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."
Then if in the EU, you have very strong consumer laws even outside product waranties you can claim a replacement or refund. I suggest you go down to your local citizens advice beauru and discuss what actions you can take with them. Small claims court or wherever. Have you even contacted the publisher?
Most software houes go out of their way to avoid liability, this has been proven in court many times and they have been held liable, there is even a book on it if I can remember it I will post the name.
I do like subscription games because if you dont like it, you simply stop paying and cut of their revenue stream, cant get a more direct way of getting the message across than that, and as for pricing of subscription games, I simply mail them and say sorry cant pay it because I have a budget and that is going to X Y and Z so compete
I do this for online stores, I vote with my wallet, if I have to jump through hoops such as creating an account to place an order I search online and find a store that simply makes me select the item and then pay. Then I mail the store I avoided to tell them who got my money and why.
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Most software houes go out of their way to avoid liability, this has been proven in court many times and they have been held liable, there is even a book on it if I can remember it I will post the name.
I do like subscription games because if you dont like it, you simply stop paying and cut of their revenue stream, cant get a more direct way of getting the message across than that, and as for pricing of subscription games, I simply mail them and say sorry cant pay it because I have a budget and that is going to X Y and Z so compete
I do this for online stores, I vote with my wallet, if I have to jump through hoops such as creating an account to place an order I search online and find a store that simply makes me select the item and then pay. Then I mail the store I avoided to tell them who got my money and why.
This comment was edited on Mar 11, 11:04.
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