predcon: Also, why shouldn't you be treated as a thief? It's statistically favourable that you will steal the game rather than pay for it. I end up "being punished" for it, and so do you.
I got a much better idea.
Lets lock everyone up in jail and throw away the key.
I mean there all just a big pile of thieves or soon to be thieves.May as well save everyone time and money by just locking them up now.
Remember game demos? I for one sure do remember them.
Could download one of a game you were thinking about buying.
To try it out to see if its worth your money.
Now a days no game demos. I have to go by the word of reviewers and others who have play the game.
Sometimes one can not get a feeling if a game is for them with out playing it for there self.
With no game demos to try out that leaves them with risking 50-60 bucks on buying their game they may dislike or saved that 50-60 bucks for something they may need more then a game.
Lets say i when to the same shoe shop for 10 years. got all my shoes form there.
I when to the check out line,waited my turn. Then the worker there out of the blue calls me a thief after i have paid them the cash for the shoes.
Pissing off your buyers by treating them like thieves is not the way to go.
Rewarding buyers that have paid for you game, like a discount on the next item you buy.
Is a much better way of keeping a buyer happy and if a buyer likes their item they may very well buy more form them on the count of being treated like a paying buyer and not a thief.
if i buy a item and they make it hard for me to use it like giving me a manual in a language i can't read .then add checking up on me every 5 months to make sure the car i got form their store has not been stolen..odds are you just piss off one of your buyers.. i don't think i will be buying form them any time soon.