Those Resident Evil 6 copies floating around Poland are stolen
If you’ve been keeping up with the latest video game news (preferably here on ScrewAttack. Shameless plug I know), you’d know that there were murmurs of German retail copies of Resident Evil 6 accidentally being released in Polish shops ahead of its launch date.
It seems this story is really more of a half-truth than any of us realized. Capcom has confirmed a small number of German retail copies have been spreading across Poland. This is true. But it’s because these shops have been selling stolen copies, rather than shipments they would have otherwise legitimately received from Capcom.
The publisher told Eurogamer the company is currently launching a very thorough investigation to get to the bottom of what’s happening. Unfortunately, the results seem to be fairly scarce up to this point.
And as you’ve probably already guessed, people who have purchased the stolen copies have begun to put the game up for eBay auction and at least one copy is being sold for a ludicrous amount.
€1196.71 to get the game a month early? Are you mad?
And to the person who bid €478.78. Seriously dude? Seriously?
Hopefully Capcom will find those responsible and sort this whole mess out because stealing is bad. And if you steal, you are bad. M’kay!
The developers, writers, composers, art directors, programmers, animators, publishers, and everyone else who has a hand in putting a game together deserve to get compensated for their work and when people flat out steal and sell those copies, none of them are rewarded for their hard work.
I know getting the game early is tempting but it’s not worth it at the expense of the talented artists who’ve spent years crafting it.
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g1 DISCUSSIONS
MGS_Master
Maybe that guy is simply very rich. We cannot immediately jump to the conclusion that he is crazy. If I was a millionaire for example I wouldn't mind paying $500 to get a game a month early. Especially a game like RE6. If that's not the case then he's an idiot.
firehazard51
Wow, can't believe people pay such rediculous amounts of money for games a little bit early. You know how many games you could buy if you saved that money and just waited a month? Crazy people.....
TCJJ
Well, this DOES seem like a right mess. It'd be interesting to hear more about how it happened, though. I mean, where were the games that they could be stolen? Did the shops selling them know they were stolen? What about those who purchased them?
I definitely wouldn't want to buy a copy on eBay. Not only isn't it in English and over-priced, but they're stolen goods, whether or not the sellers know that (although I'm sure most of them know that by now).
I'm kind of glad to hear this, though, because I thought a store had flat-out disobeyed the street date for the game, and it seemed unreasonable, so at least there's a reasonable (albeit disappointing) reason behind it.
Now, people are going to (and, as I can see, are already doing so) bitch about how Capcom deserves this. However, at the end of the day, this is stealing. No matter how close any of us think Capcom's business practises come close to being such a thing, the fact of the matter is that they are not literally thieves, but in this case, these people who stole the games are. I haven't thought very highly of Capcom for a while, either, but at the end of the day, THIS is a real crime, even if we want to believe that Capcom are also criminals (because essentially, they're not, no matter how much we want it to be true).
Abominable_Analog
Over 1000 Euros for RE6 a month early isn't nearly as bad as the guy who payed for one of the leaked MW3 copies for 1,725 dollars a 78 hours before release.
Radkennster
That happened!? Sheesh...crazy ass people...
sasuke066
oh boo-hoo capcom, you steal our money and its ok but someone steals your crappy games all of sudden you guys are butt hurt about it?
DonAngel
Don't be an idiot, Capcom doesn't steal anyone's money, people voluntarily hand it over.
sloshedtrain
Yeah, i'm still pretty pissed off about Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3, and Devil May Cry 3 Special edition, and the PC version Resident Evil 5 not getting the DLC. I know i'm probably overacting by agreeing with dickface above me, I just felt like getting it all out.
Nitroklop
The store simply selling the copies early did seem a bit fishy to me...
Firestarter322
For anyone who lives in the US, €1,196.71 equals to $1,505.18! You'd have to be out of your damn mind to think spending that much money on an early copy of the game would be a good investment!