Posted July 27, 200519 yr What's with the gaming industry lately? Online you can get Adobe Photoshop CS2 which is worth US$599.00, absolutlely for free, without any serious validation, harddrive spoofing, or such. But when it comes down to a $50 game, it seems that the security is going crazy there, harddrive spoofing, required online registration, required valid key, auto-full-ban for cheating, no game files are allowed to be edited(harddrive spoofing) So big company's like Adobe could care less if people are easily able to steal their products and get away with it without any trace... But smaller companys(EA, Valve) that make $50 games, go insane for loosing a mear $50...
July 27, 200519 yr Author Well it's not only Adobe, What about Microsoft Windows? Most of us use it and a large portion did not even pay for it, yet it is still able to ge the updates, run all the games perfectlly, you do not see a multi-billionaire Bill Gates complaining... I don't remember that Valve had much of a problem without steam with cs1.6 and hl, Even though large portion of their games were illegally downloaded, Some how they still managed to achive millions, and look at the new Source Engine, pretty. So if Valve's STEAM is being really harsh on this, then I better damn hope to see that Valve does something good with the billiions of dollors they have earned and release a pretty decent Half-Life 3, if not then I guess I will have to rant about them in future....
July 27, 200519 yr Reason: Because big companies license out Photoshop to use on their thousands of computers = big profit. The gaming industry relies on individual customer purchases to survive... no guaranteed money. Most companies would never think of pirating software because of it's potential consequences.
July 27, 200519 yr chubr0ck']Reason: Because big companies license out Photoshop to use on their thousands of computers = big profit. The gaming industry relies on individual customer purchases to survive... no guaranteed money. Most companies would never think of pirating software because of it's potential consequences. CSS got millions upon release, even though pirating the game was available to all (with full online capablity)
July 27, 200519 yr chubr0ck']Reason: Because big companies license out Photoshop to use on their thousands of computers = big profit. The gaming industry relies on individual customer purchases to survive... no guaranteed money. Most companies would never think of pirating software because of it's potential consequences. correctamundo! adobe get's guarenteed money off of business/schools/colleges/uni's etc... because should a business consider making money off of adobe, or any other company for that matter, without paying for the correct legal licenses to do so, they face a fucking big law suit which would just not be worth it compared to ponying up the do' for the licenses. and how many home users do you know who have an honest version of photoshop :P i can say i know of one, and he didn't buy it again when his son told him he could get the full copy for free.
July 27, 200519 yr But smaller companys(EA, Valve) that make $50 games, go insane for loosing a mear $50... lol
July 27, 200519 yr Well it's not only Adobe, What about Microsoft Windows? Most of us use it and a large portion did not even pay for it, yet it is still able to ge the updates, run all the games perfectlly, you do not see a multi-billionaire Bill Gates complaining... I don't remember that Valve had much of a problem without steam with cs1.6 and hl, Even though large portion of their games were illegally downloaded, Some how they still managed to achive millions, and look at the new Source Engine, pretty. So if Valve's STEAM is being really harsh on this, then I better damn hope to see that Valve does something good with the billiions of dollors they have earned and release a pretty decent Half-Life 3, if not then I guess I will have to rant about them in future.... Microsoft is going fucking crazy now: blocking updates, validation I hate MS, but their OS is awesome
July 27, 200519 yr well when i pirate something, the company doesnt lose money, cause the way i see it they never had a sale in the first place.
July 27, 200519 yr well when i pirate something, the company doesnt lose money, cause the way i see it they never had a sale in the first place. same here
July 27, 200519 yr Yep i downloaded GTA: SA but i would not have bought it in first place anyway i had to make myself finish download cause i cant be bothered but i bought BF 2 and wouldnt have downloaded it.
July 27, 200519 yr Microsoft is going fucking crazy now: blocking updates, validation I hate MS, but their OS is awesome Looks like that version of XP I just downloaded for my friend is going to be open for viruses and exploits. Oh noes. All you have to really have is a good firewall and virus scanner and you're set. by the way, Maggot I like your new sig.
July 27, 200519 yr maybe its because with products like adobe PS you offer a service i.e. a website / logo, whatever for which someone else payes you for?
July 28, 200519 yr Yep i downloaded GTA: SA but i would not have bought it in first place anyway i had to make myself finish download cause i cant be bothered but i bought BF 2 and wouldnt have downloaded it. i downloaded sa for p2 but played it for 10 minutes n i downlaoded bf2 and never sintalled it :( i like to sell bootleg versions to other people
July 28, 200519 yr i dont give a fuck, they make enough money anyways. when they stop making a profit then they can start crying fgts. plus i wouldn't have bought it anyways
July 28, 200519 yr its because the adobe associates are like hmmmm...... code anti-piracy software orr......... play on photoshop and watch tenticale rape hentai........ hmmmm i wonder which one won?.
July 29, 200519 yr not being racists, but i heard 90% of russia uses pirated copies of windows. :dfinger:
July 29, 200519 yr not being racists, but i heard 90% of russia uses pirated copies of windows. :dfinger: Why would that be interpreted as racism?
July 29, 200519 yr People are money hungry assholes, and even when they're worth $5,000,000 they're not going to stop.
July 29, 200519 yr and how many home users do you know who have an honest version of photoshop :P i can say i know of one, and he didn't buy it again when his son told him he could get the full copy for free. Mines illegal. Your right, I don't think I know of anyone with a legit copy of Photoshop. My aunt who happens to be a graphic arts person thingy got fired from her company that she worked for. She stole photoshop from them before she left. She gave the disc to me and i had it. I got a new computer and just downloaded it. On a side note, does anyone else have the Paradox crack for. Just curious to see how well known it is.
July 29, 200519 yr Cause it ain't no fun to cheat & rage on Adobe lol. funny shit. and that other guy means smaller companys compared to Microsoft and shit like that
