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."
If you bothered to read the chain of posts... you would see it has to do more with PC sales being shitty because the fucking minimum system requirements are too high on modern games (not because of piracy), and a majority of people with PC's cannot or will not keep up with the latest hardware.
You want an example of sales units of old games? Look at Sims 2, dipshit. It doesn't take a Cray to run that, and it still sells like mad. Sims 1 is right behind it in sales, too. So yes, 5-6 year old games would sell more units, regardless of their price, hence more profitable.
Seriously CJ, go take your Ritalin and go have your mommy tuck you in for the night. Your antics are just thoroughly pathetic. You should change your sig from ***Born to troll*** to ***Born to be an Assmunch***
This comment was edited on Mar 11, 00:53.
You want an example of sales units of old games? Look at Sims 2, dipshit. It doesn't take a Cray to run that, and it still sells like mad. Sims 1 is right behind it in sales, too. So yes, 5-6 year old games would sell more units, regardless of their price, hence more profitable.
Seriously CJ, go take your Ritalin and go have your mommy tuck you in for the night. Your antics are just thoroughly pathetic. You should change your sig from ***Born to troll*** to ***Born to be an Assmunch***
This comment was edited on Mar 11, 00:53.
Get your games from GOG DAMMIT!
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