Fistbeard

MY MONEY.  SHUT UP AND TAKE ALL OF IT.

Piracy is fine if there's no real demo or if you have a good feeling that the game will be shit and would like to test the waters before buying.
 
Two Worlds II is a good example.  First was so terrible that I'm sure many people pirated it to see if it was.  It was also released months before in Europe than it was here.  Same deal with STALKER.  Delayed release is also acceptable in some cases.

If I want to see an immature douchebag tell horrible 'shock' jokes while watching barely funny video clips, I'd invite my 14 year old cousin over and show him 3 year old memes.

One of the problems with that would be the lack of attachment to a character and a severe lack of devotion to anything you may have missed during any events in character progression.
 
Leveling is a staple in MMOs and taking it out of a game would either A) Doom the game seconds after launching or B) Kill a game already on the market.
 
Not to mention that many people (Including myself.) greatly enjoy the leveling process.

Black Ops has a strange draw to it.  It hovers in that strange area of "Oh hey, I've played -genre- a million times before but this is so different!" 
 
I think it's because it has space shooter chaos in a real world setting.

Every time you mention anything about a new Half Life or EP3, they get pushed back 10 minutes.
 
Same with calling Gabe fat, but that's just a mean thing to do.

Seriously, Cod Blops sounds fucking stupid and anyone that calls Black Ops, 'Cod Blops'  is an idiot.
 
Now, have an image.

APB WAS an awful game, mechanically.  It still managed to be a lot of fun.
 
If anyone can fix all the flaws, it's Epic.