I now have a backlog of games I never intend to play(bundles), or games that I pirated as a kid(original x-coms come to mind). Nowadays that I do have income, I buy a lot of games, be it steam sales, humble bundles, and so on. Don't think I contributed to their downfall, couldn't get a boxed copy anyways(always wanted one). Since those days, the only studio I can think of that's not around is Sierra, and I'm not getting an Arcanum 2 anyways, so meh :(. As a young kid/teen, I pirated exclusively due to no income. Last year I was able to buy Witcher 3 and Rise of the Tomb Raider (+Season Pass) for 500 INR (about USD 7.5) each, so as long as deals like that keep happening, I doubt I'll have to go back to torrents, unless the game distros suddenly turn anti-consumer. I guess uncompressed textures and audio are a better deterrent than Denuvo.
The games with (IMO) prohibitively expensive pricing are mostly the big AAAs (CoD, GTA, FIFA) and these days, those titles don't really interest me anymore.Ĭonsidering the data caps we have for our internet (I have a 150GB monthly cap, and that's considered extravagant here), I don't want to download a 40GB game through a torrent and find out there's some issue that keeps me from playing, so I mostly stick to the Steam/GoG copies. Nowadays, the Steam prices in India are very reasonable, and payment is also a breeze. In some cases, the purchase was just for 'ethical' reasons, and I continued playing the torrented version since it had less hoops to jump through. Torrented several games in the past, subsequently bought legit copies of most. "Is this site legit?" - About gray market keys The more specific you are, the more we can help. Please follow the basic format found here when making game suggestion requests. Submissions must use the original source. Rule #9: Use the original source, no editorialized titles, no duplicates
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