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AITAH for pirating games before buying them? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Nowadays, the absolute vast majority of games that I play are shit tbh.

This is why I pirate games first to try them out. I wanna be very clear that if I think a game is good I buy it, no questions asked.

However, since most games don't have demos or trials, I don't want to feel like I've wasted money so I look to piracy so that I can try them out before making a purchase.

AITAH?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No, not at all. Games used to have demos and trial versions, like basically all games, but game studios used to have to actually finish making a game before they shipped it. Trying before you bought was the business model of the whole industry. Now so many games are shipped in such bad condition they wouldn't dare let you try it first. Trying before you buy is just prudent, as long as you actually buy the ones you like enough to play through.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There were plenty of demos of amazing first levels and absolute trash as the rest of the game.

Blatantly lying as marketing is as old as videogames themselves.