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."
Oh, dear cliffy...
would you please stop it,.. now you come up with communism, whats next? terrorism...? anti-christ...?
Stop bashing everyone that is not sharing your radical thinking... you need to open your mind for new ideas!
You wont make yourself new friends/customers that way..., Look what you have done already! You appears to be an aggressive a$$h*le to me. Why should i support such a person?
I took a look at your games, personally i would not even bother pirating them. Not that they are bad, they just play in a different/lower class. But i respect your business model of not including crap in your games, therefore i will not pirate your games, i will follow your arguments and will just *ignore* them. Keep them for yourself.
Now, how is this going to help you? No words are spread, no showing to friends, no nothing at all...
I don't think that piracy is the problem of your low sales.
I think marketing is your problem. No one knows about your games...
How about considering piracy as a marketing model, to make your programs known? Like Microsoft did years ago...
As i told you before: piracy can be your friend.
Maybe you should go back, read my first post again, try to understand it. You might find new ideas!
would you please stop it,.. now you come up with communism, whats next? terrorism...? anti-christ...?
Stop bashing everyone that is not sharing your radical thinking... you need to open your mind for new ideas!
You wont make yourself new friends/customers that way..., Look what you have done already! You appears to be an aggressive a$$h*le to me. Why should i support such a person?
I took a look at your games, personally i would not even bother pirating them. Not that they are bad, they just play in a different/lower class. But i respect your business model of not including crap in your games, therefore i will not pirate your games, i will follow your arguments and will just *ignore* them. Keep them for yourself.
Now, how is this going to help you? No words are spread, no showing to friends, no nothing at all...
I don't think that piracy is the problem of your low sales.
I think marketing is your problem. No one knows about your games...
How about considering piracy as a marketing model, to make your programs known? Like Microsoft did years ago...
As i told you before: piracy can be your friend.
Maybe you should go back, read my first post again, try to understand it. You might find new ideas!
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