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."
Sorry Prez, can't agree with you there. What's the safest assumption? That hundreds of thousands of DRM-aware and tech savvy people are pirating copies for their legitimately owned copies -OR- lots of people like free games? I'm going with the simplest explanation. I don't doubt that publishers overshoot on some piracy estimates but I dare say they aren't very far off.
That's fine; at least as you admit that it's only an assumption, which is all I really ask. In truth, I have no idea how far off they are in their estimates, nor do you, and neither do they. I do know that of all the people I know personally who download games (myself included), only one does so without buying it if they intend to play a significant portion of it (Not myself).
Again, my initial point in this was to debunk the "only pirates think publishers exaggerate piracy claims." myth. I have NEVER stolen a game, nor will I ever. I love and respect gaming too much to not support the developers who contribute to it.
That's fine; at least as you admit that it's only an assumption, which is all I really ask. In truth, I have no idea how far off they are in their estimates, nor do you, and neither do they. I do know that of all the people I know personally who download games (myself included), only one does so without buying it if they intend to play a significant portion of it (Not myself).
Again, my initial point in this was to debunk the "only pirates think publishers exaggerate piracy claims." myth. I have NEVER stolen a game, nor will I ever. I love and respect gaming too much to not support the developers who contribute to it.
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far."
"Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
"Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
Date
Subject
Author
Copyright © 1996-2025 Stephen Heaslip. All rights reserved.
All trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Privacy Policy. Manage Cookie Settings.
News CGI copyright © 1999-2025 James "furn" Furness & Blue's News. All rights reserved.
Chatbear v1.5.0/blue++: Page generated 16 July 2025, 05:06.