Quoting: SamsaiPicture has a guy with a beard. Guess what game has dudes with beards? Skyrim. So, it's Skyrim and you can cite me as a reputable source.

A reputable source of what? Salt?

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Quoting: MohandevirThis said, I really hope that you are right, but do not underestimate Microsoft.

Hard to underestimate a company that scrapes the bottom of the barrel so regularly. I gave up with them and their products about 16 years ago and they haven't yet made me regret my decision.

Microsoft can struggle all they want, but they're simply not the only big fish in the pond any more. They're still the biggest in the desktop computing space, but that simply means anything they do to push others off the playing field is considered anticompetitive.

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Quoting: MohandevirMicorsoft Surface with Windows 10S. Their hardware, their OS. They will try to convince gamers to use the Xbox One X to stream to the Surface. That's Microsoft's vision of the future. Not sure it's going to happen but it's heading this way.

Windows 10s is Microsoft's answer to ChromeOS. In essence it's the next Windows RT. A lightweight, stripped down Windows with very limited software compatibility and application base, enforced Bing etc. It's an example of a new platform instead of trying to close down an existing one. I certainly don't see it as a threat.

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Quoting: stretch611(Microsoft's only problem is with anti-trust law; which is not likely to be enforced with the current administration, it doesn't mean it wouldn't be enforced with the next.)

You write like MS only cares about the US market. The truth is, this would face an immediate antitrust challenge in the EU. It's much harder to close an existing platform with a majority market share than get a new, closed platform out there. How do you expect them to enforce a single marketplace when they can't even legally require/enforce a single web browser?

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W: Clue not obscure enough. Unless it's a double bluff and Feral is just trolling us.

I for one don't mind at all if it turns out to be the TR sequel.

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Quoting: NyamiouSorry but even if this is true, piracy is popular today because of a deeper problem where people more and more try to profit from society as much as they can while not being willing to do anything for it. The way it affect video game sales is irrevelant because in the end that is a dangerous behavior that we have to stop from becoming more popular to protect the fundations of our societies.

Oh, you read the conservatism handbook? Or are you just overly nostalgic? Because that sounded almost comically like the "get off my lawn" speech.

People haven't changed. Technology has, and so has business. As long as people have had the means to "pirate" stuff, they've done it.

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Quoting: wvstolzingThe C64 was never really a *good* gaming machine

:O You take that back right now or we can't be friends anymore!

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Quoting: tuubiAnd why shouldn't they be able to fund their project? Like Shmerl said, Emulation and software reverse engineering are completely legal in the free world. Might be a grey area in the corporate states of America, but what isn't?

That depends on the EULA of the thing You want to reverse engineering or emulate.

No it doesn't. An EULA often contains additional restrictions, but those do not override freedoms explicitly codified in law. If an EULA tells me I cannot make a backup of a game on my hard drive or some such bullshit, according to EU law I can simply ignore it and do it anyway.

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Quoting: tuubiApples and oranges.

not really, piracy is piracy dont matter what you're piraiting.
if people who use pirated photoshop dont use gimp/krita, why do you think they will use linux?
people took years to replace IE they would take even more to replace an Operating system, piracy only make this stuff harder

You missed my point. I totally understand why people pirate Photoshop (and no I don't think they should), but pirating a text editor is pointless. You won't lose much productivity or convenience by switching to a free alternative.

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Quoting: tuubiIf someone already owns the game on a console, they're not likely to buy it for pc. If they pirated the console version to play with an emulator, they're not likely to pay for the game anyway. This argument is pretty much nonsense.

that is exactly the reason that they dont want people playing it on pc.
thanks for confirming that Atlus is right.

Oh, I disagree. If they don't want people playing it on PC because "they're all naughty pirates who will only buy if we give them no choice!", Atlus is a bunch of idiots.

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Quoting: pbHeads up: the three DLCs included in GOTY are required for 100% achievements.

Good thing achievements are totally pointless.

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Quoting: elmapul"It's GNU or nothing? Who would even pirate (or buy) a text/code editor when there are so many excellent free alternatives around."
i can say the same for photoshop, oh wait, people do pirate photoshop!

Apples and oranges.

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Quoting: elmapulthey cant make an profit proting the game for pc, if everyone on pc had played the game already.

If someone already owns the game on a console, they're not likely to buy it for pc. If they pirated the console version to play with an emulator, they're not likely to pay for the game anyway. This argument is pretty much nonsense.

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