Video Game Piracy is not a problem, its a Symptom of a Problem (LONG)

[SnareSpectre]

I would argue that COD4 on the PC has done well not because it's hard to pirate, but because it is a very good game. You can not only pirate the single player campaign, but also play online on cracked servers with little to no effort. That is a PERFECT example of how sales will still be great when a game is made very well, even when piracy still exists. On a side note, I'm curious about how many people will be angry, along with myself, if Blizzard decides to charge by the month for Satcraft 2 instead of just offering Battle.net for free.

 

[SnareSpectre]

*Starcraft 2...no idea how I made such a horrendous spelling error.

 

[Oh Snap]

I would argue that COD4 on the PC has done well not because it's hard to pirate, but because it is a very good game. You can not only pirate the single player campaign, but also play online on cracked servers with little to no effort. That is a PERFECT example of how sales will still be great when a game is made very well, even when piracy still exists. On a side note, I'm curious about how many people will be angry, along with myself, if Blizzard decides to charge by the month for Satcraft 2 instead of just offering Battle.net for free.

There'd be no reason for them to do that. Though I wouldn't be offended if they offered a "league" starcraft (ladder) for a couple bucks a month that provided heavy duty security and a unique account linked to a credit card, as well as employees available to receive and review replays to ban cheaters. I think it'd be totally worth it. Battle.net has always been free, though, and quite honestly I think Blizzard wouldn't be where they are today if it wasn't for that.

Hell, don't they still support original Diablo on battle.net?

 

[cafuddled]

They would loose all there market in the far east if they started charging per month, and that they dont want to do.

 

[tmike]

Video Game Piracy is not a problem, its [sic] a Symptom of a Problem

Correct. It is a symptom of dishonesty.

 

[unawareatol]

Blame it on the torrents! There is a torrent for almost every game that is made!
Type in a torrent site and look for games!

 

[Mousemonkey]

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