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I'm waiting for piracy. DRM hackers go brrrrrr
Or even buying it on instant gaming
I wouldn't. There was a dev ( I forget which game, but def indie ) that said the pirated keys from those dodgy sites actually ended up costing them money, and they would've been happier if people just pirated the game instead if they really didn't want to pay for it.
What's the difference between pirated keys and piracy ?
I think it had something to do with credit card fees
Edit: found this on reddit
Edit edit: it was Factorio - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/05/g2a-confirms-stolen-game-key-sales-pays-40000-to-factorio-devs/
In before someone tries to guilt trip you for that because "developers aren't getting money from stolen keys" and the developer isn't an indie developer but a studio owned by Microsoft or EA...
"AAA Developers aren't getting money from real keys either, what's your point?"
Unless it's Denuvo sadly
Unless they accidentally include the .exe file on release again