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Forward: Please do not go on eBay and contact the seller. we already did that, and there's nothing more to be gained from it. We're happy to announce that, for the first time we're aware of, unauthori...

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

  • thingsiplay@beehaw.orgOP
    5·
    22 days ago

    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·
      22 days ago

      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.orgOP
        3·
        22 days ago

        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.