According to a report in InformationWeek, Microsoft banned about 1 Million users from Xbox Live due to pirating. This action may annoy some users that are now heavily punished for their "small" crimes, but it makes people like me, who pay for their games, feel pretty darn good.The thing I wanted to talk about, however, is not whether pirating is good or bad, or even to discuss Microsoft's reaction. In this post I would like to tell you why I've decided to be a legit Xbox player, and in fact, this has little to do with my conscience.
Many of my friends have the chip for the Xbox (and in the past, for the PS1 and the PS2) and I've watched them from the side play whichever game they wanted as soon as it came out. As I watched them, I've noticed something else. They rarely finished ANY game the had burned illegally, and what I've come to realize is that when you have no limitation and no boundaries, you can't fully enjoy your games. This may sound as a rather strict attitude, but it actually makes allot of sense to me. If I had all the games I wanted at the minuet they came out, I would be scattered all over the place. I believe that when you have to consider every game before spending a decent amount of money on it, you research more, anticipate more, and when you finally have the game - enjoy much more.
With that attitude I've established quite a collection of great games, and I'm proud to say - I've played them all the way through. .
Would love to hear your thoughts about it.
Play more,
Morris
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As a PI-AARRR-ATE myself, I concur. This is why I *don't* download every game I see.
ReplyDeleteI also finish games. Sure, I've got some shit installed that I thought would be nice and wasn't (Battlestations Pacific - shitty, shitty game), but overall, I don't go all over the place.
This 'variety brings indifference' bit is true for a lot of things, including women and food. If I give you a choice of 100 different dishes, you won't know what to eat and will eventually not enjoy yourself quite as much. If you had a different chick every week instead of a nice, steady girlfriend (or seven), you wouldn't be able to thoroughly enjoy every last woman.
Too much attention scattered over too much 'space', leads to just that - too little attention over stuff you would normally give yourself to. Granted, Need for Speed isn't Badlur's Gate, and I don't spend 10 straight hours playing NFS (even though I love it), and some games require more attention while others very little, so there's a compromise.
I always have a favorite game or two installed, which I play frequently and finish. The other games just.. await their turn. :)