Quote Originally Posted by portnoyd View Post
This is total bullshit. It is victimless.

For one thing, if companies raise prices of new games, it sure as hell won't be because of this lawsuit or any other. It'll be because of rising development and marketing costs.

Since when was a poorly done, only available by hacking mini-game "taking risks in what they develop"? Last I checked, hiding the mini-game is not taking a risk. It was a mistake not removing it from the game entirely. Also, the lawsuit was about sex, not violence. If you want the bar pushed on violence, it most definitely still is and no one gives a shit.

There is no cost. Consider it a freebie from our pussified society. Take your check, cash it and call it a fucking day.



Oh, you mean like Liberty City Stories, Vice City Stories, GTA Tales from Liberty City DLC, GTA Chinatown Wars....

As someone who early in my career used to work for a company that was put out of business by what was later discovered to be a frivolous lawsuit, I can tell you that it's a fact that meritless litigation kills jobs and innovation. Frivolous or meritless lawsuits also increase insurance premiums and the costs of litigation get passed onto the consumer directly and indirectly.

The only thing that was "victimless" here is the original situation itself. The mod couldn't even be accessed without going through all sorts of steps to download additional files, so it's not like nudity popped up and offended anyone.

I believe Norkusa committed perjury. While it is unlikely that his actions will result in punishment, I know that personally I would never deal with someone who had no problem lying and stealing from a company by committing perjury. I'm frankly shocked that people who have been members of the community here and gamers for many years would have no issue with committing a crime and further see no problem with someone doing so and then backtracking and lying about it here on the forum. There are lots of crimes which all of us could probably commit that won't result in punishment and just result in companies losing money (shoplifting, tort fraud, insurance fraud), but this is a community of gamers and collectors and we shouldn't condone or support conduct of that type.