The retro shooter Ultrakill is a serious affair. However, pirates don’t actually appear in it.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. If you really want a certain video game but don’t have the money, you’ll always find a way to get it, according to this rule of thumb.
Often this detour is a pirated copy. From the big AAA role-playing epic to the small indie shooter, no game is safe from the paws of software pirates. We probably don’t need to tell anyone that it is illegal to use these copies.
Smart people are cautious when talking about pirated copies online. After all, nobody wants to get a letter from the publisher’s lawyer. However, one particularly brazen pirate recently took it to the extreme.
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On Twitter posted the user with the name Kali At the end of May, she posted a picture showing her installing the indie shooter Ultrakill on her laptop. We’ve included the trailer for the title above. She cheekily wrote: I love pirating indie games
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If you don’t have any money…
Of course, the post made the rounds on the internet and also reached the developer of the Boomer shooter. And he reacted completely differently than expected. The solo developer also responded on Twitter Arsi “Hacked” Patala to the pirate’s post:
As the developer of said game, you should support indie games when you can, but culture shouldn’t only exist for those who can afford it. Ultrakill wouldn’t exist if I didn’t have easy access to movies, music, and games myself growing up.
You could almost think that Hakita himself has not always been completely legal on the Internet in the past. In his view, it is legitimate for players with little money to be able to enjoy games. However, he does have a suggestion for supporting the developers:
If you don’t have any money, you can [Spiele] also support via word-of-mouth propaganda.
Even the business people here should realize that if you pirate a game, then enjoy it, report on it, and get someone else to buy it, that is at worst an equal trade, at best an additional sale that would not have happened if you had not pirated it.
The developer makes it clear that he is not really angry with the cheeky pirate. Although software piracy is inevitably against the law, in his view it also contributes to the popularity of a title and thus also to its sales figures. You can find the entire thread here:
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Hakita received a lot of support on social media for his open-minded attitude. Some users even said they wanted to buy the game even more now. By the way, pirate Kali also owns the game on Steam.
Ultrakill is currently in Early Access and can be purchased on Steam for just under 25 dollars. It is not yet clear when the final version will be released, but development is already quite advanced.
The game is already extremely well rated on Steam: 98 percent of the reviews are positive.
We want your opinion: What do you think of the developer’s answer? How would you have reacted if you were in his position? Let us know in the comments!
