Let's not, however, forget the other side of the coin: the inexplicably delayed port. Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series, for instance, has been doing it for years – with speculative whispers chalking it up to piracy avoidance. But here's the thing: it only encourages piracy. If you treat people like second-class citizens, don't be surprised when they start doing whatever's necessary to get ahead.
two wrongs don't make a right....they make a revenge.yuh want to pirate? take start button iymc
I also buggin about how LINEAR the game is. "Go here, do X, continue forward". There's always an open playground to kill, sure, but everything follows one path.
Do the pirated figures really mean anything anyway? It's not like they lost customers/$$ to piracy. The way i see it, the people who where willing to purchase it in the first place would have.
Quote from: shivanandrs on April 06, 2011, 10:35:05 AMDo the pirated figures really mean anything anyway? It's not like they lost customers/$$ to piracy. The way i see it, the people who where willing to purchase it in the first place would have.I'm a little surprised someone could still make this statement after all the healthy debate on the topic and tradgedy that is PC piracy.That is precisely the kind of thinking that brought us to the stage where consoles have eclipsed the PC and is now the platform of choice for "PC" game developers.It is one thing to say that a game did not sell well....it is another to say it did not sell well but their are 100 million people out there with a pirated copy.Can you imagine the angst? Developers have lost their jobs, studios have closed down and great games have been shelved because of this. Families on the bread line. The industry has suffered and is now pulling every trick in the book to stimmy the tied of piracy. Led by the most ruthless CEOs who couldn't careless about the platform and are more focused on the sales figures.Piracy created that monster. Make no mistake. Pure case of reaping what you sow.That's a fact we cannot ignore.
So let me pull out meh hoss Bad Company 2 on the pc.All I have to say is this...With all the piracy on the pc, look at them numbers to the side. There are ALWAYS more ppl playing on the pc than any other platform.This is living proof that if developers even take half an effort to deliver a polished experience on the pc, it can do as well as and even BETTER than other platforms.I rest my case.
It is one thing to say that a game did not sell well....it is another to say it did not sell well but their are 100 million people out there with a pirated copy.