i really like the way valve is marketing their games, its much effective.

see eclub its like 100 times better than SMM

now i still see war3 selling for RM 180 while latest multiplayer games from valve is RM 80 (tf2)

my advice is to those who want original games but cant afford one, save RM 1 a day. One year you can get minimum two games. I use this method as i am a student. It worked well. Valve/Steam also gave me more reasons to purchase ori, since i use to pirate last time. My city alone have 5 illegal dvd store, one nearby police station =.=
so buying ori is wayyyyyy better.

btw nice avatar cheese XD

seriously, i think pirates who never buy original need to buy original of the game they like

i used to pirate games last time, look at the price tag of an original games i was shocked and wonder why does it cost 10 -20 times much as the pirated one.

Play pirate games, crashed, bugs can't patch> kills the fun of playing

decided to save up money buy original games from my favourite dev

played online authentically for the first time, stats recorded, achievement displayed, low ping servers available

made lots of friends in-game

these are the things that drive me to buy original games
games support, servers, discount prices, community, the feeling

just buy an original game you really like than you will start to understand how the developers feel when they made the game.

Do you want your games to be pirated if you are in their shoes. Just be them for a second there, these games are their hard work , countless hours poured in to create a product. It doesn't end there, they still ahve to polish it.

Yes, there are some publishers who are evil........

but as long you like the game, buy it original

i am proud to say i haven't bought a pirated game for 9 months now and i prefer to keep it that way.

In conclusion, piracy is bad

Go buy original ^^

can valve be consider as publisher?

if yes, that company is a good example

If PC gaming is dead expect few millions or more people on earth screaming

i don't see that, therefore pc gaming is very much still alive.

Innovation is the answer now, with newer hardware being realeased every year, pc gaming can push the boundaries even more than ever.

dont say pirate, its more of a borrow and modify..

many flags in the world copy each other, one of the few original flags i can find is libya just a blank green XD

so flags and songs are a different issue here

haha, well lets leave the international economics aside and get back to the topic XD

thats why saving money important, this is an expensive hobby

PC games no tax

Console games got tax

maybe they tax our cc?