Gamers Turn to Piracy and Boycotting Efforts Against Activision

if a game was stolen this would be *theft

*The actus reus of theft is usually defined as an unauthorised taking, keeping or using of another's property which must be accompanied by a mens rea of dishonesty and/or the intent to permanently deprive the owner or the person with rightful possession of that property or its use.

if a game was pirated it would be copyied

the difference, if i walked into game and grabbed a game and ran off that is stealing or theft

if i copy a game that is duplication and piracy but NOT stealing

calling it stealing is a media spin to make it sound worse then it is, ok you can say but your taking revenue away by stealing a game you would of brought in the most cases i dont think thats right. back when i owned a spectrum (the last time i embarked on a life of crime as a software pirate armed with my friends games some blank tapes and no clue it was illegal) i used to duplicate any tape i could get hold of, i certainly didnt have any money(i was only 7ish)

i dont condune piracy though i can see how it could be effective to stop the gaming industry from charging the riduculus prices they do now and get smug gits who want to raise the cost further to think again but stop using the word steal its just wrong

^ what he said.. well, except the part about not-condoning it. GO PIRATES !!! :lol:

I believe gamers and citizens should use every means they have at their disposal to convey their displeasure to the people that govern their lives. GO PIRATES!

activision is just a publisher, piracy will hurt devs too; like IW.

Since people are talking about doing some nebulously legal stuff they could instead of resorting to piracy or in addition to, make some demonstrations in front of Activision's HQ to show them our displeassure and stop buying games but in a more general sense since most people will buy their games day one even if they feel that they are overcharging thus fueling Kotick's dumb ideas about pricing and peripheral mongering.

Unfortunately the gaming "community" are not very organized and will most likely sell their souls than wait to buy MW2 for example. So, in the end unless we learn to band together we deserve every raise and mistreatment coming our way.

tell that to piratebay..

I think half of the gaming community doesnt even know who this guy is or what is he trying to do, making a stand in front of their HQ will definetly not lower their sales... We got to make sure their HQ is rigged with bombs and blow up the whole place!!!!

I don't condone piracy but this guy is ajoke and talking crap!!! If this was the price of the games imagine the price of the console. Me I wouldn't purchase the console or the games until someone hacked it to play backups and I would never play an original for fear of scratching the game.

I think this guy is a joke and attempting to exploit loyal customers. Well I say fook Bobby Kotick and anyone in the industry that ignores the fact that most gamers aren't millionares... Sorry for the rant.

Drop the price for the games and nobody will pirate games... who wants to pay for a game cost 79$ +tax when it should be 30$ !

Dam if i wanna buy 2 games its like buying a new console + 99% of the games today i wont pay 1$ for it lousy gameplay no story and 1940 graphic.

Here are some good points.

But would be really unfair to Infinity Ward team and others that we "make pay" this guy by the "piracy way". They surely have nothing to do with the Kotick's statements (hell yeah, he's an a-hole) and they shouldn't pay for it.

Instead, Kotick should start giving an apology or, at least, try to calm the situation down or he's going to have real hard times.

By the way, the image is hilarious... because he sure does look like that :lol:

I think we should make a youtube video about the subject and the whole petition plan. This would let other people know about Activision and their dirty plans.

First Steam... now Activision... what is to become of the gaming world? :confused:

I wonder though if the guys at infinity ward get paid whether or not the game does well. They might even already have got whatever bonuses they were liable for. I dont know how the gaming industry handles salaries but I doubt they work with the hope of getting paid if the game sells and dont get a monthly salary regardless.

Your right on the fact that they get paid on a monthly, weekly, every other week or however your studio decides to pay you.

I say Activision fire's Baawwbee. Then makes their games actually cool. I mean come one Activision you're not a monopoly, not even close. This has alway been the problem with the gaming culture though. Either you are right below monopolizing or you are dead as soon as you start.

Honestly I am boycotting all of Activision's games now. I'm done with the following companies as a matter of fact. Nintendo, Capcom, EA, Valve, Rare, and Activision. Are all sucking little kids who don't know any better, and/or making whores out of their old popular franchisees.

But I am praising the following companies for making good games and being "Fair" About it.
Insomniac games, Naughty Dog, Bungie, Sucker Punch, Rockstar games, Bethesda, and last but not least Atari.

Atari did a great job on the ghost busters game, and I understand I made it sound like I was not enjoying my self. But this is not the case. Atari made a very good game but was not directed very well at hardcore gamers. Thus I has to state that Hardcore games will not enjoy it.

Rockstar, has made GTA one of the best games ever made. And although Bethesda and Rockstar both released their DLC on the 360 first. That was a business decision and I can't complain.

Bungie, has made time and time again free DLC for Halo 3 players. Everyone should be thankful that they are very into their community too.

I don't feel I need to explain the other 3, but just let it be known that they are still some of the few good companies left.

Here is what I say, Boycott the 5 I said are bad and buy more of the others. Konami and Polyphony Digital, are also good companies. But Poly hasn't been very active, and Konami is just slightly better then everyone else.

hahaha, I think I miss used the word "pay" :D

I didn't mean that they shouldn't get money or anything, what I meant was that they shouldn't get punished because of this guy's big mouth ..... especially when they do such amazing videogames.

I'm not sure either how this industry works, but I'm pretty sure too, that they got paid already, therefore the money now is going to other hands ... stupid hands I think. :D

im sure ill get flamed but...

Why cant you all just get over it... i've been playing games since ive been 3 =\ *currently 20+* Games have never been all that cheap, also the average gamer isnt that smart... you have FF VII for instance, that game sells so well on the ps3, even with all the piracy, and even with all the people who owned it/beat it in the past... whatever will sell, will sell reguardless...

there are also people who stick with the series they like, I for instance buy all of the "makai" series games, that Nippon ichi puts out... this is no different than anyone else... REGARDLESS of how many of you join in the fight, it will be like piracy... a very small number, that is useless to care about =\

You could get in trouble making a statement like that...

Yes take that Activision!!!!!