The funny thing is that it was actually cheaper buying it online than buying the pirated DVDs Long live Lord Gaben 

How much those pirated games DVD cost like in comparison to steam pricing during steam sale?

most malaysians still under mentality that buying ori games are effing expensive. so, when i showed them bundle games such as Humble Bundle, they go like "wtf??so cheap??!!", but still they dont have debit cards to buy them. end up, they give me real money, i buy for them using my cc...

Look at the minimum wage in most parts of Asia and then compare the price of a typical PC game and you'll easily figure out why. Plus, only a small minority of gamers in Asia are actually aware that Steam has sales in the first place or can be bothered to pay for something that they can easily get for free. I used to be a pirate until I spent a week to download something that didn't end up working so I bought the legit version on the Steam Summer sale instead. It only took a few hours to download vs 1 week of nonstop (throttled) torrenting. The funny thing is that it was actually cheaper buying it online than buying the pirated DVDs Long live Lord Gaben 

Most of the money I spent is on Amazon and GMG.

yeah, i bought 2 copies of pirated l4d which both doesn't work which cost rm 20 per cd, than original that cost only rm 15 in steam sales.

so much money wasted on pirated pc games, its not even funny.

Mostly Pc gamer in Malaysia mainly play dota 2. Steam should review dota 2 player statistics.

I agree with miraclejustin, most of the malaysians only play dota 1 & 2, and candycrush.

they don't play other games..

i once played batman arkham asylum in front of them  .. they asked me to play dota instead  

Yeah. If it's not dota, it's pirated games. I study at a richfag private uni (well not really, it's the cheapest ITPS I think) and after a group meeting one richfag dude (FaMA Scholar, not PTPTN) noticed that I had Starcraft II installed and you know what he said? He asked if I could copy it over for him  Unfortunately my copy is ori so of coz cannot lah. But it shows that the average Malaysian (student) will always consider piracy first. One of my friends has a RM4k rig but all of his games are jack sparrow versions. 

most malaysians still under mentality that buying ori games are effing expensive. so, when i showed them bundle games such as Humble Bundle, they go like "wtf??so cheap??!!", but still they dont have debit cards to buy them. end up, they give me real money, i buy for them using my cc...

Same here. Every time I say I have a game, they ask me to copy to hard drive lol.
Even had a chat with a friend and they think buying games is pointless, even though I gave a good argument why buying games is not bad at all
Most Malaysians (student) did not know what Steam was until Dota 2 came.

I buy from Amazon EA games only. Region free XD. Others not dare. Lucky didn't get MGR from Amazin as I heard it's region locked. I got it via buying thru gifts though

i heard gifting is blocked for MGR according to Steamdb.

us 1 is region free

Someone in the forum helped me purchase thru gifts. Luckily it's not Region Locked .

We are lanun nation, that's why.

I'm quite serious.

most malaysians still under mentality that buying ori games are effing expensive. so, when i showed them bundle games such as Humble Bundle, they go like "wtf??so cheap??!!", but still they dont have debit cards to buy them. end up, they give me real money, i buy for them using my cc...

Another things why many students look for pirate becoz, Uni (USM Eng Campus) block internet for game..  , so I resort to buying pirate although I manage to setup good gaming rig.

Actually we are going backwards. The fact that most Malaysian households still consider Astro essential but aren't willing to pay upwards from RM150 for fibre internet shows that a lot of ppl rather use cheap mobile broadband for their internet needs.

Point being, the developments of streaming stuff, cloud and digital distribution is lost in a society that is technologically ignorant. Youngsters that get high-speed internet use it for downloading shows and movies.

I always thought the younger generation would innovate and move the country to the right direction. But now, I don't think so. All I CAN do is do my best to highlight steam on my site and always be a proponent of buying original.

actually fiber internet only available in limited city in Malaysia, not everyone can get it even if they are willing to pay for it. And I don't really find the connection with the topic either.

You don't think a high-speed internet is important to digital distribution? Innovation with online retailers and service demand internet speeds to be better. But if there isnt the demand then you wont see it become huge. Digital distribution I mean. Only speaking in Malaysian context. People continue to pirate due to apathy and being ignorant and when the economy of entertainment is dependant on disc based products or pirated products, the demand for high-speed internet is not as urgent.

but...but...but kiddies these days go dl stuff from lanun bay, not buy discs anymore. been lik ethat for quite some years edy

Actually we are going backwards. The fact that most Malaysian households still consider Astro essential but aren't willing to pay upwards from RM150 for fibre internet shows that a lot of ppl rather use cheap mobile broadband for their internet needs.

Point being, the developments of streaming stuff, cloud and digital distribution is lost in a society that is technologically ignorant. Youngsters that get high-speed internet use it for downloading shows and movies.

I always thought the younger generation would innovate and move the country to the right direction. But now, I don't think so. All I CAN do is do my best to highlight steam on my site and always be a proponent of buying original.

but...but...but kiddies these days go dl stuff from lanun bay, not buy discs anymore. been lik ethat for quite some years edy

You'll be surprised that how many people out there doesnt know how to download movies from pirate bay which is why disc based piracy is still rampant.

Actually, some dev. trying very hard to get us, the genuine buyer away from their product and in the way encouraging the pirate themselve.
Dev. like Konami, going region locking crazy with their title are just fueling the pirate. They did it on MGR and now Castalevania 2 as well.
To the dev., stop complaining pirate when you are the one swaying buyer away

+1. I have stopped buying pirate a long time ago. However, this kind of ridiculous behavior on the dev side is why the dark side is so tempting. I absolutely hate it when someone tells me about a game and I get interested, then tells me I cannot have it- it's very painful on the heart and reeks of racism and bullying. Less painful is if the game gets released in Malaysia but in Japanese, which a lot of people don't speak.

Region locking must stop. If they region lock a game then complain about piracy, they brought it upon themselves I'm afraid.

Jonatan Söderström has responded to complaints and questions on file-sharing website The Pirate Bay under the name 'cactus69', providing advice for users who are experiencing problems with pirated copies of the game. Söderström has made a post on Twitter admitting that whilst he does not want anyone to pirate the game, he can empathise with the fact that some people may not be able to afford it.[39]
When questioned about piracy issues by Eurogamer, Graeme Struthers of Devolver Digital said "He (Söderström) just felt he didn't want people playing the buggy version of his game however they got it. He wanted them to get the patch. He basically said, 'I'm not going to criticise this, it's a fact of life. It would be nice if guys could find it within themselves to pay for it, but that's the world I'm in, so you know, you just have to take it for what it is.' It has been torrented to such a staggering level, and given the file size of it, I mean, you can't really be surprised, right? You could pass this thing around on the world's smallest memory stick. So it has been torrented to extraordinary levels."[8]

Movie based pirating is different than games. People pirate DVDs and Blu-rays because pirated ones provide DTS5.1/Dolby 7.1 and Lanun Bay only has shitty compressed audio.. unless you download lossless FLAC ones which will make the file size shoot up to like 50GB. Ain't nobody gonna download that with our speed.

Games... Many Malaysians STILL do not trust online payment.. I have lots and lots of friends that refuse to use Steam to buy stuff simply because they are afraid of paying online, scared of getting hacked and stuff like that.

I still remember buying GTA4 when it came out at RM10 per disc.. TWICE. 4 discs x2 is already RM80. Granted that time Steam is still small and retail copies are freaking expensive.

I still pirate games to test them out, if I like it i'll buy them. I don't know why devs and pubs don't provide demo versions anymore, so I have to resort to pirating it first. Pirating really does not equal to lost sales. Statistics have shown that pirating actually increases sales because of increased exposure.

When i saw this thread, Betafail 4: Premium Bug Edition(i paid RM 300 for this shit, never again!) and Rome 2: Total Fail comes to mind. Because their products are not physical, they think they can con the f*ck out of us. Imagine buying faulty cars. The irony is, they cry about pirates not respecting intellectual properties when they themselves fail to respect us customers. Go pirates!

When i saw this thread, Betafail 4: Premium Bug Edition(i paid RM 300 for this shit, never again!) and Rome 2: Total Fail comes to mind. Because their products are not physical, they think they can con the f*ck out of us. Imagine buying faulty cars. The irony is, they cry about pirates not respecting intellectual properties when they themselves fail to respect us customers. Go pirates!

I do purchase games now since I can afford it, but lets face facts, we are earning MY and original Games in general are quoted in USD 
Also sadly in Malaysia, parents are not as supportive in Games. Is not every 12-17 year old kid can afford an Original title    Id remember last time I had to skip meals to play WoW during my secondary school life 

Im not sure has this been brought up, but Imagine this. All the game company in the world collaborate and ONLY release their PC version games on a platform like steam.  Would that kill of piracy market ?    Its just a theory from a Game Dev point of view. Cheers ~

That's bad. Monopoly of any sort is bad. They will be able to put any draconian restriction that they want.

I do purchase games now since I can afford it, but lets face facts, we are earning MY and original Games in general are quoted in USD 
Also sadly in Malaysia, parents are not as supportive in Games. Is not every 12-17 year old kid can afford an Original title    Id remember last time I had to skip meals to play WoW during my secondary school life 

Im not sure has this been brought up, but Imagine this. All the game company in the world collaborate and ONLY release their PC version games on a platform like steam.  Would that kill of piracy market ?    Its just a theory from a Game Dev point of view. Cheers ~

Gaming is actually the cheapest form of entertainment you can ever find.

Even if you put 60USD into a game, you get much more value out of it if the game gives you more than 30hrs of entertainment.

Besides, I only buy like 1-3 games only per year since I got Guild Wars 2 and Loadout to keep me entertained.

Gaming is actually the cheapest form of entertainment you can ever find.

Even if you put 60USD into a game, you get much more value out of it if the game gives you more than 30hrs of entertainment.

Besides, I only buy like 1-3 games only per year since I got Guild Wars 2 and Loadout to keep me entertained.

Well it is definitely true that games is 1 of the cheapest form of entertainment.
But a heavy gamer like me who purchases  Games on weekly basis , it can be quite costly   
And not to forget, students who have not started working can hardly save up USD60 for games    unless all of them just stick to Dota 
I have been doing abit of research on Game Pricing in MY for my company, I do find adults complaining games are too expensive and advicing their kids to buy the pirated version. This could also be a reason which contributes to high piracy as Parents are teaching their kids to do it.

PS: How is Gaming cheaper then Badminton ?    All using Yonex Boron 200 ka ? 

High quality shuttlecock + the rent + shoes + racket maybe?

For me if I cannot buy the game at full price, I will buy it on discount.

Then again there are bunch of people that insist on playing the newest game and ditch everything as old as 3 months.

High quality shuttlecock + the rent + shoes + racket maybe?

For me if I cannot buy the game at full price, I will buy it on discount.

Then again there are bunch of people that insist on playing the newest game and ditch everything as old as 3 months.

gaming can be exp too, imagine how much it cost to build a rig that is able to run in maximum quality

local FB so-called "PC gaming comunity" group. pinned is a link to Skidrow page

local FB so-called "PC gaming comunity" group. pinned is a link to Skidrow page

the only thing i can say is they doesn't represent the pc gaming community in malaysia  anyway.
why pirate stuff if you can afford a "gaming pc".

some are because of region lock
ie : metal gear revengeance

the only thing i can say is they doesn't represent the pc gaming community in malaysia  anyway.
why pirate stuff if you can afford a "gaming pc".

Confession Bear: Used to Pirate everything until I got my first job. Now mostly either preorder or steam sale. I also buy "cosmetics" in Dota and CSGO.

My generation almost destroy PC gaming. Now we have to put it back on track.

Thx to Steam. and EA (yeah.. right..)

Don't forget the site's that offer bundles too, commercial and indie alike.

I tried the EA Bundle before, but I only play 2 out of 5 games. I guess I'm a player, not so much of a collector. I'll just get what I want.. limited time for gaming too...

High quality shuttlecock + the rent + shoes + racket maybe?

For me if I cannot buy the game at full price, I will buy it on discount.

Then again there are bunch of people that insist on playing the newest game and ditch everything as old as 3 months.

gaming can be exp too, imagine how much it cost to build a rig that is able to run in maximum quality

those are blindly follow trend . just like smartphone . now S5 come out all rush buy S5 ,  some of them  even don;t know what is  the different between S4 and S5 etc .  They dont even know what they like and what they need just follow trend .
same like my neighbor aunty who buy Iphone 4S last time. I ask why you buy Iphone , she say' ever1 using mention abt Iphone so i must buy one to use or else i will consider 'outdated' .

I only buy games when there is sales... All the new games which cost like USD50 i would never buy them... I mainly buy games from steam sales only or humble bundle if there's good sales...

However, look at ea games... origin store... I would never buy them, they are priced around USD70 or 80 plus.. its insanely high, and it forces me to get pirate version.... I'm no millionaire man....

I only buy games when there is sales... All the new games which cost like USD50 i would never buy them... I mainly buy games from steam sales only or humble bundle if there's good sales...

However, look at ea games... origin store... I would never buy them, they are priced around USD70 or 80 plus.. its insanely high, and it forces me to get pirate version.... I'm no millionaire man....

i thought origin use sing dollar not usd right??
because previously i bought game from them the currency is in sing dollar...
if usd then memang mahal lah lol...

Sing dollar or not, still expensive given $70 for a game.

Sing dollar or not, still expensive given $70 for a game.

I only buy games when there is sales... All the new games which cost like USD50 i would never buy them... I mainly buy games from steam sales only or humble bundle if there's good sales...

However, look at ea games... origin store... I would never buy them, they are priced around USD70 or 80 plus.. its insanely high, and it forces me to get pirate version.... I'm no millionaire man....

take a look at /k/ and you'll know why