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Crytek thought that by making a visually stunning game everyone would swoon at their feet as well as filling their bank accounts. Well, the demographic that would and also own the required hardware for the game is a pretty damned small market to focus a game towards!
So with these 'excessive' requirements, Crytek didn't make a game that many could run. Those people who couldn't afford to purchase the game (a common excuse for piracy) shouldn't have a PC that is capable of running the game. The problem with PC games purchases is that sales are final - only when you get home and find shader model x required do you realise that you've bought 'yet another' coaster. Demos help but often these aren't based on the release code and if they are they're well past the hype point as they are a marketing tool used to maintain the sales curve.
Crytek are probably over 'passionate' about piracy because they got done for software piracy themselves - nothing like focusing the mind eh! Crytek [or any company for that matter] shouldn't have to work for free (making a profit is the objective of all companies after all). Piracy is wrong - legally & morally. Those who could run the game [and therefore be affluent enough to afford a decent spec PC] should simply buy the game. If the PC was gifted then don't pirate/play the games you cannot afford. As stated here a pirate doesn't necessarily equal a lost sale. However it's also true that it may translate into a sale! There simply is no accurate way to track how piracy affects the market.
Continued support for a title is the key to keeping the customer base 'on side'. Crytek have not released enough to have a track record so to speak but FarCry patch support was pretty poor and so doesn't set a great precedent. By the sounds of things they've done no better with Crysis.
I haven't played Crysis - PC is too old - but after speaking with the *one* friend I know who bought it (and I know of no-one who pirated it) I don't think I missed much at all. It was perhaps better than the vocal Internet credited it as but the game wasn't amazing either. Graphics wise it was stunning [which seems to be the root problem of games these days]. Visuals are good, gameplay is better but then I'm an aged PC games player with a PC that's 3 years old.
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piracy shmiracy didn't you guys sell 1M? |
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You know whats REALLY funny>? |
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Jun 27, 17:36 |
Piracy |
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The mistake |
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Jun 28, 00:00 |
short term games |
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Jun 28, 00:47 |
Now I feel terrible... |
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Riiiiiight |
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People, what? |
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