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We have been pirated; we're a real game studio now! · by Safety Stoat Studios (December 04, 2024) (itch.io)

submitted 3 weeks ago by thingsiplay@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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A hilarious blog post of a studio who discovered there games are pirated. They even say

Of course, I would feel very bad if anybody paid $120 for a free game

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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I learned when I released an unsuccessful mobile game a couple years ago that there are apparently automated piracy sites out there. I say that because we found a seemingly hacked version of the game on some sketchy app sites just a week after releasing it (and nobody knew about our game, so I highly doubt it was done by hand).

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There are a lot of websites that pretend to give you a hacked version but all the download button does is to show more ads. They just automatically fill pages with automatically stolen content from play store

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds believable. We definitely didn't download it so I couldn't say for sure.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But this game is a physical cartridge for an old console. It's not just patching and rereleasing in digital form. And it will be shipped in a box. So this is not something that can be automated (at least not by everyone, other than Amazon maybe).

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Totally agreed on that. Sorry didn't mean to derail the thread. I just thought someone might be interested to know about the automated stuff.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

No need for sorry and its understandable. Especially if one of your games or products are stolen or used without the license, and therefor want to bring attention to the subject. I can not even imagine how much automation must exist in the web, that's only job is to steal and "repackage" data just to sell it on another platform. Happens with videos, with blog posts, with photos, ... games... and basically anything one can imagine.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago

I was really shocked at the speed of it. Very surreal experience.