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."
Once again you proved yourself to be an imbecile who simply cannot understand what he reads. Now go back and read my post again very slowly this time and think about it.
And once again you prove yourself a moron. But let's go ahead and read your post very slowly and see what it says, shall we?
It says that these people who are downloading Doom 3 simply will not buy the game under any circumstances. They are only acquiring it because it is free.
The game is not free. Just because you can aquire it illegally without paying does not make it free. Strike one!
There is simply no lost sale here.
And that blanket statement does not take into account the many, many people who would have bought the game if they hadn't the illegal means to aquire it for "free". You gonna tell me every pirate is just demoing the game? Yeah, I thought you might. Strike two!
One could reasonably argue that someone who downloads an unauthorized copy of a recently released $50 game might purchase the game at a lower price point, but anyone who is downloading a $10 game that is three years old is simply doing so because the game is free and available for download.
Already covered this assinine statement in my last post. Strike three!
If that particular game were not available, they would simply go download some other freely available game.
Yeah, I couldn't break into one house and steal so I'll break into the one next door. What exactly is your point. Oh that's right, you don't have one. Strike four! (Hmm. I guess will give the kiddies extra strikes since they are just kids after all).
Blaming this activity for the financial failures in the game industry especially on a large scale is ludicrous.
And denying that there is no negative impact is even more ludicrous. Strike five! You're outta here!
Go ahead, swing away. You'll never connect but at least you're trying. Go get 'em tiger!
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