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 was merely pointing out that if the ability to pirate was completely eliminated, game developers would not suddenly see a huge boon in sales."
I totally agree.
Not to mention, the devs are losing alot of money by either endlessly delaying games, and not releasing in a timely manner like we USED to see 5+ years ago. How many AAA FPS titles are released these days within the year??
2? 2 to 5? Can`t release the games, ain`t gonna make the dough. And now they wanna blame pirating for their woes? Well they better buckle up, cause it is gonna get worse prolly. Peeps are not gonna upgrade without the games. No games? No upgrades. No hardware sales. No game sales. An industry can`t survive on the trickle of releases we are seeing can they?
Hmmm I suppose episodic releases are gonna save them? Sounds like game dev is synonomous to Crack dealer mentality. I personally think the game devs created their own problems. Want less piacy? Release MORE demos. Wanna sell more games? How bout actually making and releasing MORE games? Now there is a thought.
It is NOT the buyers problem that the devs need more time to release games. A good idea too might be to not HYPE the fuxors out of certain games, and then release after 4 to 6 years.... the last 3 years being delay after delay etc.
I could be wrong, but the fix for some problems is not always to point the finger away at outside influences. Maybe the industry should look in their own backyard. Start there 1st.
This comment was edited on Mar 10, 10:44.
I totally agree.
Not to mention, the devs are losing alot of money by either endlessly delaying games, and not releasing in a timely manner like we USED to see 5+ years ago. How many AAA FPS titles are released these days within the year??
2? 2 to 5? Can`t release the games, ain`t gonna make the dough. And now they wanna blame pirating for their woes? Well they better buckle up, cause it is gonna get worse prolly. Peeps are not gonna upgrade without the games. No games? No upgrades. No hardware sales. No game sales. An industry can`t survive on the trickle of releases we are seeing can they?
Hmmm I suppose episodic releases are gonna save them? Sounds like game dev is synonomous to Crack dealer mentality. I personally think the game devs created their own problems. Want less piacy? Release MORE demos. Wanna sell more games? How bout actually making and releasing MORE games? Now there is a thought.
It is NOT the buyers problem that the devs need more time to release games. A good idea too might be to not HYPE the fuxors out of certain games, and then release after 4 to 6 years.... the last 3 years being delay after delay etc.
I could be wrong, but the fix for some problems is not always to point the finger away at outside influences. Maybe the industry should look in their own backyard. Start there 1st.
This comment was edited on Mar 10, 10:44.
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