Time to end piracy....at least to an extent.

[ionicsachin]

Many of us(close to ninety9percent) used pirated games. Of course we used, coz they were at the cost of bomb in India...but I think GTA IV has come up with this good thing....The game is just for 450 bucks!!!! ......and check the torrents, it sizes around 13 GB, that will make 3 DVDs on pirated, that will approximately cost us 250-300.....but putting an additional 150 is giving us original game, isnt that beautiful, no need of cracks and updates and all will go smooth,......its a good thing in our country coz there has always been a rule that "price low and sales will go high", and if all the upcoming titles are priced like this, not even us but the gaming companies will be at profit.....of course count the engineers who spend years in designing a game.....
It ll give us technical supports, updates, multiplayers, and the best of all, we ll have a original game collection at our holmes, isnt that wonderful!!!!!

[ThinkFree]

I don't play games. And have stopped using pirated os as well.

[rhitwick]

I don't know if u guys r updated or not, but POP 3 in 1 series is selling @649.

[ionicsachin]

man wen it was released, two thrones was 1499......GTA IV is 450 at release

[mrintech]

So wanna end piracy, why don't you take some legal actions right here: http://www.bsa.org/country.aspx?sc_lang=hi-IN



Report Piracy here: http://www.bsa.org/country/Report%20Piracy.aspx

[ionicsachin]

Thr is no time for legal action....against how many will u take it....system is interrelated.....no use of these links

we all have tendency to sit and wait...we think about "others are doing this too", at least that can be repaired

[mrintech]

Originally Posted by ionicsachin

Thr is no time for legal action....against how many will u take it....system is interrelated.....no use of these links

we all have tendency to sit and wait...we think about "others are doing this too", at least that can be repaired

This is the case only in India, Bet you....

[Log_net2]

Originally Posted by mrintech

This is the case only in India, Bet you....

dont agree ; piracy will not end.Its is through education and rightful information that piracy can be reduced.

[JojoTheDragon]

In my school we are tought about how to stop piracy but who cares no body listens coz there are many non comp users. If there is one way to stop piracy is to provide some decent free utilities & os and make it compulsory in school comp education so that children don't have search for pirated softwares. But in the case of games idont know

[ionicsachin]

Look, assume case 1: WinXP Pro is 6000 bucks and case 2: WinXP Pro is 1000 bucks......i suppose microsoft will gain more in case 2, as definitely a huge number of people will buy it, at least people who have even a lil knowledge abt Piracy...problem is prices in India are very high

[JojoTheDragon]

Ya this is right but what about other softwares.

[ionicsachin]

Maya and 3dsmax cost a nuclear bomb

[ruturaj3]

If all games in india r release at cost 500 like GTA IV, then most of ti people will buy ti og one.

[cyber]

i hav a doubt actually we all know many piracy sites(if we type in torrent then a bunch lot will appear).even somebody who controls piracy knows his.then why no legal action is taking place???????????

[mrintech]

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[ionicsachin]

i think cheap softwares and open source softwares can help us fight piracy..

[amizdu]

Never knew GTA 4 was selling for so less... Thanks for the info.

Now, I really want to buy this after my exams.

[mrintech]

^^^

Good

[Hitboxx]

Well, piracy is not just about games, it a wideload phenomenon, though you may reduce the price all you want, yet you will always find unsatisfied customers, piracy won't go away any soon, it may never go away (a scary thought), the more the pirates, the more tighter the copy protection and online activations and such mechanism get. So its an infinite loop, the only thing you can decide is on your personal level, which pill would you take, the red one or the blue?

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by rhitwick

I don't know if u guys r updated or not, but POP 3 in 1 series is selling @649.

3 in 1 series ? you mean all the three games together ?
can somebody please tell me how POP works under the latest version of WINE ?

Originally Posted by ionicsachin

Maya and 3dsmax cost a nuclear bomb

But atleast maya is giving a free PLE version. And in cases of software, alternatives exist. But nobody is going to make a free PoP clone for you, rest assured.

Another great game is Unreal Tournament 2004. Runs on all PCs, Runs on Linux, Macintosh and Windows, costs Rs. 500 and has around 100 good quality freeware mods to continue playing forever.

[gopi_vbboy]

Piracy Rocks

See piracy is in ur (most of us) blood

also piracy is Green

the cause of piracy is ur attitude.....so only change in attitude can stop piracy..nothing else can.the copy protection,copyright are craps.....there is always a genius to crack something somewhere for someone

[amitava82]

Originally Posted by gopi_vbboy

Piracy Rocks

See piracy is in ur (most of us) blood

also piracy is Green

WoW I wonder what kinda blood you have that made you a proud thief. Talk about yourself.

[ionicsachin]

i think the GTA is some <9.6GB x 2 ..........which might come in 4 DVDs in piracy world, coz they never saw dual layer thing.....that might cost 300-400 bucks...so its far better if one invests little more and go for original...

Right now i think its the first time any game was sold in large number of copies(original)....definitely the GTA ppl might have earned more rather than wat they wud have earned if the proce was 1500

[Liverpool_fan]

Will GTA 4 run in my configuration (Radeon Xpress 1250 @ 1440x900?? I think not. , but at least a 800x600 I hope.(I could run COD4 at that).

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

3 in 1 series ? you mean all the three games together ?
can somebody please tell me how POP works under the latest version of WINE ?

+1.
Also for GTA IV as well.

I'm asking this because it would be funny if I run original games in a pirated version of MS Windows.

I already play original Orange Box games in WINE.

But atleast maya is giving a free PLE version. And in cases of software, alternatives exist. But nobody is going to make a free PoP clone for you, rest assured.

Another great game is Unreal Tournament 2004. Runs on all PCs, Runs on Linux, Macintosh and Windows, costs Rs. 500 and has around 100 good quality freeware mods to continue playing forever.

Is UT a single player game as well?

Similar to the Orange Box I guess, HL2, HL2E1, HL2E2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, as well as addition like Lost Coast + so many mods to play (particularly Minerva rocks). @ 999 or even less.

EDIT:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...estingId=34390

GTA4 does not work under Wine

I guess if I buy that game, I would have to buy Windows @ Rs.5000/play it in Pirated Windows...
Bah Microsoft...You deserve to be pirated...

[moshel]

i got the original GTA IV myself as it was damn cheap @ just Rs. 499/-.....the greatest benefit is multiplayer games....and it rocks...

even i thought the same as many of u thought....in the pirates world it would cost Rs. 400/- so why not buy original for 499/-....

i wouldnt mind moving towards buying originals only if all games cost Rs. 499/-

as for someone saying abt POP 1, it does not make sense as its too old....games like GTA IV are the latest and ppl around the world are playing it right now...so u get the benefit of multiplayer...

and really the only benefit of buying original games is the multiplayer gameplay...and the worst part is that we need to have the disc in the drive at all times.

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by Anurag_panda

Will GTA 4 run in my configuration (Radeon Xpress 1250 @ 1440x900?? I think not. , but at least a 800x600 I hope.(I could run COD4 at that).

GTA4 is cheap but it definitely needs a good Graphics Card to run.
I guess in future, most GPUs which can play it at good settings may bundle it with the card. Rs. 450 investment for a best-seller game with the GPU sounds quite attractive.

+1.
Also for GTA IV as well.

I'm asking this because it would be funny if I run original games in a pirated version of MS Windows.

Lolz. Same case in my mind. GTA IV needs Vista I heard.

I already play original Orange Box games in WINE.

Whats the quality ? And how are orange box games ?

Is UT a single player game as well?

Single Player, BOTS and Multiplayer. It has mods which include the famous Red Orchestra, Tactical Ops (a counter strike clone), etc all of which are endlessly entertaining but free. A DragonBallZ mod is also in the working and would be released for free soon.

Similar to the Orange Box I guess, HL2, HL2E1, HL2E2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, as well as addition like Lost Coast + so many mods to play (particularly Minerva rocks). @ 999 or even less.

How is orange box ? what are its games like ? is it by steam ? but isn't steam already planning a linux port of all its games ? should I wait till then ?

EDIT:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...estingId=34390


I guess if I buy that game, I would have to buy Windows @ Rs.5000/play it in Pirated Windows...
Bah Microsoft...You deserve to be pirated...

lolz...
I think you should buy the game and install it in Windows 7 Beta testing version. Shantanu claimed that it gave gr8 performance b00sts.

[gopi_vbboy]

Originally Posted by amitava82

WoW I wonder what kinda blood you have that made you a proud thief. Talk about yourself.

pirate blood ...i was kidding..u taking so seriously...r u any GTA fanboy or what..... there is no way u can stop piracy coimpletely...this is a fact...but can be minimised....when the basement has a flaw why does one talk abt strength of structure relying... ur digital system today itself can be reverse engineered by many means...thats the problem

[R2K]

i hope softwares also become that cheap someday

[amitava82]

Originally Posted by gopi_vbboy

pirate blood ...i was kidding..u taking so seriously...r u any GTA fanboy or what..... there is no way u can stop piracy coimpletely...this is a fact...but can be minimised....when the basement has a flaw why does one talk abt strength of structure relying... ur digital system today itself can be reverse engineered by many means...thats the problem

Nope I did not. It just surprise me how some people take pride of stealing something. It's just human psychology. Some people don't steal because of moral and some people don't just because of law and fear. Assuming there are no law and fear of getting caught, all it takes moral to decide steal and not to steal.

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by amitava82

Nope I did not. It just surprise me how some people take pride of stealing something. It's just human psychology. Some people don't steal because of moral and some people don't just because of law and fear. Assuming there are no law and fear of getting caught, all it takes moral to decide steal and not to steal.

+1. I have a friend who is just like that. He proudly claims that he has lakhs worth of software/games all pirated. He enjoys writing batch files to automate the cracking. To him, some group called "N-H-A-N-C-3" (atleast thats how he pronounces it) are the greatest guys ever. He wants a Pirate Bay T-Shirt for his 18th birthday.

Piracy when forced is one thing, but THIS is something at a much different level.