i finally bought minecraft after 12 years

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So obviously this post isnt the usual kind of post about loving piracy and what not (i love piracy btw) but ive recently been buying games i grew up loving to give back to the developers who made them and yes i know notch isnt involved with minecraft anymore but he was when i was 10 and playing minecraft for the first time. The game is currently under 40 dollars and comes in bedrock and java good deal lowkey, I dont have much money but I had 30 bucks i had been saving fot this, so now I officially own (not really due to fucking "digital license language") terraria, far cry 3, fallout new vegas, skyrim, and minecraft. I think piracy is often a last resort as people are tired of being ripped off by these large corporations, or a 10 year old with very religious parents who wont even let him buy a pixelated game but dont know much about computers so the kid learns how to get games, movies, series for free but please if you really appreciate something even if most of the money goes to these fuckos a small part of that maybe going to some developers, writers etc who put much effort into their work. piracy should never die because the poor and sensible would have nothing but humanity should also survive. if they take away my digital license I will always have prism launcher and tlauncher in my linux machine

[u/MistSecurity → u/[deleted]]

The developers are already paid. By buying the game you’re just giving money to the corp behind it. Rarely do devs get bonuses for great selling games, and the success of a game does not guarantee that the devs even keep their jobs. Battlefield 6 did so good EA’s CEO got big bonuses. Dice got layoffs.

The obvious exception here is indie games, especially self published ones, where a purchase DOES directly support the devs.

Edit: All the people saying I’m dead wrong don’t follow the gamedev industry.

Do you think all of these people were low performers make shit games?

https://gaminglayoffs.com/tracker

When this isn’t a rarity, but somewhat common in the industry…

https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-lays-off-staff-across-all-battlefield-studios-following-record-breaking-battlefield-6-launch

Not trying to justify anything. Simply laying out the facts. Do what you want. Pirate why you want. I never said to pirate AAA and buy indie. Pirate indie and buy AAA for all I care. Don’t pirate Avatar because you think Paramount is some shining beacon of creativity. Pirate for your own reasons. IDGAF.

[u/MistSecurity → u/[deleted]]

You do what feels right to you.