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AITAH for pirating games before buying them? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by 0485919158191@lemmy.world to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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Nowadays, the absolute vast majority of games that I play are shit tbh.

This is why I pirate games first to try them out. I wanna be very clear that if I think a game is good I buy it, no questions asked.

However, since most games don't have demos or trials, I don't want to feel like I've wasted money so I look to piracy so that I can try them out before making a purchase.

AITAH?

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[-] DerpyPlayz18@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

You can achieve the same with refunds on steam

[-] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 years ago

Totally solid option for some people, but not everyone. Depends on the game (some can’t be judged in two hours), your available time (can’t refund a game you bought a year ago that you only just now played), etc., and limits you to buying only from Steam. What if you’d rather buy from GOG or Humble Bundle?

[-] alansuspect@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago

I used to love getting floppy disks on the front of magazines 💾

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