applies to it, so you can sue people if they use it without your knowledge or permission
@@dantecontreras887 I know what a copyright...Forget about it
@@dantecontreras887why you must ruin the joke?
@@tpfoxCastro I gotta be late with this mugen stuff, what did he do?
Buying: "easy download"
Pirating: "hard download"
Actually it's the other way around. ElAmigos repacks cut a lot of file sizes down and take about five minutes to install. Secondly, torrents download faster than Steam, Epic or UbiCon.
When old games doesnt exist in games stores:
Buying: You was born too late. 😢
Pirating: I'm always at your disposal. 😎
epic store and ubisoft connect: mission impossible
Ah yes, clicking 2-3 more times is WAAAAY harder, right? Do you even know what you're talking about my man?
Yeah...
no need for money you spent time getting lol
Robtop: Pirate my game if u have to, idc
Same, when i was child i just pirate the mobile version, now i purchase it both play store and steam
Developer of Just Shapes and Beats: I don't mind yall pirating cuz I was like you once.
When you like the game so much you'd rather buy it than keeping it Pirated. Kinda how Minecraft worked during it's Indie Days
@@ryanp7546devs of JS&b added an anti-piracy screen just to say “it’s okay man, just buy the game later”
they do. It's one of those game development strategy. "Let them pirate your game or don't expect to own a market"
Only the "Bad Guy" getting arrested
Depends. You can get a fine if you live, for example, in Germany. Some laws really sucks.
Nope, torrent users also share content with others. But the "Bad Guy" wouldn't be found unless he downloads books from MIT.
@@saiv46Share content with others? With who? I've never shared any torrent with anyone.
(Here in Romania it's not punishable and almost everyone uses pirated content.)
@@saiv46 Not really true. I have never shared any torrent.
@@nick1752 Germany is the only place when I heard that happening. And of course, the garbage bin that's called the USA!
My principles on buying game :
1. Pirate it, if i like it buy it from steam
2. Never do pre order
3 avoid microtransaction (i'm looking at you EA)
4.don't listen DEI reviewer
Hakita is proud of you
These are good principles.
Bad guy? More like the only good guy in this situation
He is good guy for the poor ones
Uh no? Imagine working hard on a game, getting something in return for the hard work, then some guy rereleases for free. You sir, are a dumb dumb
me watching this knowing damn well im in a watchlist for having 152 gb of pirated games
nowadays 152GB is half a game
@@strawhaaton just a quick weekly update
@@strawhaatonbro i ain't playing ark or gta5
152GB only?
I have like 500-600Gb
So just 2-3 games?
“Culture shouldn’t only be available for those who can afford it” - hakita the creator of ultrakill
Wise words.
The fact that through out the whole animation the creator never receives money from platform (Steam) is SO real, lmao.
Platforms like Steam should NOT exist ngl...
They even make free PC games require real money
@@ZariainYT That's why Gamejolt is better. Seriously, it's better for the users and much much better for the creators, no joke '-'
@@ZariainYTsteam is still better than most of it's competition
@@notalamename Yeah it could be worse *ahem* Epic Games *ahem*
@@notalamenameyes, steam is not bad as a platform. their sales are frequent and there are usually some good games available for cheap. it's also nice when games integrate well with their API, so you can join your friend in some game by just clicking "join game" beneath his name. steam has been consistent over the years so i really can't hate on it. what nobody asked for was for ubisoft to make their stupid platform and require you to sign in and run some uplay garbage in the background every time you want to play a game. as if people are going to start using their idiotic platform when we have things like discord and steam. I don't even play ubisoft games anymore because i hate uplay that much - just trying to play far cry 3 which i have had for many years requires me to sign in, and then there's some issue starting the game so i have to restart uplay and sign in again, and maybe it works this time but maybe not, and that's when i give up and play minecraft
Funny thing, piracy can even get more sells to the game. Cuz if you can try game and play it more than "one level", you can get hooked on and buy game and support good game developer.
That's what penguinz0 said
If I pirate a game and I like it, I'd rather buy it as the game is well made. (Depending on the Long run)
I gave pirated Elden Ring a try and now I have the game and DLC preordered 😂
But more likely you will just play pirated and never buy official one.
@@bengunn9670 you weren't going to buy it anyway so it's not a loss
You forgot the part where the player is like "DAMMMNNNNN" and buys the game after.
Most pirates players have very few clams to spend so usually I try the games before buying them.
Same here, I feel like it’s a relatively good policy, because you don’t spend $70 for a piece of shit game, and can tell if you want to actually buy it or not, without coming to the conclusion 2.1 hours after playing.
This is so real. I pirated minecraft when I was younger and now I have the real game.
pirates aren't the bad guys here
You forgot the part where the guy who pirates actually buys the game for real after having enjoyed it because he thinks the game deserves his money (after he gets enough of it)
I used to pirate stuff a lot, i couldn't afford a good pc to run them properly, so why would i buy them.
But now i bought mostly of the games i used to play
@@foodaah You would buy them because you appreciate them not just straight up abusing your time and/or money, so you support their business depending on the quality of the game
@@bitupr8458 and then usually creators can create more games or add stuff in it for everyone to enjoy
I think that's just being responsible with your money. Most people want to know if they're buying delicious food or poison before eating. Those who buy alcohol and cigs need to know they actually buy poison before buying, for example
I really want to buy it, but I don’t have a credit card and my parents don’t support buying games.
@@existentialchaos8 that too!
The "Bad Guy" is actually a good guy.
Buy only indie games, pirate the expensive AAA games. My moral code.
I would stick with it if helldivers 2 didn’t exist. I feel insane desire to give these guys as much money as I can
@@CF-or3ci Helldivers 2 is an indie game :) No, really.
Indie is getting awesome.
@@OleaiD ye
pirate the planet
Same.
I will keep pirating, what are tjey gonna, arrest me?
"culture doesnt only exist for those whome can afford it"
-creator of overkill
You're not even loosing any money if someone pirates your game. I mean just like on the video most people pirate when they can't afford a legal purchase so they wouldn't buy your game anyway
_region locks left the chat_
_basic greed or money saving left the chat_
@@IAmFlashTeamYT i said most, not all. And pracy is not a good way to save money if you can afford the game. I mean the priated game that you're downloading could be a virus
Honestly if you look at statustics then most piracy rates are heavily exaggerated. Pirates who would've paid otherwise have never been a majority or even a substantial minority. Piracy alone will never make or break a release.
And for indie devs piracy often works as viable advertisement, as the visibility they get can get lead to more sales in the long run than short-term losses from piracy.
And the other thing is that if the game is so good they might buy at a later time because they feel bad and want to support it
I only pirated games I couldn't buy (or when I didn't have an bank account). Majority of games I pirated are old games like gba games, so pirating them doesn't steal any money from nintendo, I'm just not giving money to the guy selling them overpriced on ebay. The few recent games I pirated I already bought or plan on buying when I'm able to. I know I can't speak for everyone, but I heard many similar stories. If someone really likes a game, they will buy it even if pirating is an easier option, even if they already pirated it they will buy it. If someone doesn't like a game that much, they wouldn't by the game in the first place.
For me, piracy is not bad. Im a pirate, because i cant buy games on Steam (im from Russia)
But, if i like the game, i will buy it in the future. For example, Pizza Tower. I played a pirate version of it and i liked it so i bought this game legal on Steam.
Same with me an Undertale and Minecraft. Love ya bro
(Also, is it really stealing if I'm pirating GBA games? It's not like nintendo would gain any money, the only person that would earn cash is the perosn on ebay selling the games overpriced so...)
@@tpfoxCastroIt'd depend on who you ask. If you ask Nintendo, then you're the scum of the Earth. If you ask anyone else, they wouldn't really care much /j
@@tpfoxCastro That's my logic.
...then again I also do that with games still availiable today like Shovel Knight, so nevermind actually
@@tpfoxCastro the point has been established, pirating was never stealing
nintendo would not be very happy with any kind of pirating though, for the assholes they are (better watch out for their legal team)
@@tpfoxCastroit is pirating by law and there were many precedents with nintendo specifically trying to punish people for that. Pure bs if you ask me, they don't want someone else to use their stuff, but they also don't distribute it themselves, even tho lots of it is still popular
I definitely appreciate how you acknowledged that Piracy is a service-issue with that third guy trying to pay but being unable to rather than just people who will never want to pay
"Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem"
- Gabe Newell
Say hello to 100-200 AAA games :0
Not realy
Buy games nowadays are extremely easy and peoples still piracy, pretty sure that pricing are problems too.
"pirating Indie games is the same thing as kicking a beggar's lunch box"
Ну так то да, но если ты, например, ребёнок, ты все равно её не сможешь купить + у студентов тоже денег немного
Yes, but if you, for example, a kid, you have no money, and you can't buy it + students also have no money
Pirating indie games makes you human scum, Pirating everything else is fine.
That is a sport in my country!
I do that!
Wait, you we're talking about pirating indie games?
And in kicking it anyways
“If buying isn’t owning
Piracy isn’t stealing”
This was the perfect time to post this video with all the scammy practices of streaming sites removing content we bought, gaming platforms removing content / accessibility to games we “bought” etc. You’re a hero my friend :) spread your message like a $5 red light worker spreads their legs
At first i thought it was gonna be like the other videos, bad guy injects 500 gb of trojans and malware
Then i saw the last line. Massive respect
It applies to Pirate Bay nowadays. Be safe!
Add "the actual bad guy"
@@Juleszzzzz Ok, not even a day and we already need a v2 of this.
Except I haven't been punished for piracy
Chek the ppl that are dead.
How many games they have under the ground, same as all others. But how much did they pay for them?
That is where piracy makes every1 even.
Good for u.
Dont tell them that the last part doesnt happen in some countries
"its actually illegal you could go to jail"
Police dealing with drunk men peeing in voting machines:give me a break bro
"bad guy"? You mean our saviour?
From steam's pov, he is
@@ultray1522From "creator" pov. Steam doesn't really care either way.
@@JRPGLOVER oh ok
@@JRPGLOVER From the "publisher" pov. Creator only gets a small share of profit, most money they got for the development itself. (Also Steam is not a publisher really, it's a platform)
Absolutely not
Remember, Piracy is a service problem.
And not a pricing problem
-Gaben
The reason why piracy is so highly developed in Russia and there are no laws that prohibit us from doing this. Therefore, after Steam banned people from buying games from Russia, we will not stop playing them, but we will just download them for free, and they will not do anything for us :)
It's stupid that they blocked so many things in Russia, like it's all people fault
@@iroh231да это не то чтобы страшно. Все игры что нам недоступны в том же steam спокойно можно купить у проверенных продавцов из других не официальных магазинах. И бывает даже так что цены ниже. Ну а пиратство у нас было чуть ли не всегда. Помню ларёк с играми что раньше стоял в моем посёлке и большинство из них были просто репаками на болванке
Россия свободнее США?
@@clapcrab9525 в плане пиратства - да
@@clapcrab9525 yes
"If thee publisher be a scallywag, the seas ye shall sail."
Yarr! Ye speek truth!
"Argh! A Pirates Life For Thee!"
Ye be right matey!
If ill ever see my games get deleted off my pc you know ill build a boat for treasure
I have one better yet
"Sharing is caring"
Screw overpriced games and their greedy companies, support small developers
sharing personal info is being dumb.
so nuh uh
@@SomeDudeCauseYes No shit sherlock
@@SomeDudeCauseYes yuh uh share you pain and feelings
"i don't pirate indie games because I want to support developers.
i don't pirate AAA games because they're shit."
Don't play zelda or mario then
I grew up getting ps1 ps2 games for free and time passed when i started using the internet i was suprised that people pay for games lol
I mean they wouldn't get made if people didn't pay for them
@@Artemi22 tbf some people will make games regardless, there won't be as much games as there is now if not for money, but still
Me too. That was a revelation for me lol
I only buy games which I can play online with other players
Technically, a lot of people get games for free, as their parents pay for them.
Fortunately, piracy is only a civil crime. So there’s, virtually, no consequences now
If I remember correctly only the uploader of the content is breaking copyright law, so only they would be persecuted. Along with the fact that they likely bought the content which they are uploading makes this whole piracy thing more like an illicit charity. Which is a strange to say, as it makes me think about those charities exploiting and lying to the masses to enrich themselves. But those aren't charitable at all.
"Piracy is bad" fans be like: Oh yes, I love battlepasses and buying games whose DLC costs a total of $100
And the dlc its inside of the disc by the way
@@robertcastel1565what? You are not making sense
@@KingBLUCK He is, there are games where the game disc includes the expansions/DLC but you need to buy the 'keys' to unlock them.
xenoblade chronicles 3 over there with the dlc costing exactly $100
@@sakura368what? the dlc is 54 dollars Canadian wdym
My piracy depends on which studio is making the game
For Rockstar,CDPR,Bethesda,Santa Monica,Naughty Dogs and for Indy game devs i bought their games
But for Ubi$oft, Activision , EA i sail the seas
heck the microtransactors!
Убейсофт(ubeysoft = killsoft)
Also starfield is a shit so you should buy not all games from Bethesda
The bad guy is actually an angel sent from heaven
That last line was perfection. More game companies should take note.
"remember kids, piracy is morally right with nintendo games"
Electronic Arts games too
And that, kids, is the reason why it's ok to pirate greedy AAA games but not Indie games
except factorio because they raised the price with no new content
That's what I'm saying!
Do you know what's funny? I have pirated some indie games. But EVERY SINGLE indie game I pirated I ended buying few years later and if not on some of them, I still plan too when I can
@@tpfoxCastro Because pirating games that you can't afford to buy, but are definitely worth supporting, are a net positive for everyone. You get to enjoy a great game and then later you can support the creator in kind when you get the money to actually buy it. Both sides win
Piracy is based, no matter the game
@@Janex-06 Undertale.
See, not all games, just almost all
God I hate the phrase, "If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing", it literally never was theft.
If it was theft, then it would reflect in sales, but since piracy is tapping into a market of those that can't buy the game, then all piracy will do is make the game sell more.
This has literally been observed in multiple studies, even one by the UN, where piracy increased sales for both video games and music, (though in that one not movies but maybe don't spend so much on advertising lol).
And yet we somehow got DRM.
The phrase exists because people and companies act like it is theft. It became a lot more popular recently when Ubisoft said people should get more comfortable not owning games.
So yeah, there's a bit of context around it.
@@jesfest I understand, I still hate it though since it's conceding to a terrible point for "arguments sake", when it should instead be approached like the "I refuse the question" guy that was a meme a while ago.
i don't think it will ever be possible for me to NOT see pirating as stealing
that's pretty much what it is, unless you have some fair reason to do so (like "the game is literally banned in my country" for example)
@@jesfest if buying does *not* equal owning, then using that quote is reasonable; If buying *does* equal owning, it is not
Thievin', stealin', takin' what's not yours
Takin' what's not yours, takin' what's not yours
After 8 years of wondering how the piracy works, this video finally cleared that fog in my mind. Thank you for your simple yet very elaborate educational video!
I would download a car.
it would be dumb not to
Download more ram
You f1 king animal.
LETS GO!!!!!!
;D
*i wish physical copy still alive.*
*i'm talking about 2000s and early 2010s.*
The fun part is that sometimes, pirates get better versions of some games, compared to people that legally purchased the games lol
A video of "How DRM works and how it sometimes fucks people that payed for these games" would be nice too and even funnier lol
Bad Guy ❌
Good Guy ✅
"bad" guy
CRIMINAL*
Hero*
not neccessary every case, some has spyware and viruses inside
It they have viruses, bad
If not, good
It's only piracy if you can actually own the product you buy. We aren't paying for a service, yet it is treated like one.
"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing". how can u truly own a game with no physical release?
How can you accept not truly owning a game?
@@MeJustMe101 Both of you are right.
how can ubisoft own a ac game in steam if there's no physical release?
@@MeJustMe101 oh I dont buy what I cant own lol thats why im questioning the how to own an immaterial property
@@elcabroneezaker6527 how can they sell AC games on steam if the games are in ubisoft launcher and not trully on steam? XD Im really hope them to close door with all the DEI shit thats happening
bad guy is actually the good guy for providing free softwares
When it comes to games that get taken off by the creator, piracy increases.
And this mainly applies to shows in streaming services like MAX.
The thing is, it's stupid enough to pay $70 of a software where they can unlimitedly copy them for profit
I'd be okay to pay that amount if I can get physical copy with stuff and souvenirs included
Bad logic, they spend years working on the game. not like it just generates itself.
But you should be careful where you spend your money, not all games deserve your hard earned money.
@@zweihander00you may be correct now, but dont worry! Soon enough we will have ai generated games and they will be just as good as aaa games (because most of them make shitty games anyway LOL)
@@jismeraiverhoeven I don't think ai will ever be able to generate whole games, it's not that simple.
But yes most AAA games are bad for example the latest exclusiv of playstation forspoken and rise of the ronin were bad games.
I am in no spot of being able to buy these games so I just live the pirate life, not like these multibilliob companies will be hurt because of me or another thousand of me
@@zweihander00 Yeah, they spend years yet the game still comes out shit. 😂 Fuck them.
Big company CEOs are the reason why game prices are increasing. They need to appear infinitely growing in a finite world. The extra money neither goes toward the employee's pocket nor goes toward to make a better product.
Уже 15 лет пирачу видеоигры. За все эти годы у меня были только 4 лицензии, все остальные игры (100-300) - пиратские копии. Также и с любой другой интеллектуальной собственностью: фильмы, книги, музыка
Когда издатели сами отказываются брать мои деньги, блокируя продукты ради политических очков, моя совесть чиста и паруса черны
Пиратил игры, но покупал любимые в стиме. До санкций. Теперь ни копейки западным платформам не заплачу, пусть в вк выпускаются
W@@aleksey-grib
My god you're literally the final boss of piracy
@@-bazoona3654 Sharing things with friends is not piracy
Also, some developers are told us "u can take it, and, if u loved it, u can buy it (:"
Only 1 minutes. I am satisfied.
Поднять паруса! мы идём пиратить все игры)
Confederate?
@@MeJustMe101 Patriot.
My code is that if buying the game doesn’t support the devs, piracy is ok.
Example: PS2 games. You can't purchase them at a gamestop anymore. If you can't buy them on Steam, Epic Games, GOG or any other official digital store. Don't pay 5 times its actual price on Ebay. Pirate and emulate it.
"If buying isnt owning, then piracy isnt stealing"
Perfectly for the game The Crew
NFS series from 1990s to 2011 and other forgotten games like Driver San Francisco
"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"
It never was stealing, it's copyright infrigment
"bad guy" more like "based guy"
gottem
The question is, what is the consequential differwnce between playing a game your friend bought and pirating? They seem the exact same
If you just borrow the game, it's nothing. If you copy the owned game, then it's considered piracy.
@@JRPGLOVER I know but what's the difference in terms of how it affects the devs?
I guess it only matters for multiplayer.
Pirating a copy to play online with your friend means two copies are required, vs playing at a friend's house means you're missing that feature.
Also, you should look up the new family share steam is rolling out
They are the same. The only difference is the company can't stop you from lending your physical copy to a friend.
the difference is, for the former developers received money while for the latter they don't
unless you meant: "someone's friend bought the game while said person pirated it", in which case i don't think there's any real difference
You're better at explaining stuff than every teacher I ever had.
You forgot about the situation were the publisher stops selling the game and everyone starts pirating it because its no longer can be bought easily or is impossible to.
inaccuracy
pirates dont get caught often
and the law usuually is after the one distributing it not the ones downloading it
And the law doesn't always punish them unless they are selling it for money
In Poland only the distributing one commits a crime its legal to download
The laws only support the people than are rich, is not something of ethical matters, its about people than have power and do what they want.
0:31 FIRE IN THE HOLE🙂🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🟩🟩🟩🟩
They give us a LICENSE to play the game, we give them PERMISSION to profit
And aslo, fuck Nintendo despite the fact I love Animal Crossing.
Nintendo and Adobe are the only two companies whose products are morally correct to pirate
@@IslaTheCutie honestly Nintendo is one of the biggest double edged swords in gaming.
@@IslaTheCutieand Autodesk in the 3d world
And fl studio
@@idkwhattotype511This exactly. I still love Nintendo because they still know how to make amazing games still, but man as a business, they constantly leave me going "but why?" Why on earth did they refuse to acknowledge the joy-con drift despite all the proof, and what on earth compelled them to think limiting how long games like 3D Mario all stars and some others for just a short while then they're gone forever?
@@IslaTheCutieit's morally correct to pirate anything. If you can't provide a service worth paying for I'm not buying it
Dawg im not payin' 50$ for a MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT
Refund it in 2 hours
@@tyujg7495. Prob meant nintendo with a crazy price of 50 dollars
@@tyujg7495. Nah i'd pirate
70 dollars now
@@tyujg7495. Impossible when the loading screen and cut scenes take 4 hours.
Pretty sure the cops would've taken the "bad guy"
Great! Now explain how CD keys work like G2A and where they obtained it (Devs hate key resellers more than us pirating their games).
Yeah, the key reselling business is far more shady than piracy. I am sure that I may have unknowingly acquired games which were bought with stolen credit cards.
Because unlike piracy, key reselling actually hurts creators.
@@JRPGLOVERit has nothing to do with your comment but your profile photo looked from far away looks like a realistic version of Mordecai from Regular Show
Idk just wanted to point it, good day
Don't forget the part where the publisher shuts down the servers rendering the game useless just in time for the sequel's release.
And then the "Bad" guy goes good through a private server so you can play your game again. Have fun!
Buying games is like an attraction you can visit anytime after buying it once, yet you are not the owner of the attraction and cannot duplicate the ticket and give it to other ppl, i mean, technically you can, but it's not always a good thing
Remember guys: It's morally correct to pirate a gale made by a morally bad creator
And now i can't fix the typo cause the comment got hearted
Anyways pretend "gale" is "game"
@@Erased_UnityXDXNo, I will assume gale is galley. To the sea, boys!
@@heinzguderian628 Whathever floats your boat
This is on the same level as stealing the wallet of a mob boss lol
Piracy wouldn't be stealing, but my point is that I doubt it is justified to deny payment to a "bad" publisher for simply being bad, given you are able to afford the game properly and the game is well made. I'd suggest separating the creator from the creation.
for example?