Video Game Piracy in India

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prasath_digit

prasath->loves(APPLE);
Hi guys, I've been gaming since 16 on the PC initially, at the time of buying the PC, due to ignorance i bought only pirated games. Only after being introduced to computer mags like Digit,Chip, i came to know tat a single original game costs 1000/- :shock:. Even then I can't afford enough money to buy original games.

I know tat many gamers in India don have the luxury to buy original games, cause mostly they were school students or college students.

But i see that recently game distributors in India have significantly reduced prices for some of the most wanted & best games,:):) to as low as ***Rs.299/- Only***

Current Original Game Prices:-

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow Of Chernobyl = 299/-
F.E.A.R. = 299/-
Splinter Cell Double Agent = 299/-
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter = 299/-
Far Cry = 299/-
Call Of Duty = 299/-

NFS Underground 2 = 499/-
Max Payne 2 = 499/-
Prince Of Persia Warrior Within = 299/-

(this is very very low compared to their international versions).


Only the newer games like Crysis,Mass Effect,COD4,Bioshock costs 1000/- or more, but eventually those prices will also come down in abt 2 years or so

So I'd like to know :-

-> What u guys think abt Game Piracy in India? :)

-> Currently do u buy Original or Pirated games? :twisted:

-> If u have enough money, then would u buy Original Games? :rolleyes:
 
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dreamsalive

Broken In
no matter how much they reduce for original discs,piracy wud still prevail in our country.

original: - pirated in my case= 1:100
buying original game cd's/dvd's=wasting money ,(not if u have extra money to throw away and all that BAAP KA PAISA stuff) or ur earning big piles of cash...

What u guys here @ the digit forum think abt Game Piracy?--its ok as pirated discs are 100 times + less cheaper then original ones having same quality and may be free in some cases:eek:

Currently do u buy original or pirated games? PIRATEDDD FOR SURE!

If u have enough money, then would u buy Original games?-NEVERRR everrrrrr,look man its india yahan sab kuch chalta hai.

look most(i mean it) of we indian have very less per capita income compared
to western countries and def. most of us wont b buying a single game for 400-1000 bucks when u can get the same for 20 bucks with same quality.
so thaz y piracy rulz!!
 
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no matter how much they reduce for original discs,piracy wud still prevail in our country.

original: - pirated in my case= 1:100
buying original game cd's/dvd's=wasting money ,(not if u have extra money to throw away and all that BAAP KA PAISA stuff) or ur earning big piles of cash...
dude, change your attitude. Its not right to be proud of your piracy

What u guys here @ the digit forum think abt Game Piracy?--its ok as pirated discs are 100 times + less cheaper then original ones having same quality and may be free in some cases:eek:

Currently do u buy original or pirated games? PIRATEDDD FOR SURE!

I buy original games. That doesnt mean I'm insane :mad:
I save up for about 2-3 months and buy the ORIGINAL game
 
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alexanderthegreat

Overlord v2.0
I use Open Source software :cool:. Well, except my Vista(that was a gift from dad, original!). I've only got freeware and/or original games. The only games of that type I've got are from 'the DVD that put Badjag into trouble;)' :D.(I dont wish to start any war!)

I think piracy is bad. It is why game/software companies do not extend their markets much in India. But I hate the pricing strategies of foreign software companies more than piracy! They should cut down the cost to Indian levels.

Moreover, piracy may be good for software companies. Anyone remember 'Is Piracy Good' from April 2006, Digit? That Article completely changed my opinion of piracy! Those were some great Articles. Digit was in top form then. For digit n00bs(Stop cursing and be proud of it), here's the link to read it online:*www.thinkdigit.com/details.php?article_id=1311.

Oh, and if I had enough money, I'd go get a graphics card instead of buying games first. And no, I would never accept that pricing strategy(it's even affected the iPhone! piece of junk though!).
 
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dreamsalive

Broken In
ok then me then what benefits will I have if i buy original games??!!.....OR its just waste of money?, as i wrote earlier.:x
 

axxo

99.9% Idle
I have bought few games that are genuine & original when I was schooling, out my ignorance I forced my dad to get games for my computer that some even costed around 2k.
I could still remember of spending 100-200 bucks for the 5.25" floppy shareware games in 1996-97. Games that I own and original are
1. Rally Championship - 1999/-
2. Cricket 97 - 1299/-
3. Cricket 99 - 999 /-

Ever since all my games are Non-genuine, either bought from local bazaar or downloaded from torrents.Although I work in a MNC now I dont bother to spend anything for games or softwares.
 

alexanderthegreat

Overlord v2.0
Alexanderthegreat or whatever said that I prefer 'Open-Source' and so I asked that where do you get an Open-Source and Free version of Crysis u n00b

You just can't! I don't have Crysis. For the FPS category, I play America's Army(a nice game where camping is proudly known as strategising. Well, not exactly...). My PC won't run Crysis anyway! And as I said above, I hate the pricing strategy of most software in India so I just won't buy it! Don't listen to Shah Rukh Khan, dude! BE SANTUSHT! It helps a lot. Oh and by the way, its alexanderthegreat(small a), nice to meet.. well, write to ya!

@dreamsalive: If you buy original, you get Official Tech Support for the game/software, and also the hair on your head gets a chance to grow as you don't pull it out while trying to bypass WGA and stuff. Oh, and you also get cursed by piracy-supporting-people for buying original;)!

Dont curse me people! I dont support piracy but I dont hate it either(thanks to that article mentioned above!)
 
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prasath_digit

prasath_digit

prasath->loves(APPLE);
A SELF-RESPECTING INDIVIDUAL WILL BUY ONLY LEGAL GAMES..............:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:The Only reason why everyone is buying original hardware is because hardware cannot be pirated like software!!!!!Else companies like Intel will exist only in history books :mad:

FOR THE IT PEOPLE ONLY:-

Everyone knows that the software industry is one of the most highly paid industries in India(IT industry). U WANNA GET PAID HIGHLY FOR DEVELOPING SOFTWARE, BUT U DON WANNA PAY FOR A SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY SOMEONE LIKE U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.............WHAT THE F*** IS THIS?.........ANSWER ME U PIRATE SUPPORTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....................ANSWER ME!!!!!!!!!!............
 
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axxo

99.9% Idle
A SELF-RESPECTING INDIVIDUAL WILL BUY ONLY LEGAL GAMES..............:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

FOR THE IT PEOPLE ONLY:-

Everyone knows that the software industry is one of the most highly paid industries in India(IT industry). U WANNA GET PAID HIGHLY FOR DEVELOPING SOFTWARE, BUT U DON WANNA PAY FOR A SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY SOMEONE LIKE U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.............WHAT THE F*** IS THIS?.........ANSWER ME U PIRATE SUPPORTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....................ANSWER ME!!!!!!!!!!............

:D:D:D writing in bold & large size fonts not going to make any difference. Thankfully am not a developer but only providing infrastructure support. You still think MNCs are developing games & softwares that individual's use? What u guys are developing are for corporates and other big giants and AFAIK none of IT company in India involves in developing games.
Piracy in India can be defeated only by pricing nothing else.
 
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toofan

Technomancer
But i see recently tat game distributors in India have significantly reduced game prices, Games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.,Splinter Cell Double Agent,Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter,Far Cry,Call Of Duty costs only 299/- (very low compared to their international versions).Only the newer games like Crysis,Mass Effect,COD4,Bioshock costs 1000/- or more, but eventually those prices will also come down in abt 2 years or so(hey its fun to play Quake 3, Call Of Duty 1 even today).

Where do you buy such cheap games give the address please?
I too have some original one which i buyed. The POP series.
Rest I borrow form my friends but never downloaded any game yet.
I am a bit confused about using pirated stuffs. I have Original software but I never bought them. They are meant for our office but never get installed there or get activated. I used them and activated on my PC at home. I don't know that comes under piracy or not. But most of the software I use are open source. I recently installed linux in my one of the office machine and I too made a dual boot with xp at home.

Actually In india PC still are not a need they are things for pleasure or learning. And If any one wants to go original I think the total cost of his PC will go as high a 1 50 000.00 so can a middle class student or a person having family to feed can buy such a machine. No he can't do that but still he has to learn computing.

Its not that only Indians are using pirated software. At Piracy meter we indians are much below then the americans. So its not good to say that India mein he aisa hota hai.

And one more thing---- The pirated games are downloaded form Braodband through torrents. And till date I never found any indian who had uploaded any the originals games to torrent site to get downloaded by others. We only taste piracy we don't make them.

Now if the original latest games will be available easily and cheaply at Rs 100/200 per piece then I think every one will be buying them.
 

Plasma_Snake

Indidiot
Its the same funda as george Bush says in Harlod and Kumar's Escape from Guantanamo Bay"You like getting HJ but won't give one". Man everybody want their $h1t to be either free or tax free. You tell me if there were no consequences, would you still refrain from using Pirated software? Guys who eagerly support it or use it haven't had first hand experience of the consequences of Software Piracy. Moreover people of the "Geek" community have been deeply pacified by "Steal this Film I&II" in this matter and I'm not blaming it or anybody, just telling my views. Hell I'm a Pirate to the core, except the hardware, every piece of software I own is PIRATED. Bolo Kya Ukhaad logey mera?
 
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