Hotline Miami dev says even bugs in pirated copies of his game 'worse to me than losing money'

[Brochacho]

What a legend
Game is great and deserves all the money it can get.

[Hawke7]

[QUOTE=Lord Fear;38260045]You can actually benefit financially from piracy. More than one studies has shown for example that people who pirates music are more likely to buy it than people who don't. I am pretty sure this applies to games as well, if you had a good experience with a free product you'll want to support the maker.

If I had made a game, I'd release two versions of it. One on tpb and other torrent sites, which is the full game completely free. And one payed version which would have multiplayer (if it fits the game of course) and updates, most likely through Steam. The free version would be everything you'd get when pirating the game anyways so I'd use it as marketing. Why fight the inevitable when you can use it instead? It would be free marketing.[/QUOTE]
You mean like a "demo"? You know, the thingies that have been neglected lately?

[Lord Fear]

[QUOTE=Hawke7;38260182]You mean like a "demo"? You know, the thingies that have been neglected lately?[/QUOTE]

Demos are usually well polished bits of the game. Often way more polished and controlled then the actual game to make sure it's fantastic. I'm talking about the full game for free, minus the parts you'd lose either way if you'd pirate it.

[abcpea2]

i dont like this game

[Mooe94]

[QUOTE=abcpea2;38260466]i dont like this game[/QUOTE]

ok

Söderström is a fucking boss. I wish more developers had the same attitude towards pirating

"[...] I've found some really obscure things that have given me so much inspiration through piracy, and I never would have had a chance to experience these things without it [...]"

That quote applies to me in so many ways I believe. I would never have been the person I am today without being able to pirate stuff, whether it be software like Photoshop or music albums.
I know that when I can [I]afford[/I] to buy the stuff I pirated, I'll gladly be doing that if I want to support the creator.

[JustExtreme]

Nice to see someone more passionate about sharing his creation with as many as possible in a greater proportion to his income

[Mooe94]

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