2011-05-06, 06:17 AM
I don't know why, but this feels as good a time as any.
I used to work for Sony's FPQA.
Yep. Granted I haven't been called back in two years and gave up on going back to them ever and am currently looking for new work. I.E. I have no inside info or explanation for what's happened. Even if I did, I was a tester rather than a coder; they always hated us for breaking their games too >.>
Any which way, despite my aggravation towards them for leading me on that there would be more work for over two years, I still can't see this from the other perspective. While legality may be questionable, what these people are doing is leading to losses, and is just plain unethical. I admit to doing my fair share of pirating in the past, true; but whenever I was able, I would do whatever I could to support the industry.
The way I see it is if it is something you enjoy, legal, and available in your market, you should endeavor to purchase it. Even if it requires waiting until there is a price drop to what you consider reasonable. Why be the poison to something you love? My only counter to this would be games that have invasive software to prevent piracy which cause more harm than good (I.E. Spore).
I used to work for Sony's FPQA.
Yep. Granted I haven't been called back in two years and gave up on going back to them ever and am currently looking for new work. I.E. I have no inside info or explanation for what's happened. Even if I did, I was a tester rather than a coder; they always hated us for breaking their games too >.>
Any which way, despite my aggravation towards them for leading me on that there would be more work for over two years, I still can't see this from the other perspective. While legality may be questionable, what these people are doing is leading to losses, and is just plain unethical. I admit to doing my fair share of pirating in the past, true; but whenever I was able, I would do whatever I could to support the industry.
The way I see it is if it is something you enjoy, legal, and available in your market, you should endeavor to purchase it. Even if it requires waiting until there is a price drop to what you consider reasonable. Why be the poison to something you love? My only counter to this would be games that have invasive software to prevent piracy which cause more harm than good (I.E. Spore).
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