Nerevarine
Keeper of the Watch
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Don't know why no one mentioned problem with bad games, movies, etc. Current distribution system makes you pay for things which could be a total disappointment or pure pleasure with equal probability. I hate this. I hate to be cheated. So I always use pirated versions for preview and if I like the thing than I pay for it. I have four copies of Oblivion all legaly bought (first edition and GOTY - English and Russian versions), I paid for two copies of Falllout, DAO-Origins, Drakensang, Gothic and many other games. In my view it's a fair deal.
It depends - if a game doesn't have a demo, or a comprehensive demo that gives a solid look at how the game will function, then I can see the "try before you buy" as a somewhat valid reason to torrent something. However, the fallacy with this argument (and I'm not saying this applies to you) is this: How many people who use this method wind up playing the pirated version for a significant amount of time to "try it out before purchasing" and then come up with reasons why they "didn't like it enough" to buy it? Some people will justify at great length why a game that they have spent a significant amount of time with - or even beaten to completion - is not worth purchasing, so that is the big problem I have with this method.
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