I only agreed 'cause that's the case with me lol. I'm not shy about spending money, as most here probbaly know by now -.-, especially if I like the company. I know that for the majority of people pirating, it's because it's free. That is fact.
What I was agreeing to, is that there are even more people that choose to pirate, over and above those people doing it to get free games, out of spite for the fact that stuff like this is becoming more and more apparent. Gears, Spore etc etc.
Rather than act as a deterrant, you still get those selfsame people who're too cheap to spend the money to buy the games, but you also get people like myself who'll do it just out of spite for the company.
Of course im not so naive to think that pirating games just because of ridiculous DRM is going to make them stop using it. Considering companies seem to be rather clueless, and will probably increase the DRM measures instead of thinking that more people are beginning to pirate because of that selfsame 'protection', in hindsight it's just going to end up adding to the problem itself.
buuuut... since they're going to continue on increasing it wether or not me and a hundred thousand others pirate out of spite, I may as well enjoy my short-lived sense of victory :/
Besides, if the game is decent and I like the company I'll buy it, then use a cracked version. They get their money, I bypass DRM. Everyone's happy.
It's just that that doesn't work for games that require online use -.-
On that note, EA can burn in h-e-doublehockeysticks. I'm tired of feeding them money.
