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Round table interview with Nathan Camarillo on Gaming Nexus is part of a group phone conversation with the executive producer of Crysis 2, Crytek's upcoming first-person shooter sequel. Nathan talks about the game's change of setting, the HUD, whether gamers who skipped the first Crysis will be confused, and more. There's also a Crysis 2 interview on GameShark also talking with Nathan about how the game again demonstrates their technical prowess, a bit on the leaked version, and on a related note, his feelings about Digital Rights Management: "I know there's a lot of negative feelings toward DRM. But, I mean, what are we supposed to do? The actions of a few are causing maybe a mild inconvenience for others. If I'm playing a game and it has DRM on it, do I notice? Not really. I just know that there's something going on, but doesn't really enhance (sic) my play experience. So, it's something that we'll have to look at in the future."
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Show me the numbers to back your claim that it has no effect on sales and only hurts the paying customer. Firstly, that's the whole problem: there are no numbers. There is no reliable way to prove that a pirated copy would have otherwise resulted in a sale had piracy not been an option. Publishers can cite the number of torrent downloads but again, that doesn't prove anything in terms of lost sales.
Secondly, the vast majority of DRM-infected games get cracked within a day. These cracks are included with the games that get seeded on torrents and torrents represent casual piracy because anyone with a modicum of technical ability can use them. Therefore, the only pirates which DRM would stop are those who have no technical savvy whatsoever and don't know how to overwrite one file with another, even with the explicit instructions included in the pirated game's nfo. Realistically, how many pirates are that dumb?
If publishers really wanted to prove the efficacy of DRM, they would release two versions of each game: one with DRM and one without. The one with DRM would clearly list all the limitations imposed by its DRM, while the one without DRM would clearly state that it has no such limitations. Then we'd see which one sells more. I'm pretty sure the DRM-free version would sell more. |
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