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70% of Russian Gamers Are Pirates Following Western Publisher Exodus (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 2 years ago by pizzaiolo@slrpnk.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] laenurd@lemmy.lemist.de 6 points 2 years ago

From the exorbitant numbers of Russians playing DotA and CS:GO I would assume there is a significant part who enjoys playing online games.

And while, sure, there are numerous examples of alternative networks / cracked servers etc., If you want to participate in "real" community of one of these games, you'll have to use an official client.

[-] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

What do you mean by real community ?

[-] laenurd@lemmy.lemist.de 6 points 2 years ago

The official online community of a multiplayer game. E.g. there are numerous private WoW servers, but the biggest and most relevant community plays on the official servers.

[-] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

Wanting to play in the biggest community make sense but any alternative is better than nothing so i don't think they care that much if the local community is big enough and it certainly is in Russia.