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."
Thanks to ASSHOLES LIKE YOU, you condone the capitalist ways, of letting the rich continue to rape the poor, we will forever be in a vicious cycle of the haves and have nots.
So, if I understand this properly, people that produce good products (like ID software) shouldn't deserve to be rewarded for it?
This is why you live in a democracy you moron, people that make good stuff get paid for it.
I'm noticing a lot of people blaming everything on the developers.
Here's what I have to say about it...
If you don't like it, don't buy it, don't pirate/steal it, because you don't agree with it, this is a self solving problem.
The companies arn't staying in business because they're stealing from US, they're making money because people like the stuff they are selling.
Atari is still in business because people like the stuff they put out, decent arcade games, good games, therefore they make money, and if the CEO of atari wants to buy a fast car, big house, or a container ship full of toilet paper that's their business.
It's the hipicrites that spout off about not liking some game, or the company that produces it, and then goes and downloads it anyway, which are probably the same tools that whine about copy protection too....
And I'm not pretending I'm perfect, I've got my share of burnt games, but I also have a lot of games that I HAVE paid for.
If people stop buying, and stop pirating games/companies they have issue with, this problem would solve itself.
Morons....
This comment was edited on Mar 10, 17:24.
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