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[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Pirating single player games is unfortunately the way to go, considering you BUY a single player game and STILL get fucked on it.

[–] CybranM@feddit.nu 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Disagree, like yesman (lol) said it's best to wait. I'm not that worried about playing games day one but I still want to sort the Devs, after they've patched out the bugs and removed DRM preferably

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

If only buying games actually supported devs anymore. Devs seem to get fired for any reason nowadays.

Bad game? Fired. Good game? Also fired. Popular game that people loved? Believe it or not, also fired. Develop a game only for the company to change direction and the game gets cancelled? Absolutely fired.

You'd think these publishers would value talent as much as their intellectual property but they seem to not care anymore for either.

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Plenty of singleplayer games are from indies, those more or less support the developer.

[–] Sebastrion@leminal.space 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm sure most pirates don't sit here and want a crack for a 10-20€ Indie Game. But a 80€ Game (sometimes even with additional microtransaktions like skins etc.) Yeah I see that.

[–] GriffinClaw@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Any indie devs out there using Denuvo?

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Just saying, indie devs just dont have the money and time to use denuvo

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

And you don't need to wait for indie games, though you might need to be patient about early access quality. But, as long as the dev(s) stick with it, even that can be satisfying to see the game improve from a janky boilerplate mess to wherever it is really headed.

[–] CybranM@feddit.nu 2 points 2 weeks ago

I get where you're coming from and I agree the job security for Devs and the financing of games is fucked. It's still disingenuous to claim that pirating the game has the same impact as buying.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not either, I get them on sale later, just pointing out why would they screw over a paying customer with DRM bullshit.

Only the devs who don't use Denuvo

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pirating is getting so hard for me that it’s becoming not an option. Comcast has started blocking vpn nodes for me, but only of I am torrenting. And if I turn off the vpn, DMCA notices out the ass. I’m kinda stuck.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What VPN and where are you located?

Couple things you can do, try changing your router DNS to quad9 or open DNS, make sure you're not using Comcast default DNS servers.

Try a new VPN provider, I've been using Torguard for almost a decade, zero issues, there are discount codes where you can get it for $29/year.

I have a dedicated desktop for seeding, I upload about 1TB per day on soulseek/nicotine+ and torrents.

https://youtu.be/xAo61IaXun8

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank you, you’re a god among men. I use a pihole for DNS, but I will give Torguard a try because I’ve been thinking of getting rid of private internet access since they went all corporate.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Pihole is fine, just make sure it's not using the Comcast DNS settings. I have a pihole instance also that I use to block ads.