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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by mikkupikku on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @12:30PM (#46435691)
I've got gamer friends who live in countries / situations where ten dollars is an exorbitant amount of money. Buying a new release at 60+ just isn't a realistic option for most of the population.

So what should they do? Go back and change where they were born? Abstain from participating in modern culture? Or reach out and take the thing which is free?

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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by Aurornis on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @01:08PM (#46436132)
Your friends can afford the type of gaming PC necessary to play those $60 titles, but they can’t afford to buy any games for said PC?

And they can’t even wait for them to go on sale? They need to buy them right at launch, at their full $60 price?

> Or reach out and take the thing which is free?

It’s not free. It has a price.

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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by mikkupikku on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @02:04PM (#46436732)
You can play most games to some degree on hardware that's 10+ years old, but yes, hardware is usually something they've scrounged and saved for.

And do tell, what is the practical price of pirating a game you couldn't afford anyway? Risk of a virus? Some abstract cost to society itself? Nobody cares.

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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by brigandish on Thursday January 01, 2026 @08:59AM (#46454165)
If they scrounged and saved for the hardware why can't they do that for the software too?
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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by account42 on Friday January 09, 2026 @11:46AM (#46555749)
Because if they already struggle to afford a PC then anything on top of that will be even harder.
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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by brigandish on Sunday January 18, 2026 @02:19AM (#46665528)
That's a special pleading argument. I'd love a Ferrari, are you going to say that I should get a special price because it's hard for me to afford? Perhaps given to me for free because I scrimped and saved for a house with a garage, why should I have to scrimp and save for a car, or a car I really want?
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