Ubisoft: EndWar PC Impacted by Piracy [Oct 08, 2008, 09:31 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Videogaming247 quotes Ubisoft Shanghai creative director Michael de Plater
on how piracy is a reason Tom Clancy's EndWar is appearing on consoles
first, with plans for a PC edition remaining vague (story). He
says this of a PC version of the voice-controlled RTS game: "To be honest, if PC
wasn’t pirated to hell and back, there’d probably be a PC version coming out the
same day as the other two," also saying: "You know, the level of piracy that you
get with the PC just cannibalizes the others, because people just steal that
version." He goes on to agree with dire predictions about the impact of piracy
on PC gaming: "But at the moment, if you release the PC version, essentially
what you’re doing is letting people have a free version that they rip off
instead of a purchased version. Piracy’s basically killing PC."
I don't actually doubt that there is some truth to what he says. However, I also think the game itself is to blame and I don't see the Bioshock or Call Of Duty 4 publishers complaining about cannibalised sales from the PC versions. The strange thing is that Far Cry 2, also by Ubisoft, is going for a simultaneous release - a bit of hypocrisy there.
What is needed for PC is an effective way to stop piracy. Current DRM only punishes legitimate users, making it completely counter-productive. I heard things about TPM but virtually no motherboards are including it and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere fast (apart from in the business laptop world).
What is needed for PC is an effective way to stop piracy. Current DRM only punishes legitimate users, making it completely counter-productive. I heard things about TPM but virtually no motherboards are including it and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere fast (apart from in the business laptop world).
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
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