Avast! Developers Released Pirated Version of Their Own Game
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Hey you guys finished it, very nice!
Will be picking this up as I always wondered how it will turn out.
Will be picking this up as I always wondered how it will turn out.
And finally someone who gets it.
There is no way to prevent information from flowing. And as much as the content creators hate to think about it all their "creative work" is nothing more than a set of information.
Unlike in the past moving information, bits, is basically free. So instead of making money on monopoly distribution rights for sets of information content creators need to figure out how to make money on the things which aren't free, but which are made more valuable by the "free" parts that are being distributed.
This isn't an easy task and it scares a lot of people but it is the future.
There is no way to prevent information from flowing. And as much as the content creators hate to think about it all their "creative work" is nothing more than a set of information.
Unlike in the past moving information, bits, is basically free. So instead of making money on monopoly distribution rights for sets of information content creators need to figure out how to make money on the things which aren't free, but which are made more valuable by the "free" parts that are being distributed.
This isn't an easy task and it scares a lot of people but it is the future.
its a great tactic.
another one is to flood the webs with malfunctioning versions. let them play into the game for 2-3 hours and then just remove a key part of the game. look at it as a demo version. just that people d/l 30 gigs just to find out its not more than a demo.
Drakensang did this, as did On the rain slick precipice of darkness and several others.
It was pretty common with music labels too in the big times of kazaa, audiogalaxy and emuling.
they just took 20 second loops of the song and repeated them to match the actual songs length. it annoyed the heck out of people because files that lots of people wanted spread so fast it took them hours to days to find a working one.
just hire some students that upload defective copies, students need money and maybe some lazy bums prefer to buy instead of wasting their time.
another one is to flood the webs with malfunctioning versions. let them play into the game for 2-3 hours and then just remove a key part of the game. look at it as a demo version. just that people d/l 30 gigs just to find out its not more than a demo.
Drakensang did this, as did On the rain slick precipice of darkness and several others.
It was pretty common with music labels too in the big times of kazaa, audiogalaxy and emuling.
they just took 20 second loops of the song and repeated them to match the actual songs length. it annoyed the heck out of people because files that lots of people wanted spread so fast it took them hours to days to find a working one.
just hire some students that upload defective copies, students need money and maybe some lazy bums prefer to buy instead of wasting their time.
I tried the game. It's a fun concept but I am not impressed by the obvious lack of polish. I don't have a problem with buying a BETA in order to help the devs but they don't clearly say it on the website.
I mean, what's the point of having boss fights if you can't die ?
I mean, what's the point of having boss fights if you can't die ?
Sure, but it'd be surprisingly difficult to write code that would locate and parse people's CVs in a universal fashion.Speakercone said:
Even if it were feasible on a practical level, just imagine the reaction. I don't think pirating digital goods, however reprehensible, quite warrants harvesting personal information.
You don't need it to work universally, you just need it to work a lot of the time. I'd bet a good 50% or more of windows users would just keep it either on the desktop or in My Documents and call it something like "resume". Not the most elegant solution in the world, I'll grant you, but if you need to drive a nail...Sentox6 said:
I wonder; if companies did start harvesting personal information from pirated copies of their games, perhaps the market research alone would be worth it to them. It's an interesting thought.
I do think part of the problem with software piracy is pirates are inherently cool.
If only at the start, the big guys had decided that the term for copyright infringement was 'bestiality'.
I wonder how much less popular 'goatblowerbay' would be than the pirate bay.
'Hey, I just got Dead Island!'
'Oh cool, you buy or pigfuck it from a torrent site?'
Loses a little of its sheen right?
Anyway, I do think this is the way forward, (not that this is annoying), put irritating changes into leaked version of games, in the hope that they'll try, get into it, and find it's easier to lay down a few bucks rather than go hunting for a legit version among all the ones with silly hats, or in Batman's case, a faulty cape.
After all, where's the harm in them trying out the first hour or so of the game? Unless you're churning out annual shovelware and don't want them seeing it til they've paid up their $60.
If only at the start, the big guys had decided that the term for copyright infringement was 'bestiality'.
I wonder how much less popular 'goatblowerbay' would be than the pirate bay.
'Hey, I just got Dead Island!'
'Oh cool, you buy or pigfuck it from a torrent site?'
Loses a little of its sheen right?
Anyway, I do think this is the way forward, (not that this is annoying), put irritating changes into leaked version of games, in the hope that they'll try, get into it, and find it's easier to lay down a few bucks rather than go hunting for a legit version among all the ones with silly hats, or in Batman's case, a faulty cape.
After all, where's the harm in them trying out the first hour or so of the game? Unless you're churning out annual shovelware and don't want them seeing it til they've paid up their $60.
I'm fairly sure it's not illegally downloading if the copyright owner was the one that released the game. Torrenting does not always equate to illegal downloading, some people release copyright free music, books, games etc. on their own accord.Marshall Honorof said:
Co-founder of tinyBuild here.
Just a thanks for featuring it on the Escapist. It's the top3 site that I read
- Alex
Just a thanks for featuring it on the Escapist. It's the top3 site that I read
- Alex
This is what everyone gets wrong: They think pirates are just malicious A-holes who want everything for free.
The reality is a lot of pirates, maybe even a majority, pirate because they can't afford it otherwise. Pirating is a risky business and no one that does it a) 100% expects to come out of it unscathed and b) feels entirely good about it.
The moral of this story, I think, is that it doesn't take a whole lot to push someone over the edge of committing to a purchase when they otherwise would have pirated or just skipped the title altogether.
Funny how it's always the indie developers going the extra mile to convince people not to pirate their games in a positive way. It's always the EAs of the world that, who don't even need the money, that immediately jump to invasive spyware and malicious lawsuits.
The reality is a lot of pirates, maybe even a majority, pirate because they can't afford it otherwise. Pirating is a risky business and no one that does it a) 100% expects to come out of it unscathed and b) feels entirely good about it.
The moral of this story, I think, is that it doesn't take a whole lot to push someone over the edge of committing to a purchase when they otherwise would have pirated or just skipped the title altogether.
Funny how it's always the indie developers going the extra mile to convince people not to pirate their games in a positive way. It's always the EAs of the world that, who don't even need the money, that immediately jump to invasive spyware and malicious lawsuits.
