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Red Alert 3 Dev: PC Piracy a "Huge Concern"

VideoGamer.com has an excerpt from an upcoming interview with Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 producer David Silverman where he makes one of those quotable comments about the deplorable state of PC piracy. Apparently he hasn't noticed all the recent indications of rampant console piracy from the tone of this comment: "In all honesty piracy is a huge concern. Luckily people haven't figured out an easy way to pirate on consoles, otherwise you'd be telling me, 'oh, the console market's dying!'. It's a big problem and it's hard because you've got people like Greg (Black, lead balance designer) and a lot of guys on the development team who have been spending countless hours and someone just goes to download on a torrent site and they get the game. It's an unfortunate likelihood and it's one of the penalties that broadband came out. But unlike the music industry which went about it in an interesting way, we're trying some new things and I think we'll be productive in the years to come."

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46. Re: Red Alert 3 Dev: PC Piracy a Nov 5, 2008, 19:13 Dades
 
I don't think he's retarded, he made many valid points. I also agree with the other guy that MMO games do as much harm as help the industry. By design they are games made to suck up as much of your time as possible to keep you playing and paying for as long as possible. It's pretty hard to view that in a positive light if you're not an MMO developer. The flip side is that it keeps people owning PC's but you have to keep in mind most people own a PC anyways for productivity/recreational reasons. I think it's pretty valid to say that MMO games can be harmful for non-MMO games. They suck up money and time, something that people don't have enough of these days.


PC gaming won't die, and you're crazy if you think it will. It'll change, but there will always be people and small teams who design games for fun. And I'll gladly hand them my money and enjoy their games.

The publishers have all of the money, so its hard to get mad at the devs but thankfully larger devs are springing up with their own distro methods now, I think eventually publishers will be forced to deal on the dev's terms. As for PC gaming dying, no one even brought it up so I have no idea who thats in reference to.

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