The Flaw That Killed AOH2 and Will Kill AOH3 if nothing is done about it

[Wayne23lololh 1,625]

59 minutes ago, Денис Живков said:

@mattxjpg Dude, explain yourself, what are you doing? what's your problem?

It happens to me too, someone which I have some conflits, discussion is the only way to get along

[RostislavMerte 99]

On 6/14/2024 at 4:33 AM, OwnM3Z0 said:

that doesn't really justify it, being poor doesn't give you a pass to be a terrible person

just saying broski,i have no choice but to pirate. Same with the rest of 146 million people living in Russia,and 10 million in neighboring Belarus. So unless you guys upload the game to VK Play or some shit i am pirating it, because Steam won't let my ass buy the fuckin game.

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my anti-argument https://mega.nz/file/a7ZkFAQB#18cA5lTS6xnyjZVLqpwSiNyURL1V920iJjo99F37oEo

[JohnnyDoe000 16]

I don't think piracy kills games.

Piracy is not the same as shoplifting. When you shoplift, you are taking a physical good that the store had to pay to acquire. To get a copy of that good, the store has to purchase it again. When you steal that good, the store doesn't get any money back for what they paid for, and thus they lose money.

Video games on the other hand are not physical goods, it costs nothing to make a copy of a game. When you pirate a video game, you're not stealing a copy that someone else would have paid for. People pirate games because they do not want to pay, and if you somehow take away their ability to pirate, they simply won't buy the game. At least pirates will be playing the game and driving engagement and possibly making their own mods.

Now, if 100% of gamers pirated their games, obviously these companies would make no profit, but that is a wild hypothetical that doesn't happen in reality. Someone mentioned earlier that 35% of gamers pirate. If you took away that 35% ability to pirate they still wouldn't buy the game because chances are the reason they pirated in the first place is because they are too poor or they don't think the game is good enough to spend money on.

The most efficient way to combat piracy is to adjust prices in countries with high inflation so that people there can afford the game and workshop integration so that the only way to mod the game is to own it on Steam (albeit there are ways to download workshop mods without owning the game on steam but only the most knowledgeable pirates will know how to do that).

[YouravaragebrazilianAoCfan 244]

On 6/13/2024 at 8:30 PM, fffroooesss said:

Richie rich poor people are poor people they will do everything to NOT pay 'cz they don't care about stealing they care about having that now b 'cz they are poor and poor people do cheating 

i only have 50 dollars and i asked my grandpa to buy AoC2 3 TIMES Just Ask A Parent (i got AoH2 iphone, AoH2 Europe Iphone and AoH2 Steam)