10 Anti-Piracy Measures In Video Games That Were Total Genius

[@CrackaDon]

If I were a game developer I would just remove the ability to walk in pirated versions and then have the tutorial NPC get mad at you for refusing to move.

[@msnl_]

CrackaDon And then you'll probably lose your players who pirated it, liked it and will buy it. Which for a small indie game, every sales counts.

[@mellamomellamo3512]

Or they'll probably just wait for a better crack to come out,then play the game as normal

[@markcobuzzi826]

If I were developing a trap for pirates, I would redesign a campaign level, where your protagonist is hallucinating or traversing a surreal netherworld (like when Batman is on Scarecrow's fear toxin in Arkham Asylum, or the protagonist in a game like Silent Hill is having a supernatural vision unfold before him). As your character walks through the surreal imagery, you gradually start seeing puppets and pirates, resembling the ones from that "Lazytown" song, which will eventually start singing "You are a Pirate!". Once you reach the end of the level, the game will suddenly transition to an endless loop of that Lazytown video clip, rather than progressing to the next segment of the campaign. The player will be forced to restart the game. But from now on, every time the player tries to resume a play file, it will instantly go to the same endless loop of Lazytown, even if the players try creating a new save file to start all the way from the beginning. -If I wanted to be even more sadistic to the Pirates, I would have my pirated game infect their computer or gaming console with a virus, once they reach that point in the campaign. From now on, even if they start to play a different game or do other activities on their computer/console, the audio to "You are a Pirate" will play in the background. The only way someone would be able to get rid of it is to either do a complete memory wipe or turn it in to get fixed, saving his progress but also exposing himself as a pirate.- *More Recent Edit:* I originally wrote out the second part, to somewhat be "crossing the line twice". But now the part which I went back and did a strikethrough for is feeling even less funny now, in light of that recent infamous story with Doom Eternal's invasive Denuvo Anti-Cheat Software.

[@mellamomellamo3512]

That's just silly. Just because i downloaded a game that i wouldnt't even buy and not realy staling any palpalb emoney,i can get all my files fucked (including probably family videos,paid games,personal bank stuff...) JUST BECAUSE I DIDNT BUY A SHITTY GAME. Im sorry,but you are either sadistic or a total dumbass who acts as SJW while probably downloading movies and music (which is not bad,everyone does that).

[@kryse4806]

fun fact; since someone mentioned arkham asylum, and the game seems to be not on the list, I am obliged to mention that it also has a clever anti piracy measure, if you have a pirated version and glide in the game, batmans cape refuses to open and youll fall to your inevitable death

[@xPrecisionx]

Earthbound had a funny antipiracy measure, the game would spawn ridiculous amounts of enemies that the player had to fight to get through. Not only that, but right at the end of game (if you somehow managed to get to that point), the game will just suddenly end and delete your save during the final boss' dialogue. Brutal.

[@Kohaku9002]

What makes that particular anti-piracy measure interesting isn't that it's there, but that it is the 5th and final anti-piracy measure in the game. The 1st one makes sure you aren't trying to play the cart on a PAL system. The 2nd one makes sure that you aren't running the game off a bootleg copy or cartridge copier. In order to see any further than that the rom itself has to be modified. The 3rd one spawns the ridiculous amounts of enemies, but not only that, would spawn said enemies in places where they shouldn't exist in the first place. The 4th anti-piracy measure is quite interesting in that it is only known that it exists but not what exactly it does. It checks the SRAM to see if more than 8kb is present, but it is still not know exactly what this anti-piracy measure does, only that it exists. The 5th and final check only occurs if the other 4 are defeated, which required actually modifying the rom in the first place to even see it. The game then deletes every save on the cartridge, then freezes after the initial battle and some dialogue from Pokey. Of course that's not even as evil as the anti-piracy measures that was drawn up for Earthbound Beginning's NES release before it was cancelled. Earthbound, later known as Earthbound Zero in fan circles, then finally released on Wii U as Earthbound Beginnings, had its rom dumped from a prototype NES cartridge. In order to get the rom to work on the NES emulator of the day, they modified a byte on the rom. This set off the anti-piracy measures. It turns out that the game was designed that if it detected that it was a bootleg, the cartridge/ROM would BRICK itself and render itself inoperable. That's right. BRICK.

[@edward9487]

More like Hyper Brutal.

[@RockRedGenesis]

I wonder what changes Nintendo made to Earthbound when it was re-released on the Wii U and 3DS virtual Consoles? Could removing these copyright protection measures (among other things) from the ROM be the reason why it took Nintendo so long to bring the game out?

[@crunchyfrog555]

No, theres no chance that were the case. For a start, theres no evidence, but more importantly MOST old titles nintendo drag their heels over. Its just how nintendo are. When you factor in the recent revelation that they also put up others' cracked ROMs on their services, it debunks this point too.

[@DreddLypso]

Precision sexy*

[@brucekeller8420]

"Hey uh, what is this weird glitch in skullgirls?" "YOUVE ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD"

[@sirtchamp8033]

Mirror force!

[@HeyItsJaydon]

but its opposite day

[@ghostface6135]

Oh god

[@adlibbed2138]

_The best way to prevent piracy is to make a quality product_ *~CD Projekt Red*

[@shionsan]

Trillion times this

[@skimsakj642]

*Just so it can be pirated*

[@dantevic]

Wasnt the witcher 3 one of the most pirated game on pc.

[@shionsan]

And how many among those did buy the game in the end? I'd say the piracy is the best promotion a game could have. Because it does not require any money from anyone and ends up delivering the game to much more people than any distribution system ever could. Let's say the developer puts their own game on some torrent site and adds the link to his own shop. What would happen? The pirates will deal with distribution and promotion. Many will try to profit from it yet none will require payment directly from the game developer. If the game ends up being shit - the developer will probably gain a little "support" or no money at all, which is fair (go sell your shit to farmers, you lazy fucks!). But if the game is actually awesome - the dev could gain sales counting in millions with paying only for his shop hosting. Why? Because this world is not so shitty it wouldn't pay for a job well done. CD Projekt Red dudes sold almost 10 millions of copies of their game, 6 millions of which were sold within 6 weeks after they distributed the DRM-free GOG version, that ended up everywhere thanks to pirates. They literally proved that steam and other DRM systems are useless pieces of shit while pirates are much better in promotion and distribution. Good developers do not lose because of pirates. Shit developers do. And when you put your money into promotion (hi there deadmansky) and DRM (fuck you denuvo), instead of putting it all into testing and QA - you are a shit developer and must get bankrupt. Fuck you!

[@dantevic]

Shion Tomoe all parties loss money on it. Just shitty devs lose more. Dont try to make it a good thing. Plus the only people who can do that a pc players an they dont need to due to the 2 hour refund steam allows.

[@eboiwarcrimes1474]

Ya know, im gonna pirate the Witcher 2 just now, just for those sexy grandma scenes

[@mr.skarkasm7755]

that got removed.

[@8556126]

Same.

[@AceZeddex]

Devilish Action your sick. *isn't one to be judging*

[@InvadeleYogurt]

So close to 666 likes...

[@futuresequence.]

Exotic Butters there you go

[@kaarelkahu212]

Im pretty sure pirates can get around these countermeasures as well.

[@scarletnight4554]

Kaarel Kahu they have, for most if not all, as far as I can tell

[@ProtoIndoEuropean88]

cracks exist for a reason

[@CharterForGaming]

these things only tend to work for the release versions, mostly after a while people find the work around

[@FaposaurusRex69]

But granny sex will scar them for life.

[@wayneandrewstheoldbeekeepe220]

yeah ok orange kite the ran store for I

[@JDsgreatz28]

so if a astronaut on the ISS pirates a game from their location, does that make them a space pirate?

[@shadowslayer205]

Yup, and Activision would probably punish them by having the players fight space pirates in the next Call of Duty game. [Although that'd be kinda punishing the players too.]

[@Parkskigaming]

Captain Deadpool lol

[@discordant8543]

Captain Deadpool *space pirate theme plays*

[@Equalas]

Captain Deadpool Yup, just like Matt Damon, he's the first space pirate

[@justzack641]

Here come the Spaceballs

[@SparkeyAvalon]

I am just impressed of how the game can detect such a thing. I still don't know how that can be done. The way it handles piracy is just a matter of creativity.

[@ValterFrey]

DDLC shows games can tell if they are being recorded this is nothing

[@PhirePhlame]

@@ValterFrey DDLC's technique is actually dead simple: it just checks if OBS or XSplit is running. The reasoning for this is also altruistic, as it deliberately serves to replace the "game says your Windows account name" gag, to smoothly avoid the risk of accidentally exposing a streamer's real name without consent.

[@ValterFrey]

@@PhirePhlame Thanks for the information. I admit I am behind in some fields when it comes to technology. God be with you.

[@thecrypt6482]

Simply check if your game file signing signature is invalid or not...

[@artturisiikanen3843]

@@thecrypt6482 most of these are fixed now.

[@xeikai]

I would wager that piracy exists with younger gamers in the 13-28 age groups. When i found out about piracy when i was younger and was a pc gamer it was like i discovered some secret world where i could experience all these titles and not have to bug my parents for the money. I still did it up into my early 20's but as i've gotten older and as steam became the dominant digital platform and as i had more money to spend i just started buying the stuff i wanted and just forgetting about piracy all together. I haven't pirated a game in a very very long time because it's just easier to get what i want from steam with just a few button clicks. Gabe Newell was right, create a platform of convenience because people will pay for convenience .

[@trip_six]

I can't like your comment enough. Well said. Steam definitely did the PC platform alot of good in that area.

[@Softlol]

I worked for my parents to get money. Feel sad for people never learning from early age that by doing chores you could get money.

[@Timster480]

Yeah, if your parents are well off and can afford to give their spoiled little shit of a kid money all the time.

[@InklanUtterfield]

Fossegrim, has it ever occurred to you that many children do chores but don't get any money.

[@VoNsterFPS]

Wait, so you're telling me you don't get paid to clean your basement every week? Shit.

[@berbywerbyschmerblepoof9366]

I want a pirated copy of Arma 2 now, sounds like a nice challenge

[@berbywerbyschmerblepoof9366]

and Crysis Warhead

[@berbywerbyschmerblepoof9366]

and Crysis Warhead

[@jovanlisac]

and Crysis Warhead?

[@Plevell]

pirated arma 2 did literally nothing of those things.. I had it for a while when we tested if its worth buying for dayz.. and later we stopped playing the mod and started playing on retail coop servers on steam.. still havent seen any of those things mentioned in this video before we bought the game (literally none of all the things mentioned never happened)

[@Kuroyori]

and Crysis Warhead

[@maskdanger]

Developers using micro-transactions on a full priced game is like pirating to me it works both ways.

[@Toastcat890]

That shit pisses me off I don't mind Mirco-transaction in a F2P game it's how they make money but if I've paid for your game and then in the case of WOW I'm paying a monthly fee I don't want to have to pay for more shit in game any game that uses this method can go fuck themselves.

Fruit Cat what in wow do you have to buy for besides the monthly fee and that's because they are still making things for the game so I see why they make you each month. not only that but they have gone kind of free to play if you have enough in game gold. got to love those wow tokens.

[@tsdobbi]

So pirating games that dont have microtransactions is justified because another game made by another developer does? Solid logic.

Orbital Nexus true you don't but in some games it putting your self at a disadvantage. not all like wow you don't have to because the items you can get mean nothing to game play mounts and battle pets don't mean much in the grand scheme of things. and in other game it just makes the game more time consuming to get where other players who might have paid are at. but you are 100% correct with all that said you don't have to pay for any of it if you don't want. that just less of the game you will see when it comes to content and more maps in certain games.

[@vurkzy8432]

Damn right!

[@feel-goodfrankie8370]

For anyone wanting more information about Spyro, year of the dragon, tech rules did a very good video about its protection algorithm

[@RedmannTheCringe]

That’s what brought me here

[@Rowy_]

@@RedmannTheCringe +1

[@djdocdragon428]

I love that one

[@coldcupofmilk]

The clueless forum posts are GOLD

[@Frellyouall]

Surprised you did mention the Arkham Asylum one where your cape doesn't work.

[@kleberferreira7055]

I was gonna comment about that. I pirated Arkham Asylum when I was 12. I thought it was a glitch, then I realized I got pranked, bro.

[@hydrolito]

Why does Batman need a cape anyway. He seldom uses it in the comics.

[@DoctorPhileasFragg]

It's also a glider.

[@shitshit4406]

hydrolito wtf does that have to do with the comic? stfu

[@wayla683]

+Sukhdeep Singh The comics came before the videogames, so one can assume that the comics would be the ones dictating most of what batman is, yet they add in this sudden complete dependency on the cape in the games, which didn't exist in the comics.

[@jakenrds111]

Sims 4 also had one that made the blur from your characters showering continually get bigger as you play until you can't see a thing

[@atalentlessidiot7872]

Uravian Nope. I pirated the game from Games4theworld. That doesn't happen at all. The worst thing that happened to me is that the MC Command Center mod won't work, so I have no story progression, and the modders said they will help people who actually brought the game from Orgin, so I'm planning to do that.

[@Rolan7196]

I don't know if the story is true, but it could be. You may have gotten a copy with the anti-piracy code removed.

[@JesterAzazel]

It's likely that pirates found a way around it. They often do, especially with a game as popular as The Sims. I remember Buu's Fury for GBA had a part where you'd try to get on a plane to the afterlife, but you'd get a message saying it won't run on your hardware. Someone simply removed that part of the code and released their version of the ROM, so you could bypass the anti-piracy measure as if it's not there at all. Even games that require you to be online so they can check and see if the copy has been purchased, there are patches that trick it into thinking it's a legitimate copy.

[@LezGrl79]

I was going to mention this one. I've always bought the sims games. But when sims 4 first came out I pirated it to see how it was. And I encountered the blur "bug". It was quite funny especially for the people who reported it as a bug. Which in turn got them caught. I do own it now. But only the ps4 version. No pc anymore.

[@frankjdm4636]

So you like pirated games huh?

[@Trefalas]

Pirating indis is balls, but pirating EA is service to mankind. I pray that my life span is long enough to see this developer devouring, company destroying, money-grubbing pest going bankrupt.

[@IncogNovah]

Amen.

[@DrinzenDrawz]

PREACH

[@kl16863]

They're alot better. Battlefront has 0 pay to win aspects now

[@Jebu911]

Well EA used to be the good guy but you either die a hero or live long enough to be the villain.

[@Rotom2304]

Implying that EA games are worth paying $0 for.

[@TheLambdaTeam]

Anti-piracy crap won't work, eventually someone will release a crack or patch for it. Or simply upload the files from a working copy.

[@YuubiTimberwolf]

true, i could play spyro 3 normally when i was a kid and got it for my birthday, didnt knew until later what the game package of a legal copy should look like.

[@mel0_archive498]

If nothing else, it'll at least rek some of the early pirates who think they're going to have a nice time with, say, The Witcher 2 and then GRANNIES, or they start shooting chickens out of their guns. It's a middle-finger to the pirates, but it's not trying to encroach on the game using some intrusvie DRM, and has some amount of lightheartedness to it. I like.

[@thebarbs3485]

Yeah we need to start beating down the thieves who do it only then they will learn.

[@Not-an-Alien]

thieves*

[@thebarbs3485]

Jeremy Morris Oh shit oops lol

[@grismatics]

"From porn to My Little Pony - And sometimes both." Oh god...

[@slifer549_yt3]

Oh god please no

[@a1goldenrunner]

Slifer549 _YT OH HELL YEAH!!!

[@JuicedPotato]

It exists. A friend of mine has a Laptop FULL of the stuff... (*Quiet Voice*)Actually not that bad... Just sayin'...

[@aljan6]

Fucking furrys

[@markellospatras3039]

I love it how that british guy hates piracy so much.

[@michaeladams3762]

i get it

[@rafaelmurray6870]

STOP PIRATING THE FUCKING MOVIE

[@laughingmask3118]

The English have always hated pirates.

[@laughingmask3118]

The English almost killed it during the Golden Age of International High-Seas Piracy in the West Indies. They'll stop at nothing.

[@medianxx4687]

Fuck Britain and English. Yar! They will drown at the sea.

[@Vectorlarity]

If I make a game, the anti piracy feature would be replacing all of the music with “The wheels on the bus”

[@minaminastheanimationfan7909]

No, replace all of the music with “Baby Shark” XD

[@Probably_Daniel]

I'd make it so all controls result in an MP3 file saying NOPE!

[@encycl07pedia-]

That's a terrible idea and joke. I'm not deaf, but since having Pokemon music burned into my brain, I almost always have my games on mute while I listen to something else. And, yeah, this wouldn't affect deaf people, either.

[@bramsilbert]

How do these games know they're pirated versions?

[@jayands]

Bram Silbert usually code has to be modified in the game in order to run it illegally, typically bypassing some check or other. However, the same checks can have failsafe systems, kinda like a dead man's switch: if it doesn't match up, it's assumed pirated and these things are then triggered.

[@cheatexp]

buy a game illegally? I'VE BEEN *TRIGGERED*

[@laserbeamchaser]

lots of ways but the common way is with a patch. a quick update you dont have a crack for and bang. This is why you need to block that game in your firewall very simple fix. or just buy the game and not worry about it.

[@rgibson7305]

Thank you, I was wondering the same.

[@deltaxcd]

If game is behaving like that it is just badly cracked. proper crack will address those things as well. The problem when you make crack is that you do not know in advance how many protections there will be and you can only eliminate them when you notice them. +brad arnold wrong games do not update themselves that would cause some outrage

[@IgorVonE]

Someone pirated game dev tycoon? That game was cheaper than a can of beer in most countries..

[@_____._..--_]

IgorVonE They might have no credit card to buy them

[@IgorVonE]

Flip a couple of cards on steam and you got enough. That's actually how i bought it

[@hinro]

no, the creators released it on torrent sites. It's can't be piracy when the owner is posting it to be downloaded.

[@turkletrenox3062]

well, here is a bit different game (internet piracy) FREE! + 3 months of download game (pirate CD) 3-5 money beer (bottle) 10 money clothing (common) 12 - 27 money beer (can) 21- 31 money game (original, internet download) 40 - 150 money

[@guardiadecivil6777]

crack the game and play it while drinking a can of beer

[@InsaneMetalSoldier]

0:07 - Talks about Videogame development. Shows web development code. haha

[@sorataakihiko4875]

some of the HTML and CSS are used in actual game code xD got suprised myself when i actully saw it :P

[@Nobbie248]

Juan Bonnett carm down mate it's not that big of a deal. do u think you're highly intelligent for noticing it or something?

[@diegocrusius]

orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/

[@AceZeddex]

sHoUtouTs tO siMplEfliPs actually- nail on the head. People think they're smart pointing shit out and making arguments that go nowhere because people on both sides start at "I'm DEFINITELY right". People don't separate personal ethics, intelligence, and ideology. Its easier to mash it into one internal amalgam of a concept allowing you to be correct no matter what.

[@kinshraslave3450]

boi.... Not sure you realize how computers work. A game system is still a computer... it has one primarry function but its a computer.

[@jamesofc3382]

Do what The Witcher 3 did, make your game SO good that people want to buy it... I actually pirated that game to try it out because i had no idea what everyone was raving about, I then felt so bad about pirating it that I bought it, along with The Witcher 1 and 2

[@mafian234]

Same, got myself the GOTY edition as soon as I got my first ever paycheck. And then I got the other two basically free, 'cause GOG Wallet funds and such

[@TheGodvszombies]

Good on you. You’re doing CDPR a massive favour and showing that good content=money. I for one got the game for free with my graphic card and had it on GOG. I bought it again on Steam because this game is just fucking brilliant. Can’t wait for Cyberpunk 2077

[@wugabriel3465]

Or you can just not be a thieve

[@DJogdog]

Ben, was it a GTX 970? 'Cause that's how I got The Witcher 3.

[@TheGodvszombies]

Lofty yes lol 😂 I still have it it’s a excellent GPU

[@aftertone3146]

I wish I could buy a fucking game here in Venezuela without using my savings.

[@g68unit]

Exactly right Dean Calaway

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

Venezuela got to where it is due to predatory capitalism. Now they are turning to Socialism to try to fix capitalism. Even Americans like my self are fucking tired of capitalist parasitism.

[@g68unit]

Venezuela got to where they are BECAUSE of socialism. Idiot. No nation could EVER tax their way into prosperity.

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

"Socialism" helped the USSR industrialize at the fastest rate in human history, during the great depression, a time when Capitalism had failed humanity. "Socialism" put the first man in space. At a time when Capitalism was complicit with keeping Africans as a second class citizen in the US. I'm sick and tired of you leeches supporting this parasitical system simply because you fantasize about being rich some day. Its not going to happen, the odds are 500,000 to one, and you are not that one.

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

PS where is the fucking capitalist success in Africa, South America, Asia, Eastern Europe. Or for that matter, where's the fucking Capitalist success in America. Your veterans are on the streets so you can give rich leeches a handout, You disgusting POS.

[@deitus1375]

But the funny thing is these "punishments" doesn't really work unless it's like 11 year old Carl that cracks it.

[@niklaspfafenrot9111]

Elias Von Porat Well, making a game unplayable seems to be good idea

[@guitarofdestiny]

bemex111 FBI swarm!!! swarm!!!

[@AvoxionYT]

bemex111 lol true, living in bulgaria you almost dont even have to worry for distributing a cracked game

[@AvoxionYT]

bemex111 lol literally 90% of the population here pirates so they can't possibly be all kids.

[@AvoxionYT]

GenocidalGod Cracking is making games like these playable for pirates

[@immrpandabear]

Am I the only one who's been pirating games their whole life without seeing any of these anti piracy measures? Thanks Skidrow

[@epsilonoclon7371]

Stephanie Smith oh i remember the good old days when skidrow was just a puppy and razor1911 was the lead force in cracking

[@Esskay_]

ya, these are rare copies and usually gets fixed quickly lol. The companies should just install viruses that dont break your computer but spams em with ads so they earn money from piraters also lol. Id much hate that rather then seeing some old girls tits.

[@QcChopper]

FAiRLiGHT (FLT), DEViANCE, Razor1911, brings back the memories...

[@dangerdash4393]

Esskay Or make a freeware version of the game that has ads, so they still make money from it, and the player can experience the game and they decide of they want to spend money on it or not.

[@_____._..--_]

Danger Dash >inb4 people cracks the game to remove said ads

[@NXeta]

Nice list but how does the game know if you pirated it or not in the first place?

[@nicholaswhitcraft4152]

NX berry its something to do with tje coding, when the code gets copied, the special effect is turned on

[@dangerdash4393]

And is known to fuck up on legit bought and paid for copies as well.

[@ayushbhardwaj582]

online authenticators mostly. Programming doesn't work like that lol, there are no "special effects"

[@breekbreek2311]

The devs release a the fake cracked version on Internet, or at least is what game dev tycoon devs did Don't know for the others but that's the easiest way

[@mr.moonmn1436]

Luca Bonforte Lmao they don’t release a fake cram version. I code myself and it’s called a root. This root is already within the original copy of the game and as soon as you launch the game it verifies the store which you purchased it in. I f course if it registers that no store is present then it read piracy. Same thing for steam games. Steam games will not open if steam is not present or purchased from steam. The only difference is that these games were a bit older.

[@SuperPierreluc]

The best counter measure to pirate is making a good game. The witcher 3 proved that point. No drm at all in the game and it still sold insanely well.

[@kainey]

You're goddamn right

[@perocigla4425]

Exactly. They make a 5 hours long singleplayer and put a price like 60€ and they expect their game will not be pirated...

[@livingdeadronnie]

My boyfriend pirated Witcher 3, he loved it so I bought it for him for his birthday. Simple. If you pirate a damn good game, but later have the money to buy it, and you do it? Even that means we are douches, or it's okay?

[@livingdeadronnie]

lol Thanks XD

[@AceZeddex]

TheAnnabelleCrew this is the point of the system we have- it would be literally fascist to raid homes of pirates copying games illegally. Instead its illegal to sell it if you dont own it but its tolerated if you illegally download a torrented or cracked version. And in some cases people who might not be interested in your 60$ game will play part of it for nothing- then want to purchase it to endorse it when they otherwise might not have.

[@TalkingOrgan]

Charging $90 for a 6 hour game might almost be considered stealing.

[@GiordanDiodato]

$90? where do you live, Australia?

[@sleepyhoya4667]

or like 4x the price because of taxes here

[@darkserge1]

wait wait waaaaait. You mean you get granny banging in the Witcher 2 if you pirated it?..... why did I have to buy it legally. I demand a patch to fix this and give me the option dammit!

[@Lucitaur]

The Witcher series have a rather simple anti-piracy system in place; those games are so damn good I'd feel like a shit for stealing them!

[@artturisiikanen3843]

i bought all of them and i regret it.

[@shadowlurkerthemarauder9667]

How to get around Anti-Piracy. "Hoist the anchors! Raise all sails! Head towards the storm! Brace!"

[@mkultrasoldier]

Shadowlurker the Marauder 0/10 screamed at a copy of Arma 2 while on a cruise ship. Apparently I'm a public nuisance now.

[@laughingmask3118]

*salutes* AYE, CAP'N!

[@DJSickey]

Shadowlurker the Marauder Aye! Fitgirl is just laughing at this video alongside with Skidrow, Razor, RGMechanics, Codex etc :D

[@hythamm7md298]

this was a pretty good video but you missed what I think is the best "anti piracy measure" earth bound's ....it's just savage

[@janidoe4561]

Big Boss true

[@emilymorse336]

What does it do?

[@tricklash7884]

Spawns a fuckton of enemies where they shouldn't be, and in the case you actually somehow beat them the game freezes and deletes your save files during the dialogue after the final boss.

[@agonleed3841]

Tricklash well, if it's after the final boss, why does it matter

[@AGnar0k]

You can complete the pirated game because the anti piracy measure got removed a few hours after the cracked game went live. XD

[@That0Homeless0Guy]

I have this genius idea that would actually prevent piracy on a massive scale. Now hear me out here and this might sound crazy bul... Free demo's and reasonable prices....

[@n1vr132]

That0Homeless0Guy pls do try making your own video game. I tried making mine without the graphics but the text itself took me 1 whole month to finish one scene or mission. so pls before you comment pls pls think about what you are about to say

[@That0Homeless0Guy]

Pssssst.... Nivri 360 **Whispers** I'm a games developer.... and yes it takes allot of work. You should try writing code or building a scene if you think writing dialogue is time consuming and difficult.

[@Bellyzbad1]

Nivri 360 games that don't require a disk shouldn't cost 40 pounds xD or 50. the reason games were soo expensive were to cover producing costs

[@philippdrescher6012]

Bellyzbad1 Lol what? Disks are basically free, the expensive part is the development. XD

[@rhythmf.4460]

What? You don't want to pay 80$ USD for a game you may or may not like?? You're crazy.

[@0bsidianblade]

I recently got a cracked copy of state of decay 2 to play while i waited for pay day to buy it, the cracked copy worked fine and i was enjoying it. Fastforward to pay day, i buy the game and start a file on the legit copy, few days later internet goes down and i cant play the game because of fcking online checks, pirate copy worked flawlessly offline yet i cant play the copy i paid for without net access. In this case the anti piracy litterally only effects legit paying customers, i find this to be the case with 90% of the games i have pirated and then bought at a later date. Just find it wierd the pirates put out a more functional copy than the devs in most cases.

[@MMaRsu]

@LadyGaGa is hot Do you have some sort of facts or numbers to back that up? Piracy is not theft. Literally. Look up the definition.

[@xxxxxx-kk7mh]

@LadyGaGa is hot keep crying you submissive dog.

[@TheRhalf]

@Louise Severn not really lol

[@MMaRsu]

@Louise Severn Can you explain how it is a theft exactly? How am I stealing their copyright?

[@linkplayer20]

@@MMaRsu by what mental gymnastics do you assert that it isn't theft? If it's a product that's not being given away for free, and you obtain it without paying for it (or someone else paying for it for you) you stole it. What's so hard to understand about that?

[@XCVBNMC]

Well if games stayed $60 without wanting us to waste another $60 for the entire actual game or "dlc" that most of the time was cut out of the original game we wouldn't have a problem. No I'm not defending pirates but some games don't even deserve my hard earned money they ask for.

[@iradavis7941]

Xcho we need that free to play perfection like warframe were anything you pay for are voluntary

[@TheOneGreat]

Xcho If you don't like it (I sure don't) vote with your wallet. It's easy.

[@averyrathbun3859]

Well stick it to the devs by not touching the game whatsoever. stealing a shitty game just wastes everyone's time

[@RaginCanadian-gx2zl]

Avery Rathbun you would be surprised how much money bad games make.

[@HumorousLOL]

Xcho How do you explain the fact this has been happening even before dlc or "full" games? Bad logic.

[@shadowman7307]

"funnel boss"

[@KizulEmeraldfire]

"Inventor-y"

[@goblinslayer310]

OMEGALUL i got my mirrors edge pirated and no slowing down... lul btw why the hate? i just dont have enough money and i have enough time...

[@johnsmith-yf8vx]

yea i used do it to , not had any problems . Russian hackers are good with that kinda stuff . i have not been doing that for a long time now and i i buy my games on 2nd hand stores now like EB games .

[@achxd]

Stop putting a space then a comma.

[@TheLaluciDaniel]

well most of these "anti piracy" things were actually fixed by cracks rofl... i actually looked into it after this video

[@oekfoh8684]

SovietZealot I've had Yuri's Revenge for years downloaded from mini nova back in the day, works completely fine

[@TheLaluciDaniel]

Witcher's developer is one of the few companies that actually deserve your money, since they release good quality games and respect you as a gamer and client. Shitheads like EA and Bethesda, etc. could learn a thing or two from them.

[@EarthPhantomTS]

The cracks take time to make, and it takes time to discover what the anti-piracy measures are in the first place. Some people who would've been pirating the game may decide to give up on waiting and get a legal copy because of this. That actually was the case with Spyro 3, in fact; its sales numbers were significantly better than Spyro 2's two months in, in large part *because* of those measures.

[@Uryel99]

Sacred (the firstone) was also quite fun in its anti-piracy system. If you had pirated the game, each time you loaded an area, and that includes entering or exiting any building or cave, there was a chance the door would instead teleport you to a tropical island from which there was no way back. The workaround was to save EVERY TIME you were going through a door... And reloading if you ended on the island. That makes for a fine demo, and a pretty good incentive to actually purchase :)

[@edenjung9816]

The funny thing is, that all this anti-piracy-measures have being bypassed or even cut out. I played crysis warhead last year (cracked version) and i did shoot bullets. so yeah DRm never lasts long.

[@robertherrick6703]

Yup. I never had that problem with Crysis Warhead or the one with the first Mirror's Edge game. I liked those games so I bought them eventually. These days I'll wait for a really good sale or I'll buy the game at full price if I really want to play it.

[@ayushbhardwaj582]

didn't have any problem with Mirror's edge either

[@aceldamia9114]

You missed the point of anti-piracy measures. Most game sales are VERY, VERY frontloaded towards the release. And those are when you are going to get sales. The sales that happen after anti-piracy measures are cracked are at a time when a game is no longer selling many copies anymore anyway. Next time, don't try to talk about something you know jack shit about.

[@graphs]

i had the issue with mirrors edge but a patch for it was release and it worked

[@Blz8]

Acel Damia yea like you are doing now? 🤔🤔🤔

[@buddermantheamazing]

It's funny because most of the people who are smart enough to pirate this stuff and put it online easily find ways around this stuff.

[@Zucadragon]

And on top of that, plenty of pirates buy a game AFTER they've pirated it to support developers... Games they would have otherwise not bought. One could argue that piracy can lead to an increase in revenue and that without piracy, there would just be a lot more people who simply DON'T buy a game because they can't really try it out. I've personally bought a whole ton of games after I tried them out through pirating. Like the complete Dawn of War collection +DLC , Minecraft, Starcraft 2 and its expansions, Prison Architect and many more. I know I wouldn't have bought many of these if I couldn't have tried them out before throwing money at em. But then you have games like the newest Simcity, which because of their effort to curb piracy, has hurt the game so badly, that it died out in months and is regarded as a failure... But Piracy is obviously to blame.

[@jandorp8197]

I would like to remind you that Steam has a refund policy in which you can always refund within 48 hours after purchase and if playtime is less than 2 hours. In a steam sale, I buy lots of games for not so much money, and try them all out, seeing if they run smoothly, have decent customizability and can be played properly in general.

[@JannetFenix]

IKR? Those cretins and their excuses. Never in my life I met one person that bought game after playing pirate version. Hell, I met more people that bought game after watching letsplay of it, than those who even thought of bying it after pirating. And then there's paradigm, which maker literally went to each top torrent site leaving comments under seeds with his game, that he is glad people enjoy it, but he spent several years making it frame after frame. Even though some people did feel awkard and ashamed, the sales did not improve in any significant way. Can't say I've never pirated a game... but these were ones that back then were unobtainable to me in any way. Working copy of spellforce, after my disc was mutilated by my dog, or classics like I have no mouth and I must scream, too old to even have their physical copy outside of collector's stash.

[@Zucadragon]

Well, seeing as you're great at ignoring examples that don't agree with you. That's an easy claim to make... Never EY? Right after I told you and gave you examples. I own over 100 steam games and plenty more outside of steam as well. Also realize that the refund policy only started around 2015. That's 2 years ago, not that long ago. Before 2015, Valve had a no-refund policy. Soooo, yeah, notice also that all the games I mentioned were from before 2015.. Not a coincidence I'd say, before 2015, why should I have supported games and developers I might not have enjoyed? Would you pay a restaurant for giving you a meal you don't enjoy? I'm happy that it's there, and I use it a whole lot to try out games now. But all those games before 2015, I don't feel bad about having pirated them first and then bought them. Also, I have no mouth and I must scream is a weirdly awesome game. If you like space rpg-ish games, you should totally take a look at Space Rangers 2, it's a brilliant game that too few people know about. Oh and Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, a totally brilliant space ship tactics game, one of my all time favorites.

[@tripleaaabattery8480]

I wonder if some people in the comments just go to a store, take games off the shelf, and just leave without paying money. That's pretty much the exact same thing as pirating.

[@kizuuwu7563]

5:38 *Inhales deeply* *Inhales even more* *Inhaling intensifies* Chicken ataaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAaaaaaAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack*

[@quadrillion92]

oh my god i have forgotten about that vid entirely i love you

[@BM-cw6wj]

you have made my day all the way in july 2018

[@b.w.s3165]

i remember pirating Game Dev Tycoon a lot, being the dumbass i was a long time ago. funnily enough, the in-game piracy didnt stop me and i played the game just fine even after piracy was introduced, thinking its just a game mechanic i have to find ways of getting around of. not sure if its a bug or not, but still, turned out pretty hilarious for me after i found out what it actually was

[@Lanadra]

Now if only we could punish developers and publishers for pirating our wallets.

[@roastpolice1139]

They do eat, a lot more than us. Their big companies are big and bring in tons of money through other ways.

[@mikkeljrgensen181]

No one is forcing you to waste your money...

[@bobdallas4860]

Mikkel Jørgensen No one is forcing him to stop pirating his games :)))

[@mikkeljrgensen181]

Shitty example, try again.

[@jordan12345423]

Simple just dont buy their shit if you are not intrested

[@TheDanzomanzo]

My God. How was the irony of pirating absolutely and COMPLETELY lost on some people? Especially Game Dev Tycoon, if those are indeed real complaints. SURELY a part of them realised at some point what was going on?

[@hammerbros-yh5cp]

TheDanzomanzo I know

[@MrSamulai]

Well, if you have to pirate games, it means you don't have money to pay for them, which means you don't have steady income, which means you are not entitled to salary/financial aid/pension/provisions etc. yet you still find time to spend on video games, which most definitely means you're as dumb as they come.

[@daliastoian]

what if you are a kid or a student dumbass

[@MrSamulai]

Care to elobrate? Last time I checked, kids and students were legally permitted to do physical labor for money. lazyass

[@IanPlaysMC1]

What if you are a college student that is saving up money for their own house one day and spends their free time playing illegitimate copies of a game they cannot afford? What if you just want to try out the game that doesn't have a demo?

[@IShyper]

Didn't EU proved lately that piracy doesn't really affect sell of legal copies?

[@brandongaedke4778]

I Shyper the guy who got the game for free never payed the dev EU is dumb if they say piracy doesn’t affect devs, it may be minute, but it does affect them

[@IShyper]

Brandon Gaedke , evidently it doesn't affect sells. I'm sorry if that makes things you believed in not true, but tough shit, I guess. When people learned that earth isn't flat they probably also called those who discovered it - stupid.

[@zaizen4359]

Why don't you do a bit more research on this topic. 'm guessing you must be an avid pirate of videogames if you get defensive enough to start flinging insults just because someone has an opinion that differs from yours.

[@IShyper]

It wasn't I who started calling others dumb, was it? Fact is - EU ordered a study on how piracy affect sells, but for few years results were not publicized, only recently it was done by one of EU parliment members and surprise, surprise - generally it doesn't, in some cases it even boosts sells, but that's nothing new, such reports (people who pirate music tend to buy more music than people who don't) were presented previously as well. People who belive in opposite are now on full defence, even calling EU dumb for stating a fact, after all - if facts does not support your beliefs, too bad for facts :)

[@praveensharma9893]

Brandon Gaedke some guys pay for games they pirated if they really like it. I bought LISA after nabbing it off for a day.

[@nucleus691]

I think what the devs of Hotline Miami did was amazing. They *FIXED* the pirated copy because they just wanted people to enjoy their beautiful masterpiece of a game.

[@dankpool2616]

Wait so I played the better version?

[@justafemaleneutrophil5554]

@@dankpool2616 uh oh spaghettios

[@tibethatguy]

The devs of Hotline Miami 2 told Australian fans to pirate the game, as the game was banned over there.

[@simoneboxler1065]

So... A pirate copy of the witcher 2 is just full of brit girls?

[@oliver-hm3bv]

simone boxler ROOD

[@jenzu4229]

i had pirated w2 and 3 nothing wrong with the games lul it gets patched easily

[@fimau7337]

Men we are going to fight in this war for our ugly fat unthankful wives at home! and then we start being gay again.

[@Wanderer628]

simone boxler Ironically the British actually have the best teeth and dental services in the world joint with Germany.

[@justincronkright5025]

Glad I hated the Witcher III and will probably never touch any of the games again. And the guy who created the concepts and the universe basically sold it cheap and got next to nothing for it, relative to how much it has made. But to no-one in-particular... Fuck Capitalism. Use your brains to improve society not cheap 'oh I own this, and sure you get to own that' crap, because your hypocritical bull-shit of laziness standing in 'The Lower-Classes/Orders' and what have you (i.e. etc./and so on), doesn't work on me.

[@stuna91]

Moral of the story: Dont steal EA hates competition.

[@Revan0804]

Loved mirrors edge

[@TohkaNation]

Boba 64 why what happens?

[@Revan0804]

Tohka Nation if u get it I promise you won't regret it. It's that AWSOME

[@TohkaNation]

Boba 64 well i did pirate it but i didnt really feel good about it, im poor af for a 14 year old bcs i cant rlly buy games online and shit

[@StarfireRebirthCM]

I fucking love it.

[@RedPhoenix550]

Boba 64 I actually played a cracked version of mirror's edge and I didn't experience this at all. I guess it's all a matter of finding the right crack?

[@NebRetalsJr]

“Unless you’re like me and suffer from grey fever.” Holy 7th circle of hell........

[@liamhansolo1464]

Fun fact: the seventh circle of hell is violence

[@ChrisHansen.]

after paying no man sky, i see why people like to pirate games

[@kieran4417]

arkmonxd2 😂😂😂

[@IgorMartinsSpecail]

more like no man's buy

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

If you paid like $70 for a brand new game and were disappointed then it's your fault. The person who does that is a complete moron. I don't understand why it's so hard for the rest of you to have the restraint and patience necessary to wait a bit before making an investment like that. Are you kids that bored? You really need the hottest new and trending games the very same day they're released? That makes you a junkie

[@ChrisHansen.]

its called hype, i bought into the hype and the promises that the developer pulled out of his ass. even if i had waited it would have still cost me 70$ to buy it. don't call people morons just because they were excited for a game only to be let down for the lack of content it promised

[@Derethl2]

Maybe. AND maybe you would have not bought it at all after knowing a bit more about the characteristics of the actual game and not only what it is advertised. You only have your own impatience to blame.

[@thatoneguy9582]

Fun fact: there is an achievement in Game Dev Tycoon for beating the game with the Anti Piracy on there’s probably a way to turn it on after beating the game normally though

[@martinhowser4094]

I once worked on a game where we made the game break for pirates. Annoyingly, they ended up being the most vocal about it online (most of them were even spouting on about a level which didn’t make the final game)... Pirates tended to be the most vocal about slagging your game off - which is some of the worst case of entitlement ever! “I didn’t pay for your product, but I will slag it off!” I’m so glad I left that industry..

[@FroztBiteChannel]

Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free You are a pirate!

[@aceldamia9114]

That made no sense.

[@Blz8]

Acel Damia Yar har fiddle-dee Dee

[@ShadowExe007Vageta]

I love that song

[@TheVibes101]

Acel Damia It totally did by the way... You are a pirate!...

[@Wilderwolfman]

@acel damia WHOOSH

[@Steaulo]

From porn to my little pony episodes and sometimes both..... God DAYYUUUUM

[@XboxAnnihilator]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@info_dash313]

Rule 34

[@hrothgarthebusta5643]

my little porny.

[@MegaWolverine91]

name? pls

[@SuggestiveEclipse]

I was skeptical at first, but… I gotta say… Ponies + Porn = *_SOME HALF DECENT SHIT!!_* 👍👍 Found out because I was curious one day, & well. Here I am. *Upvoting it for fuck sakes!*

[@bruh23523]

Top ten games that do weird shit when you download a shitty crack and get detected

[@hanspeter2210]

I Like the anti piracy System of witcher 3. Oh, IT HAS NONE!

[@kuyt20]

Exactly. The most effective anti-piracy system is a fantastic game.

[@gaboderflinger7854]

One of the only games around that is worth every single dollar.

[@Nieminen666]

I would honestly pay double the price of witcher 3 it's so good

[@Wolfrevan]

Your profile pick had me wiping at my screen for a moment thinking someone had used a pencil on it that I hadn't noticed until now lol.

[@Nieminen666]

Sir Osis of Thuliver Yeah the combat sucks but otherwise it's a very good game it has great atmosphere

[@ScytheNoire]

The best way to prevent piracy is to make a crappy product ~EA

[@drorlevi9309]

You mean that ea games are crappy? Which game by ea is crappy exactly?

[@bigbrain9313]

@@drorlevi9309 every game that includes buying money

[@voltran7677]

@@drorlevi9309 antham come to mind, the last mass effect, dead space 3, and the battlefront games just of the top of my head

[@drorlevi9309]

@@voltran7677 ok yeah they are crappy. But it doesn't mean that every game they do is bad. Every company has they're bad games, so?

[@drorlevi9309]

@@bigbrain9313 yeah I agree

[@_mediii_4530]

In Arma 2, you can also turn into a bird if you wait longer.

[@pchtommy1268]

how long

[@wfrancis25]

I'll be honest. I got a cracked copy of bioshock that would hang at an elevator scene roughly 30min in. No matter what, i couldn't continue. SO i went out and bought a legit copy. all was great for a week or 2.regardless of the fucking updates on a slow and capped 1GB/month internet. the legit game would constantly ask for verification,that I have done over and over.I had to use the crack of the illegal version to play a game a bought....and to add, when i bought commandos 2. I had to find a no cd crack to get my game to work.and try this, the illegal win 7 I had is more stable then the $170 win7 pro I bought,updates would make the PC hang or crash,that i had to switch updates off.Some extra cash ,thanx to a job, and better internet and steam turned me into a legal eagle.BUT some of the anti-piracy steps taken, fucks things up if you want to be a honest person

[@idkwhattotype4704]

no offense, but the summary of your statement is that you got karma?

[@painkiller7010]

VISA It's not karma if you pirate a game to see how nice it is and then buy it if you like it. The summary is that some anti-piracy methods are too over the top and prevent people who actually bought the games from playing.

[@Crogatho]

What about a gaming system you want to buy? Steal it before you buy it? Because, you know, you gotta know what you purchase, right? It's the exact same thing; theft.

[@revolut1on4ry]

+Marco Vermeer It has nothing to do with theft. You don't take anything away from anybody. The legal right that is violated by pirating is copyright and not property as for theft.

[@ka1kage]

You all make the best possible points. Everyone is right and it's making me wet.

[@reychop]

If developers don't want people to pirate their games, they shouldn't charge an arm and a leg for them.

[@Purplebowlingball]

You do realize no matter how cheap you make your game some asshole is still gonna pirate it

[@TheSultan1470]

Probably earns 0.12 cents an hour

[@tylerhale5837]

When I was younger I played my Nintendo DS like mad, I loved it. One of my mum's friends had a kid who loved it just as much, so for my birthday, I got a ds card that could have games put on it. It basically worked as an adapter, you put the micro sim in your computer, put the games on and your kid has bunches of fun. Except as a kid, it was my parent's job to find the games and put them on, so when I saw a new anime style game I was super excited. Only to find that Chrono Trigger stops you early on if its a pirated copy. Damn, I was sad. I was enjoying it so much too.

[@benjaminwest5135]

I buy a mess-ton of games, but I'll still pirate them on occasion, and I believe I was justified in doing so. I've done this because: - I own a copy of the game and the disc was scratched, broken, or stolen. - I wasn't sure if the game would run on my device and a demo wasn't available (and people with the 'recommended' specs were having issues). In all of these cases, if the game ran, I bought a legitimate copy. - The developer flat out said he didn't care if people pirated the game. (Actually ended up buying multiple copies of that game in the end, but I DID pirate it first.) - I already own the game on one of my consoles and didn't think the game was good enough to merit giving the developer my money twice. - I didn't have access to the internet on my computer for the steam authentication or download, but I was able to pirate the game (which I owned) on my tablet and then move it to my computer. - I bought the game already on a digital format and the region locking kicked in when I travelled abroad. - The game was abandonware (I.E. - The game was made by a developer that is now defunct and was not bought out, no new copies are being produced or will be produced, and the only legally available copies are used physical copies.) - It wasn't legally available in my region via physical or digital distribution. Developers deserve money for their hard work, but there are legitimate reasons to pirate games that have nothing to do with a sense of entitlement beyond feeling entitled to make use of something that I paid for.

[@DemonlordHatty]

Benjamin West Bakers deserve money for their hard work, but there are legitimate reasons to steal bread that have nothing to do with entitlement.

[@emielvanderbliek6635]

What? How does bread compare to a videogame? Big difference between commodity product and luxery products if you ask me. Then again, this is the internet and everyone is entitled to their own point of view and believes.

[@Ghorda9]

You cant copy/past bread

[@benjaminwest5135]

But can you copy/future bread?

[@AndragonLea]

I don't even blame the people that live in countries where 60 bucks is a mess load of money - our company has employees in a third world country that earn like 300 bucks a month. Back there that is considered a really good job, comparable to government work or being a police officer. They can afford living in a house with a pool and 3 garages from that money, or they can buy a used console and like 1 to 3 games.

[@potstab2875]

The very best anti-piracy protection is player base good will. If the player base likes your product and doesn't think they are being screwed over, then piracy will not be a big problem, as most people will be more then happy to pay or even keep paying for a good experience. Sadly many new gaming companies have forgotten this...... Oh and most of those games weren't ever worth the trouble to pirate......

[@Ltp1305]

You expect people NOT to take your work for free when given the chance? What heaven are you live in?

[@dangerdash4393]

The Mad Kitten Ever heard of DOOM?

[@selectdevotee6810]

I want to fight that pink scorpion

[@birddaddydetta]

I want to be that person falling off of a building

[@dzeliongurung3218]

I want to shoot chickens from my gun.

[@Jejking]

Soooooo... screw all and download the warez :DDDDDDDDDD

[@Nightmare8Movie]

.........you can kill it by braking the neck, as simple as that(i did that)

[@Azby64]

"Why are there so many people that pirate?" Oh my god it's beautiful.

[@ninjuhturdel]

Earthbound has some interesting anti-piracy measures. I expected it to be in the top 3 tbh

[@adrienf3242]

Ash Horn exactly

[@Crashandburn999]

I pirated game dev tycoon and when my games were being pirated, I tried to google solutions, only to discover that it was an anti piracy feature. I laughed my ass off, and then just bought the game instead. Btw this was years ago, I never pirate video games anymore.

[@Meow_teehee]

Now u know what it's like XD

[@larstem2080]

Oof

[@camman3740]

And then got pirated again and Niko drove a fucking taxi through your heavy door while being drunk. To add fuel to the fire, the taxi is on fire.

[@Zagreus717]

I actually did play a pirated version of Spyro 3 as kid. Back in the day, i always wondered why the heck the game would crash on the final boss.. and then later return to the very start. Well, i be damned, i only found out 10 years later.

[@dariusvilla5680]

For Link's Awakening, Nintendo should put an anti piracy measure in which every important character calls you a THEIF.

[@Sypaka]

Can happen in real life, if you steal from a shop, while the cashier turns around.

[@charadreemurr2170]

Not anti piracy, but punishing you for cheating

[@katier9725]

Didn't the original do that if you stole from the shop that sells the shovel and the bow?

[@therealshimo]

I pirated Mirror's Edge, no deceleration or anything. Newb pirates

[@Paguo]

Same

[@iluvmyswamp7948]

Same

[@melsonmacon2393]

same

[@omniac1945]

you can all go fuck yourselves

[@its-TRAV]

You all just admitted to a crime, nice work.

[@nexirall3431]

Imagine these "poultry bullets" were in Zelda. I think everyone knows what I mean :D

[@svenko]

Easy mode?

[@keith8880]

Am I expected to believe that there is porn of my little pony on the internet?

[@saberhusky3046]

keith8880 Don't expect it, just know it. Imagine the dirtiest shit possible, it exists on the internet... SOMEWHERE.

[@lordfawful1229]

The World Wide Web: All your nightmares brought to life since 1989.

[@kajag5232]

Oh, you'd be surprised...

[@snazzrin.7185]

Were you living under a rock or something

[@slothpalms8124]

keith8880 Believe, my good friend Not doing so will only disappoint

[@cruelbanana441]

Everyone forgets that those who pirate games wouldn't pay money for them. If someone doesn't have spare money to buy games (like majority people from post-USSR f.e.), they either pirate or don't pay. Pirated copy is not a decrease in sales, you wouldn't sell it anyway.

[@in_vas_por8810]

cruel banana What if I have the money, but I just dont want to pay? Lol... There are those people. If there was no way to pirate, I might give in and buy the game. Thats the logic.

[@forhago]

So if I can't afford an iPhone, I should just go and steal it?

[@KnightmareUSA]

where can I download an iPhone

[@derezzedzombie]

Forhago if it was that easy than yes

[@kphs9083]

In_Vas_Por Then thats called theft?

[@MickelravenOld]

What about Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen? You know the sailor guy? He says "If you like this game buy it or die"

[@ChairyCrasher]

what if you already have the game but it does not work?

[@Kira121086]

I never had bases explode randomly in Red Alert 2... In fact I had the game crash more due to too many units

[@spartanwar1185]

_Piracy confession?_

[@xenoslyce1781]

I want a pirated troll version of The Witcher 2 just for laughs

[@HitBoxMaster]

>Oh, you pirated our game? Now all the sex scenes contain grandmas. Implying

[@GlassDeviant]

All well and good, except when legit customers get hit by the anti-piracy measures, which happens much more frequently than devs want to admit.

[@encycl07pedia-]

Which is why these methods are better than DRM, which only punish legit owners.

[@GlassDeviant]

​ @encycl07pedia Perhaps you missed the gist of my post. These are no better than DRM, they affect legit owners more than pirates just like DRM, and give the devs and publisher negative rep just like DRM.

[@encycl07pedia-]

@@GlassDeviant I think these are better than DRM since DRM affects every legit owner and this stuff only affects perceived thieves. I'm not exactly sure how you'd get a false positive from a legit copy. That would be some very poor programming. DRM doesn't only infect games, either, but that's not as relevant. Side note: I haven't considered myself a gamer for a long time: Xbox 360 white is my most recent TV console and my most recent PC game is Civilization 5. Basically when the Xbox One (fucking stupid name) and PS4 came out with their Draconian Rights Management and the ever-increasing popularity of huge games (>10GB), Day 1 patches (can't be bothered to release a finished game), and a slew of microtransaction BS (in one way an anti-theft measure to squeeze out money), I have been severely disillusioned with gaming companies and games. I still play games, but they're all "old." Basically I'm pretty ignorant about more recent games because I don't want to jump through the hoops most companies make gamers jump through nowadays.

[@guillepankeke2844]

Most anti "piracy" measures arent all that genius.

[@GlassDeviant]

@@guillepankeke2844 And all of them are pointless. They are more trouble for customers than pirates.

[@kilderok]

Holy shit, I would pirate The Witcher 2 JUST to see the granny scene that shit is hilarious!!!

[@HellishSpoon]

The crysis one sounds really fun Maybe it can be like a melee only run Thats defnitly interesting.

[@acepilot1]

I had a legit copy of crisis that had the chicken bullets, contacted the devs, they laugh at me, I threaten to sue... patch released

[@thrustfrombehind9869]

We are all pirates, admit it

[@mausmice9746]

ThrustFrom Behind ?

[@maxineanderson3360]

ThrustFrom Behind ahoy mate!

[@fodspeed]

I used to be pirate like you but then I took consoles to knee

[@theaether3124]

If I like the game I buy it. I once shelled so much money on a game... And it was garbage, I could never get the money back for it so now I playtest one level and then decide yay or nay...

[@medianxx4687]

Pirate for life.

[@rage_2000]

It should be called “Mirror’s Edge Wooden Legs” ...because some pirates have those, and you can’t run with them

[@theshadowman1398]

I am not paying for a game unless it's on a disc and can be played without an internet connection

[@dangerdash4393]

This guy gets it.

[@ysaackfranco2825]

The Shadow Man Based

[@longtimegamer779]

And also is the full game and not chopped up and sold to me as dlc later on!

[@Vandragorax]

Do you also still use a Pentium II PC from 1995? C'mon dude the world is moving on around you, get with the times.

[@DantesInferno96]

@@Vandragorax the problem is not with PC, the problem is with the internet. The average internet speeds haven't caught up with how fast the world is moving. Many places in America have just about 8-10 Mbps bandwidth in this day and age which is shitty if you ask me. If you want to download a game like RDR2 with that speed, you'll end up waiting days for it.

[@TheBohobemeister]

As always, wonderful video WhatCulture!

[@MaxRovensky]

Game Dev Tycoon did it amazingly

[@rainbowbeetle]

0:03 I thought I got a notification (that's my notification tone lol)

[@datriaxsondor590]

Can't say I feel any sympathy for most publishers these days. If nothing else, I would encourage their games be pirated. Aside from a select few. None of which, are "AAA" publishers.

[@aceldamia9114]

Does that make sense even to you?

[@kyoai]

Datriax Sondor : You're not really hurting the publishers, though, as AAA publishers already have billions in the bank. Instead, you're mostly hurting the developers who's jobs and livelyhood depend on how many games get sold.

[@manmanboyboydudedudeguyguy2800]

Datriax Sondor fromsoftware is a AAA

[@irllcd13]

Me too. I used to be a piracy hater. But the publishers became so terrible they lost all the sympathy I had for them. I actively support the pirating of EA, Activision, Ubisoft, WB, TakeTwo, Konami and Capcom. I download games I don't care about just to seed. Those companies can fuck right off. I bought multiple copies of all three Witchers, though.

[@jfangm]

irllcd13 People like you are the reason those publishers resort to loot crates.

[@AegixDrakan]

I love the Game Dev Tycoon one. The pirates are like "WTF, my character isn't making any money off the game, what the hell, how do I fix......OH WOOPS, did I just out myself as a pirate?" XD

[@theseuskotselas4015]

Gta iv had a drunk cameraman :)

[@THRAKORZOD]

Theseas Kotselas that was in the base game tho

[@Spynine01]

he means that the entire game is a drunken game not like only when you drink

[@taavidude]

That one was fuckin' horrible. I didn't get the drunk cameraman in the pirated version, but i did get it in the legit version.

[@lovehartLH]

If I ever decide to pirate a game I make sure to pay for it later.

[@carlosmagnomacieira8210]

When a game is good...The players will buy it when they be able to afford...for example, I played skyrim some years ago and i will buy it as soon as I can...

[@durnel2001]

Buy the Legendary Edition, not the rip off "Special Edition"

[@Setosama02]

"By the way if you like this game: Buy it, or die!" XD

[@TheBigMan0706]

Funny thing, Game Dev Tycoon had an update that gives you a piracy option that’ll allow you to play the game with the added option of dealing with game piracy. I guess the legit pirates were just unknowingly playing an alpha version of that update

[@elisabethheiman2104]

Though I'm assuming that unlike the pirated version, it's actually possible to still beat the game?

[@TheBigMan0706]

@@elisabethheiman2104 yea and I think there are achievements

[@artturisiikanen3843]

@@elisabethheiman2104 ecen if you pirate it its still winnable the only time that wasent possibly happened with a modded version the devs put on piracy sites.

[@WadcaWymiaru]

Pirate IS NOT downloading free game, but MAKING PROFIT on someone work! (not only games) People who download games&music are SEPARATED from them by many reasons (bad politycy, region, wrong price, religion ect.) If no free copy i would not know about Warcfrat, GTA and many MANY other games! 4:54 - it was similar problem in Lord of the Ring: Battle of Middle Earth. I just use other version of game...

[@wickideazy]

There's a fine line between "pirating" and "stealing" and I'm not sure anybody knows exactly where it is. Say I buy a book, and I enjoy that book. I tell my friend about this book and my friend gets interested in reading this book, so I lend him my copy of the book. He did not purchase it, but he got to enjoy it anyway. Is that "pirating?" Ditto a dvd/blu-ray. If I borrow a movie from my buddy next door, I get to watch it without paying for a copy. Did I "pirate" the movie? Here's one: manga and light novels. There are a ton of sites out there where people scan books, translate them, and upload them for others to read. They do that because these books do not have an English version. Now let's say that manga or light novel doesn't ever come out with an English version and/or doesn't even get published in this country, because many don't. So even if you wanted to, you couldn't buy it. As it would be therefore impossible for the publisher to make a sale to you in the first place, does that count as "piracy?" Note that I'm not arguing for one side or the other, I'm simply pointing out that there are no black/white answers; it's a massive gray area.

[@SpaceCase132]

Well, with the examples you gave with the book and the DVD, that wouldn’t be necessary considered “pirating”. If you lend someone a copy of something for free for the sake of sharing a film, with the promise of said person returning your copy and potentially going out on their own to have their own copy, it’s just sharing. But if you make additional copies of that material and give it away for free (or for a heavy discount) without permission from the distributor or producer, THAT’s considered piracy. In regards to international trade with mangas or light novels, I don’t know enough on that topic to fully discuss it. But regardless, in many cases, I think it has a lot to do with intent.

[@RodLucanor]

British hates piracy when historically was her mode of live...

[@magalaleo9949]

I'm a British pirate

[@finn8210]

Yeah well at least a rambling British pirate would have better grammar than you.