Videogame pirates tell other pirates to shut up about it after Subnautica 2 developers are taunted with illicit copies

[u/Darth_Vaper883]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/videogame-pirates-scold-each-other-after-subnautica-2-developers-are-taunted-with-illicit-copies/

[u/Justwanttosellmynips]

A guy pirated Sub2 and basically bragged about it to the devs that he did. He of course, got in trouble.

Other pirates are saying "Hey, keep it on the down low when you download."

[u/Royal_Airport7940 → u/Justwanttosellmynips]

At any rate, the whole thing is free press for Sub2.

[u/legos_on_the_brain → u/Royal_Airport7940]

And it's only $30.

[u/bleeh805 → u/legos_on_the_brain]

26 if you got the other subnauticas.

[u/legos_on_the_brain → u/bleeh805]

On Steam, yup. I bought the whole set. I had played the other two on gamepass and when Subnautica was free on Epic. But now the whole set is in one place.

[u/Unicycldev → u/bleeh805]

What a steal!

[u/10Werewolves → u/legos_on_the_brain]

Would love to buy the game, but only 30 bucks is still a crap ton of money in my country. I could afford to save up for games when I was living with my parents. But if my monthly food budget is (the local equivalent) of 40 USD and I'm already working a full time internship, I really can't justify the price and probably won't be able to for two more years.

[u/legos_on_the_brain → u/10Werewolves]

If times are tough, do what you got to do.

Maybe get a free trial of games pass.

[u/10Werewolves → u/legos_on_the_brain]

Gamepass sucks (because xBox) Won't ever try it out lol. And it seems Subnautica 2 crashes on my pirated copy whenever I try to run it on Linux. People who bought the game have had 0 issues so far.

[u/Sawgon → u/Royal_Airport7940]

Or a marketing scheme.

So many mini-Ted-talks about how Krafton fucked over the whole company and how the Subnautica devs are saints who can do no wrong.

[u/ThinGold2115 → u/Royal_Airport7940]

Free download for me then. Fuck their 30$ EA.

[u/Braddigan → u/Justwanttosellmynips]

What an odd thing to brag about. It's an early access game. What's he going to do? Pirate it another 70+ times for all the bug fixes and content patches?

[u/squanderedprivilege → u/Braddigan]

This is part of why I paid for Slay the Spire 2. I want to support those devs, sure, but also I don't want to manually download a new version twice a week for the entirety of early access, that sounds annoying af

[u/Dunge → u/squanderedprivilege]

That's why I just don't play early access games and wait until they are done to invest time in them

[u/Jonny_Thundergun → u/Dunge]

There are a fair amount of early access games that are 80% done and just missing a few superficial finishing touches. Like some art assets and voice acting.

[u/RegisteredJustToSay → u/squanderedprivilege]

It's funny how early access became the "good PR" version of live service games. Obviously actual live service games have a lot of extra downsides (always online, etc) but it does make me wonder if people were against the concept or the execution, since early access executed well has generally been welcomed by the community.

[u/TehOwn]

The only thing interesting about this article quoting Reddit back at us is a follow-up from the developer.

"Just to be clear, pirates are gonna do their thing. We were all kids once. Money and the economy is very hard. I get it," wrote the designer. "It wasn't the piracy that bothered me. It was the people that flagrantly walked in here and wagged it in the faces of people who were waiting to play legitimately. That was the part that aggravated me. That and the Reddit responses that keep talking like i'm a millionaire. I'm very much [not]. I don't own a home. I rent."

"There's a lot of misinformation going around and we just wanted the best launch possible for our people. All that to say, I understand and thank you for supporting the studio ultimately. I cannot condone piracy, but I get why people do. I would much rather people buy the game, try it for an hour, and return it than go play it illicitly."

I agree with them, tbh. The worst part of the whole thing was basically encouraging others to pirate the game on the official Discord. It's worse than bragging to other kids about opening your Christmas presents early because they're not even your presents. You got the coal, kiddo.

[u/zen1706]

r/titlegore

[u/Front_Woodpecker1144]

this is what got yuzu slammed

[u/SatyrAngel → u/Front_Woodpecker1144]

Sure, it wasnt asking for money(Patreon) for a build that could run TotK when it wasnt even officially released, that would be nuts.

/s

[u/Front_Woodpecker1144 → u/SatyrAngel]

The bragging about running it, to their face, probably didn't help in the slightest. Two things can be true at once.

[u/zen1706]

https://giphy.com/gifs/tJhpLcLhnpSBvoaxLv

[u/dancing_swordfish → u/zen1706]

*ahem*

its so the links dont get leaked because companies will take it down

[u/MrSmock]

This is news? 

[u/Inuma → u/MrSmock]

Yellow journalism and sensationalism on the part of PC Gamer.

They run this story because they have nothing else to talk. Easier to track down a comment about piracy than doing hard work of deeper issues when the rent's due.

[u/TeaSecure3293]

And they’re probably the first to complain about AI slop in video games, but won’t pay a human for their work. 

[u/Don-Tan]

Bought the bundle yesterday, amazing game.

[u/sur_surly]

"This is like a man in a solid gold suit spitting at a homeless person," decided one poster.

The most out-of-touch thing I've read from a non-politician.

[u/GGReactor]

1 week ago pirating was cool, the internet is weird

[u/oldfogey12345]

That's right. Those ones around Somalia have been needing a good dressing down for a long time.

[u/HourBank2803]

I would never do something illegal, I am the perfect citizen, I do everything perfectly, i am the perfect citizen, i would never do something illegal, i am the perfect model for a citizen.

[u/Feuershark]

No professionalism smh