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."
I have done the same, as have most of my friends. We are IT nerds, if you will. Downloading everything, trying out stuff. watching that odd TV serie from the 60s you never thought excisted, trying games you had no knowledge of, listening to audiobook courses to learn everything you want!
Being a pirate is about socializing and being cultural. It's not about breaking the laws and refuse to respect other peoples work. But, the pirates are also the biggest consumers I think. That is how it is in my circle of friends.
Also, the game/app developers I know, share the very same feeling, they are no different than others. But we all need to respect the Authors work, so donation system is indeed a good idea to try out, but it must be implemented in a good way.
The problem is how the law is set up today. Should millions be criminalized? It is the full scale piracy is a "problem" (and it is not going away!), not the individual.
In the end, I think there must be some kind of "fair use", you can't possibly buy all the information you want. But support the things you like.
This comment was edited on Mar 10, 08:52.
Being a pirate is about socializing and being cultural. It's not about breaking the laws and refuse to respect other peoples work. But, the pirates are also the biggest consumers I think. That is how it is in my circle of friends.
Also, the game/app developers I know, share the very same feeling, they are no different than others. But we all need to respect the Authors work, so donation system is indeed a good idea to try out, but it must be implemented in a good way.
The problem is how the law is set up today. Should millions be criminalized? It is the full scale piracy is a "problem" (and it is not going away!), not the individual.
In the end, I think there must be some kind of "fair use", you can't possibly buy all the information you want. But support the things you like.
This comment was edited on Mar 10, 08:52.
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