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."
When you're already pulling down a wealthy salary Mr CEO Todd Hollenshead, and you have the gall to cry about the impact of piracy and the made up economic losses when its dubious whether or not these people would buy the game if piracy were to magically disappear.
....Mr. Hollenshead's cries are falling on deaf ears. Woe is me...I'm rich...but I could be more rich. No one is forcing us to buy games, true, but neither is anyone forcing him to take an oversized paycheck when he's already got plenty.
again, call me when you have some real problems Mr. Hollenshead. Till then, I make the claim that the PC gaming industry's problems are of their OWN DOING.
They take away fun, engaging games like space sims and flight sims and turn based games in favor of dumbed down shooter after dumbed down shooter. They keep pushing out the same tired gameplay over and over with nothing but updated graphics engine that forces us to keep buying more and more ridulously priced hardware to keep up? Anyone remember the days when the most cutting edge video card only cost you 200 bucks? and you wonder why people aren't as interested anymore? Color me surprised.
Greed is why we are here bitching gentlemen. You can argue who is more greedy, the pirates or the companies, but who pays? US. You can't attack the Pirate, because he's going to remain hidden and will always pirate no matter how cheap a game might get. but you can do something about the companies for playing their part in the cycle. Neither side is innocent, admit it.
....Mr. Hollenshead's cries are falling on deaf ears. Woe is me...I'm rich...but I could be more rich. No one is forcing us to buy games, true, but neither is anyone forcing him to take an oversized paycheck when he's already got plenty.
again, call me when you have some real problems Mr. Hollenshead. Till then, I make the claim that the PC gaming industry's problems are of their OWN DOING.
They take away fun, engaging games like space sims and flight sims and turn based games in favor of dumbed down shooter after dumbed down shooter. They keep pushing out the same tired gameplay over and over with nothing but updated graphics engine that forces us to keep buying more and more ridulously priced hardware to keep up? Anyone remember the days when the most cutting edge video card only cost you 200 bucks? and you wonder why people aren't as interested anymore? Color me surprised.
Greed is why we are here bitching gentlemen. You can argue who is more greedy, the pirates or the companies, but who pays? US. You can't attack the Pirate, because he's going to remain hidden and will always pirate no matter how cheap a game might get. but you can do something about the companies for playing their part in the cycle. Neither side is innocent, admit it.
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