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• DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As someone who actively sails the high seas, the devs and publisher of Factorio don’t really hit any of the marks for why I would pirate something in the first place.

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• paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  See, this is a toxic attitude. They are not charging an outrageous price. It’s not a subscription. It’s not an unfinished game. It’s not locked to the Epic Games store. It’s being actively maintained. It’s not being sold by a toxic publisher like EA. It’s an indie developer. Etc. etc.

  It’s just a simple product, with a simple price. And you insist you have the right to obtain a copy of it without paying because they don’t offer discounts. This just isn’t reasonable. You don’t have a right to a copy of this game. It’s entertainment. It’s a product that those who work on it derive their lively hood from. It’s not food. It’s not shelter. It’s not healthcare.

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  • jumjummy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t worry, I’m sure this paragon of wisdom would come up with another excuse of why they would pirate the game even if it did have a discount.

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    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, “I’m cheap/broke” is a reason to pirate, but so many people shy away from admitting it. Simply because they feel the need to morally justify it in some other way. I guess because saying “I took this shit for free. I could pay for it but I don’t wanna” doesn’t feel good.

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  • ptolemai@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I liked the demo, too. Bought the game after playing the demo

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• howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That falls into the “not purchase” category. Regardless, their point still stands. If it’s not worth it for you at that price and you still want to play it, you might as well pirate it now because the price isn’t changing.

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• VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Honestly its one of those games where I recommend people pirate and if you like it or feel like you got a lot out of it and think they do deserve it, pay for it.

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  • Scubus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I recommend everyone pirate every game to try it, and if you feel that it is worth the asking price then pay that,or donate more. I was playing factorio for probably 7 years before i bought it because i couldnt afford the game.That being said I did buy it, because it is a game that I have installed on multiple computers over the years. If I have to redownload your game launcher, I typically just buy it now. Before companies start trying to take advantage of this, if I have to uninstall your launcher because of a bug or enshittification the chances of me ever playing your gake again go down dramatically, damn near zero unless you gather cultural relevance for a decade.

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• SillyDude@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There are so many games that I don’t even feel the need to pirate. There are plenty of games on my wishlist that either currently are or will be on sale so I’d rather just buy one of those. And with piracy I already archived full collections for various older systems, there are probably hundreds of S tier games that I’ve never played that are just waiting for me. No more downloads, no more payments, no accounts. I could fuck off for years and just play emulated games.

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• chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  One area where Factorio is tough to pirate is, they actually locked their mods behind a sort of DRM scheme where you have to confirm having it on Steam to download them. It’s a great game as just vanilla but I’m not sure how to get around that if you want to use mods.

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  • kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Worth noting is that you can also get factorio DRM-free on the website, and then downloading mods is locked behind logging in with your account - same as playing multiplayer on online-mode servers. But mods are also just zip files that you can also download from the website (still need to log in and own the game), so same as games with steam workshop, people will share mods same as they share game files.

    If that’s too inconvenient for you to pirate, well, “piracy is a service issue” ;)

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    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I have no idea where people share pirated mods, definitely would like to know, Beat Saber has something like this also with a different system (where somehow third party mod managers have ended up implementing this sort of check), and steam workshop as you mention. Anyway I do own Factorio (though not the expansion), it’s mostly just something that seems like a relevant factor.

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• Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, they answered that: “with enough time”, they hope they can convince you to buy it.

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