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."
On their support site it says if anybody discusses disc protection they get banned, what kind of way is that to treat customers?
That is real bullshit, what a bunch of fucking assholes. Put a nice big FUCK YOU on their website, tell them you cracked their worthless game, and that they aren't getting any more money from you.
For good measure, add that your warning post has now put them on one other user's shitlist (me), so I'm not buying any of their shit.
This kind of "customer support" will kill them anyways. The software industry is the ONLY fucking industry in the entire world that thinks it can get away with treating its customers like trash. It's funny, but I doubt it will work in the long run.
Give your money to a good dev like Stardock or Egosoft or Irrational Games instead.
Thanks for the warning Moo.
Creston
That is real bullshit, what a bunch of fucking assholes. Put a nice big FUCK YOU on their website, tell them you cracked their worthless game, and that they aren't getting any more money from you.
For good measure, add that your warning post has now put them on one other user's shitlist (me), so I'm not buying any of their shit.
This kind of "customer support" will kill them anyways. The software industry is the ONLY fucking industry in the entire world that thinks it can get away with treating its customers like trash. It's funny, but I doubt it will work in the long run.
Give your money to a good dev like Stardock or Egosoft or Irrational Games instead.
Thanks for the warning Moo.
Creston
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