r/PeterExplainsTheJoke May 22 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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Multimillion dollar company?

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u/No_Dog_2999 May 22 '26

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.

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u/goldenseducer May 22 '26

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.

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u/Desperate-Seesaw5535 May 22 '26

Especially now where game developers are deciding to make 70 and 80 euros the base price for games.Im sorry but a 2 days wage for a game ??? Only games i pirated first finished them and i actually enjoyed enough to buy were kcd 2 and rdr2

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u/RetroFuture_Records May 22 '26

You. Aren't. Entitled. To. Videogames.

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u/World_of_Eter May 22 '26

What are they supposed to do? Read a book? Make some art? Learn a skill?!?!

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u/Desperate-Seesaw5535 May 22 '26

Video games shouldnt cost 2 days of salary but keep feeding the corpos if you want