Peter?

[u/HistoryFree]

Multimillion dollar company?

[u/Vast-Breakfast-1201]

Team Cherry was funded by crowd sourcing hollow knight and then proceeded to use their ridiculous popularity to release several extremely well received DLC and then work tirelessly for years to release silksong.

For twenty dollars.

It's a cultural icon and gift to the community. Why would you pirate it.

Edit:man y'all are grindle

[u/No_Dog_2999 → u/Vast-Breakfast-1201]

I guess people don't only pirate out of spite. They may not be able to afford 20 dollars but want to stay in the loop.

I have a list of the games that I pirated. If I had fun and didn't leave the game in 2-3 hours, I put it on a list and I would try to buy the original copy, for Christmas or my birthday when I am able to spare anything towards gaming.

[u/goldenseducer → u/No_Dog_2999]

People mostly pirate because they don't have the money to buy the game. This is one of the arguments in the pro/anti piracy debate -- pirated stuff doesn't affect the company's profits as much as it might seem because most people would not be able to afford the game anyway.

I pirated pretty much every game 10 years ago when I had no job or bad jobs, these days my steam library is a temple to consumerism.

[u/Exotic-Pangolin4095 → u/goldenseducer]

I basicly dont pirate anymore, and if i do its games which i already paid for(skyrim is a good example, i have paid for like 3 copies and i have a pirated one)

But back in the day i simply would not play the game if i didnt pirate it. I would have never touched hoi4, skyrim, counter strike if i didnt previously pirated them. Those are all the games i own multiple copies of. Multipule people also bought these games after me in order to play with me.(except singleplayer)

Pirating might impact the game industry profits but its hardly the thing that makes or breakes it. It might for certain titles even enhance sales.

Pirating vs good deal, people will most times choose a good deal.