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."
Quoted for truth! well said, clifski.
clifski said:
if you steal the games, you don't contribute to the market, as I said earlier. You are invisible to the market because you aren't paying anything into it.
The worst irony in the world is pirates bitching about the state of the games market. If you opt out of the capitalist system, it's no good bitching about it.
I'm sick of arguing with the leeches and thieves here. You claim to care about PC gaming, but developers (remember them, the guys who MAKE these games you enjoy) are constantly telling you how its your actions that are killing it off.
The way most people see it, taking stuff you didn't pay for, and which isn't free, is theft. You can argue your way through 10,000 posts on the internet to try and make yourself feel better, but anyone who isn't a selfish leech already knows what they think of you.
clifski said:
if you steal the games, you don't contribute to the market, as I said earlier. You are invisible to the market because you aren't paying anything into it.
The worst irony in the world is pirates bitching about the state of the games market. If you opt out of the capitalist system, it's no good bitching about it.
I'm sick of arguing with the leeches and thieves here. You claim to care about PC gaming, but developers (remember them, the guys who MAKE these games you enjoy) are constantly telling you how its your actions that are killing it off.
The way most people see it, taking stuff you didn't pay for, and which isn't free, is theft. You can argue your way through 10,000 posts on the internet to try and make yourself feel better, but anyone who isn't a selfish leech already knows what they think of you.
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