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."
"Hey boss I know your building rocket but um they are stealing our crap"
"Well we could make a decent server authertication method. But why not just go console, that way I dont need to program a new graphics engine."
"Remember thos fuckers will buy anything from ID so no new gameplay ideas."
"Ill make it just like doom, like all the rest of our crap."
"Make sure to write a speech and berate our PC fans about stealing our crap. Tell them we are going console and can kiss our asses."
"Ill do that right away."
"Oh and since you wont be needing good art work anymore, perhaps you should call back Paul Steed"
"Consider it done."
"Well we could make a decent server authertication method. But why not just go console, that way I dont need to program a new graphics engine."
"Remember thos fuckers will buy anything from ID so no new gameplay ideas."
"Ill make it just like doom, like all the rest of our crap."
"Make sure to write a speech and berate our PC fans about stealing our crap. Tell them we are going console and can kiss our asses."
"Ill do that right away."
"Oh and since you wont be needing good art work anymore, perhaps you should call back Paul Steed"
"Consider it done."
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