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?

  • PerogiBoi
    281·
    8 months ago

    Nope. What you’ve highlighted is the need for more game devs to create free demos so people can try the games before they buy them.

    If you download a game, find you really like it, and then buy it, you’re not harming anyone nor are you withholding funds from artists.

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
      9·
      8 months ago

      Does anyone else remember bringing home free trials on floppy disks? Like you get the first level of Wolfenstein or Commander Keen and you just play that over and over because you don’t have any money.

      • PerogiBoi
        5·
        8 months ago

        A bit before my manufacture date but as a kid there used to be CD ROMs in cereal boxes which had games like Tonka, Hot Wheels, Timon and Pumba, Rainbow Fish, etc. Those were hype.