Piracy versus PC Gaming [Mar 09, 2007, 8:23 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Next Generation recaps a GDC talk titled "The Videogame Piracy Problem:
Fifteen Men on a Dead Man’s Chest" by id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead about the
impact of piracy on the game industry. They outline how Mr. Hollenshead says the
estimated $3 billion economic loss caused by piracy in 2004 does not include
piracy that takes place on the Internet. There is also an article about this
talk on
Joystiq that focuses on the statement that piracy is a factor in id's
embrace of consoles, quoting Todd as saying "Piracy has pushed id as being
multiplatform." On a related note,
Can PC
Gaming Survive in a Console World (thanks
Digg) recaps a panel discussion on the topic that brought up a similar
point:
Part of the problem is piracy. Big titles get stolen by cyber thieves, and it hurts revenue. "The market," said Capps, "that would buy a $600 video card knows how Bittorrent works."
Does that mean casual games, which exponentially outsell what PC gaming traditionalists think of as A-list titles, will one day rule? Hilleman made a point: casual is a poor choice of words. The average player on EA's Pogo "casual" game network plays "for 24 hours a week. There's nothing casual about that."
There is some light in the PC gaming world. World of Warcraft, for instance, is a massive hit, and the upcoming Spore looks not only creative and different, but promising. The MMO and other social networking games could become the norm for PC gaming, with big-ticket titles growing rarer with each passing year. Johnson added that MMOs are "successful because you can't pirate WoW. You cannot pirate an MMO. Period." Therefore, he said, "game design on the PC is going to bend toward persistence."
They are meaningless sophistry, and a rather childish rationalization for getting something for free that you know you should be paying for.
No need for me to answer any of your justifications because you know they are simply excuses.
In other words, neither of you can refute any of the points I made. Instead of making excuses, just concede that you can't and that your own sense of self-righteousness takes precedence over common sense and practicality.
However, I can easily counter your statements, so without further ado:
I pay for every PC game that I play past a demo. I carefully research before I purchase and then use a portion of my 6 figure salary to buy what I like.
1) What if a game doesn't have a demo? What if the demo sucks and doesn't represent the final game at all?
2) The best research you can do is actually playing the full, final game before buying it.
Those same asinine "points" could be used in just as pitiful an attempt to excuse sneaking into theatres to watch movies for free.
1) Watching movies in theatres is horribly overpriced. It costs $10 here. $10 for a 2-3 hour experience which you may or may not enjoy. Movie hopping makes the expenses more reasonable, as paying $10 to watch two movies is a much better deal.
2) How can you tell if a film is worth paying $10 to see once? You can just read reviews, right? I mean, if most reviewers rate a film positively, it is surely worth paying for! Wrong. "Zodiac" received an average score of 86% on rottentomatoes.com. That's a really good score considering the average score most films get on that site. However, I saw the film in theatres and it really dragged. I was constantly wondering when the film would end. Was that $10 well spent? No.
Owned. Next.
This comment was edited on Mar 10, 01:37.
Date
Subject
Author
Copyright © 1996-2024 Stephen Heaslip. All rights reserved.
All trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Privacy Policy. Manage Cookie Settings.
News CGI copyright © 1999-2024 James "furn" Furness & Blue's News. All rights reserved.
Chatbear v1.5.0/blue++: Page generated 6 October 2024, 22:51.