Perhaps you forget yourself, or perhaps you only see piracy as being theft. The definition of piracy you have is far more narrow than the one developers use. After removing the sand from my nethers (I was bitchy before, my apologies), I believe it is time to ask a question. What is piracy?
No, not the question of where you draw the moral line. I want to know what piracy is to the companies who develop games and DLC.
I will admit to legally purchasing several games. I then download "pirated" versions of these same games. Why, that's simple. I hate DRM that makes every single game feel like a tether. You have my $60, now let me play the f*cking game.
By the definition of the companies that produce software, this is illegal. Perhaps they are right; I don't steal anything, the developer gets their money, and I get to enjoy the game I paid for. No solidshield, no Origins, no GFWL. None of these have evben slowed piracy, and they make people who would otherwise pay want to pirate a "working" version of their games.
For DLC, and for games, developers have to learn to respect their customers. Releasing crap, or shaving off gameplay elements that aren't "necessary" is not acceptable. Customers have to learn that piracy hurts everyone. One free game is a minscule influence, until you look at the big picture and see a million people taking "one free game." The corporate backing has to learn that games would be better if all the funding that goes into DRM would be spent on making better games. I'm tired of being assumed to be a criminal, because executives at a game company lack any grounding in reality. I'm tired of games taking twice as long to load, because DRM "has" to be there.
This said, I know moaning does nothing. I for one will not buy EA games casually. I will not buy an NFL game, ever. I will not install a game that comes out with day 1 downloads. This is the only way to let publishers know. They don't listen to words, but a hit to the pocket book will cause them to change policy.
