Piracy at It Best

Piracy is a crime, no matter how much you wish to own something that is not yours the item will never become yours unless you earn it. It might seem alluring when you are given a chance to get an item for free but remember every time you pirate you damage the company that created the item that you are pirating. You might feel that the price for the original item is too high, but does it excuse the damage you cause the company whose products you so dearly desire. I might want to live in an expensive area, but no matter how much I love a piece of land will it be justified to forge legal documents.

Yes whenever you use an illegal key for any game, may it be battlefield, skyrim or any game that is ruling the market what you are doing is forging documents. You are in clear violation of the company’s law and that is a crime in itself. So how does pirating damage a multimillion dollar company? It’s simple, by taking potential sales away from the company. Such a thing might seem only harmful for the small developer, but trust me even a multimillion dollar company feels the loss that this lack of sales creates.

You might try to justify yourself by saying “I am just testing the product” or that “The game was pathetic, not even worth playing”, but remember no matter how bad the game was, no matter how many glitches it had it took hard work to develop it and the salaries of many working men depend on it. A good example of the losses to the gaming industry is the case study of 2008 in which the industry lost approximately $3 billion to pirates. What did that result in? Pay cuts, jobs lost and hard working men sent to the streets. For the company itself if the title does not bring enough revenue, even if pirates were the cause, the title is discontinued.

So do you want to play battlefield or assassin’s creed? Just buy it, if you can’t afford it simply earn it and you might feel better supporting your favorite company and title. Stop looking for your favorite game’s free key generator or working serial instead take on a part time job. If you want to test a game, just ask a friend or go to the game retailers. Yes game retailers have an option to test the games before purchase, surprised aren’t you? Let’s all continue our battle against piracy and continue to support the industry that we so dearly love.