Hazy Arc
join:2006-04-10
Greenwood, SC | Settlement Website
Now THAT is freaking hilarious. |
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a333
A hot cup of integrals please
join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY
4 edits | yay, another wave of useless lawsuits that will clog up legal systems around the world. Just hope this happens... |
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kfsutops
Premium
join:2002-08-19
Brandon, FL
clubs: 
| Just don't make PC Games
It's a pretty simple solution for some game companies. Don't make games for PC. I think it is stupid to drag your customers in court. But who said these companies were smart anyway?
But really, the PC gaming market is getting smaller and smaller everyday. Don't believe go in to a game store and see how many PC games are on the shelves versus the games for consoles.
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"There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots" |
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The Flash
You don't win friends with salad
Premium
join:2002-10-17
Toronto, ON
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Execulink
| said by kfsutops  :It's a pretty simple solution for some game companies. Don't make games for PC. I think it is stupid to drag your customers in court. But who said these companies were smart anyway? But really, the PC gaming market is getting smaller and smaller everyday. Don't believe go in to a game store and see how many PC games are on the shelves versus the games for consoles. That's cause you can download them. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | IGDA?
In the United States, the Game Developers Association has been sending cease-and-desists for a long time. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they started moving forward with this type of thing also. |
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Xizer
join:2004-02-05
New York, NY
| reply to kfsutops
Re: Just don't make PC Games
said by kfsutops :It's a pretty simple solution for some game companies. Don't make games for PC. I think it is stupid to drag your customers in court. But who said these companies were smart anyway? But really, the PC gaming market is getting smaller and smaller everyday. Don't believe go in to a game store and see how many PC games are on the shelves versus the games for consoles. Hey look another PC gaming is dead noob. 
I'm going to let you in on a little secret: the PC gaming market has actually grown in recent years.
It's also a piece of cake to pirate games that are on consoles.  I know, I know. I just blew your little mind. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
 ·T-Mobile US
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to kfsutops
said by kfsutops :But really, the PC gaming market is getting smaller and smaller everyday. Don't believe go in to a game store and see how many PC games are on the shelves versus the games for consoles. www.steampowered.com
Yeah, sure, PC gaming is dead... 
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mrchris
We don't miss you Bush
Premium
join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY | Piracy
No matter how hard you try, piracy for games will exist.
Developer boycott, anyone? |
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kfsutops
Premium
join:2002-08-19
Brandon, FL
clubs:
| reply to Xizer
Re: Just don't make PC Games
said by Xizer :I'm going to let you in on a little secret: the PC gaming market has actually grown in recent years. It's also a piece of cake to pirate games that are on consoles. I know, I know. I just blew your little mind. It's dead. Get over it.
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Necronomikro
join:2005-09-01
| reply to kfsutops
said by kfsutops :It's a pretty simple solution for some game companies. Don't make games for PC. I think it is stupid to drag your customers in court. But who said these companies were smart anyway? But really, the PC gaming market is getting smaller and smaller everyday. Don't believe go in to a game store and see how many PC games are on the shelves versus the games for consoles. Various game setups work better on PC... some things just make more sense with a keyboard and mouse. RTS's, for one. Some game designs do not work very well on a console, and I, for one, prefer the PC for a lot of games. (Though, some are made for the console, and don't translate well to the PC without the use of a gamepad). |
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winsyrstrife
River City Bounce
Premium
join:2002-04-30
Brooklyn, NY
clubs:
| Oh Hell No
I pay for my games. There are games that you just go out and buy right off the bat (i.e. any HL sequel). I however can certainly understand why there's so much P2P traffic on games. You have people that just don't want to pay of course, people who want to play before paying & the people who will not pay before playing more than a demo has to offer. With the absolute BULL**** that is passing for games these days, it's no wonder.
No matter how many P2P users they threaten, they will never hurt the scene even marginally...they will however be doing a good job of alienating their fan base. 
I'm keeping a list of of the companies pulling this stunt.
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"Suddenly everything is fainting, falling from a broken ladder's rung. There's a jolt exhilarating from the phone I'm holding...I hear the words of what I'll become, how eager the hands that reach for love." - Blind Melon - New Life |
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Xizer
join:2004-02-05
New York, NY
| reply to kfsutops
Re: Just don't make PC Games
said by kfsutops :said by Xizer :I'm going to let you in on a little secret: the PC gaming market has actually grown in recent years. It's also a piece of cake to pirate games that are on consoles. I know, I know. I just blew your little mind. It's dead. Get over it. AHH PC GAMING IS DEAD AHH PC GAMING IS DEAD AHH
»www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin···ses.html
wait a minute what's this hundreds of upcoming game releases for the pc, that can't be right! |
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Xizer
join:2004-02-05
New York, NY
1 edit | reply to Necronomikro
said by Necronomikro :said by kfsutops :It's a pretty simple solution for some game companies. Don't make games for PC. I think it is stupid to drag your customers in court. But who said these companies were smart anyway? But really, the PC gaming market is getting smaller and smaller everyday. Don't believe go in to a game store and see how many PC games are on the shelves versus the games for consoles. Various game setups work better on PC... some things just make more sense with a keyboard and mouse. RTS's, for one. Some game designs do not work very well on a console, and I, for one, prefer the PC for a lot of games. (Though, some are made for the console, and don't translate well to the PC without the use of a gamepad). The whole "consoles are better than PCs" argument is beyond retarded.
All consoles are are stripped down, proprietary PCs that get released every five years.
They're not some magical device - any PC can achieve what a console can. You can easily hook up a desktop computer to a TV and an Xbox 360 controller to the PC and ooooh look, console! |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| Another perspective:
Let's see... buy a game with restrictions and damaging/non-removable Copy Protection - or - download a stripped version from the web without all the BS.
Many times, more than not, people don't want a CP scheme killing parts of their computer - Starforce anyone?
Me? I prefer that when I uninstall a game, it takes the CP with it - SecuROM ring a bell?
Yeah yeah, I have tools to get rid of the crap, but the point is, why should I have to?
Developers keep adding more horseshit to the game and making it less and less attractive to us to pay good money and blame poor or lower sales on P2P.
Ya got to insert the CD/DVD, go online and verify that you are the legal owner, sign in, give a DNA sample, pee in a cup, bend over and get cavity searched *THEN* the game might start - EVERY TIME?
Yeah, I want some of that!
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jimbo48
join:2000-11-17
Hayward, CA
·AT&T DSL Service
·EarthLink
| Gaming Frustrations
I'm not a huge gaming freak but every now and then I'll buy a PC game for fun. Shell out the 40-50 dollars for it, then find out the sequel is only for the Console. I'm not about to shell out another 400.00 for a console so I've got a drawer full of PC games that "IF" a PC sequel were offered I'd buy it. Hell, I have upgraded my PC based on gaming requirements but without games to play (that I enjoy) there's no need to upgrade or buy the next game. The Game developers are missing the boat by concentrating so much on Console based games. I may be in the minority, after all, I'm not a kid any longer, but I do have the expendable dollars to buy a game. |
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Blackened
Your Freedom Fries Are Stale
join:2003-09-29
1 edit | Bleh
I've worked years for both game developers and publishers (work for a dev/pub now) and while there are a good number of pirates who do so just because they're cheap bastards who don't want to pay for their product, there are plenty with legitimate reasons like in the case of anti-copy nonsense and strict attempts at limitations of fair use which ends up being backlash. To a point where just to exercise their fair use, people will even buy the game then download a pirated version just to enjoy their game DRM or anti-copy free.
It isn't necessarily a black-and-white issue. Being both a gamer and someone who works for a developer-publisher, I can understand both sides (besides the limitations attempted by the gaming industry, and people who just want free shit).
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Moore/Alexander 2008
Conservatives love religious-like aphorisms so here's one: "Freedom isn't free. It's Made in China." |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| software will never be a B&W issue as long as said intrusive DRM exists. people have a right to not want rootkits and such, they have a right to use virtual drive programs which btw can be used for non piracy reasons. however game DRM wont even install on some systems with a virtual drive because to DRM makers who only see things in black, virtual drive=piracy.
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SLD
Premium
join:2002-04-17 | reply to Blackened
I just hate it when I donwnload the game from a store like The Pirate Bay, and they won't let me return it if it sucks. |
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ossito16
join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN
·RCN CABLE
| Pirates game better than playing the demo
I would prefer to download a pirated game so I can see "truly" what the game is like. If I like it enough then I will purchase for the online component. Downloading a demo with one race track or map is not a true test of the game. I think these game publishers are trying to stop the bad press "word of mouth" from getting around that a particular game sucks. Let's say you own Madden 2k7 but not sure if 2k8 is worth upgrading. Grab pirated copy to check it out, and you will see its not worth it. I will be downloading Far Cry 2 and if it is what they say it will be, I will gladly purchase. |
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zod5000
join:2003-10-21
Edmonton, AB
·TELUS
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Waste of Money
I bet about 90 percent of pirater's would of been to cheap to buy the game at 50 or 60 dollars in the first place. And I doubt this would deter the other 10 percent.
Pirating is rampant because its free, but you charge 50 bux for the game, you just aren't going to have the same numbers as you were when pirating.
so you're basically just busting people that would of never shelled out for it in the first place. |
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