Crysis 2 Dev Urges Fans Not to Pirate the Game
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I'm very VERY confused. Did they expect this not to happen? If it didn't, in two months when it was released and then pirated, would I have seen a freaking article about it? How about a message on their (developers) front page? Something tells me I wouldn't have. *sigh* This seems ridiculous. Most (if not all) of the people pirating it knew it would be available on the release day. Since this is an incomplete build, I assume the full game will be uploaded then too. However, I strongly believe the pirates wouldn't have bought this game anyhow for whatever their justification. This is playing the victim Crytek! and I, for one, will not fall for it.
To put it bluntly (very bluntly): Take your knocks and shut your mouth.
Piracy isn't right. But it's practically unavoidable. If someone can tell me of one unpirated game due to it's amazing programing, then this argument is null and I apologize. However, it's a FORSEEABLE unfortunate problem. Whether it's two months before release day, or the day of, I can assure you it will happen.
To put it bluntly (very bluntly): Take your knocks and shut your mouth.
Piracy isn't right. But it's practically unavoidable. If someone can tell me of one unpirated game due to it's amazing programing, then this argument is null and I apologize. However, it's a FORSEEABLE unfortunate problem. Whether it's two months before release day, or the day of, I can assure you it will happen.
Well at the least they asked nicely. It unfortunate that i have absolutely no interest in the franchise or the company now that they have so transparently shown their allegiance to the pad players.
I am gutted for Crytek
I wont pirate the game, i hope people have the same respect as I do
GJ Crytek, thanks for showing the world just how far gaming visuals have come over the years, I will buy the game for this reason alone
I wont pirate the game, i hope people have the same respect as I do
GJ Crytek, thanks for showing the world just how far gaming visuals have come over the years, I will buy the game for this reason alone
I'm with you. I was totally on board with Crytek's response, which seems to be reasonable compared to most game companies response to piracy these days, but when I found out it's a beta version that's been released, why are they expecting the game not to be bought by people? It's like Hollywood arguing that I'm not going to buy their movies because I can watch a crappy quality video on Youtube by waiting several hours for each individual part to finish streaming on my crappy computer. WTF man? WTF?bit_crusherrr said:
I heard a while ago that usually games that leaked are from review copies. There is also the possibility that someone didnt like their boss very much. Could be a copy that was shipped out to a retail store got yanked.odBilal said:
To be fair, with lines likeLogan Westbrook said:
it's difficult not to jump to that conclusion.
wow. if the PC version doesn't make a profit, expect to see Crysis 3 as a console game next time around.
Pirates? don't be stupid
Pirates? don't be stupid
As i see it, it is already a console game. Probable simplified so that it is possible to play on controller. And i guess i can expect a 3m wide corridor so that tards wont get lost and whine how bad the game is.
But yea, i won't pirate it now. I will wait for complete game and then try it out. If the game turns out awesome (which i doubt) i may just buy it. I am just done buying console ports, but i will support them if i don't find it that way - i promise.
But yea, i won't pirate it now. I will wait for complete game and then try it out. If the game turns out awesome (which i doubt) i may just buy it. I am just done buying console ports, but i will support them if i don't find it that way - i promise.
I say in response crytek should release a single player demo. I am not fully interested in the multiplayer. Sure crysis wars was fun, but after a bit it became futuristic call of duty and I stopped. I am just interested to see how the single player plays out, and hope that they do some flashbacks to the first, and the surviving team makes an appearance. Psycho was too awesome to leave out of something like this.
That's like saying that the market would be helped by someone robbing LG's warehouses and selling the wares for cheap in order to drive down TV prices. It's supply and demand, yes, but it's still illegal and pretty much a "dick move".endnuen said:
OT: Poor Devs. People really have no shame, do they?
I'm sure you expected some backlash when you made this comment, so here's my bit.endnuen said:
You equate lower prices to some universal good. This is not the case at all. Lower prices mean a better deal for the consumer, but they can often drive a developer out of business if they're forced upon them.
And yes, there is a reasonable explanation for the steep prices console games have. The developers valued their work at that price, and the company manufacturing the console decided on the extra premium it would bring in by allowing their console to host a developer's game. If you make something, and you decide on a price for it, that is the price. It's not some consumer's fantasy about what they wish the game cost.
I'm sure you've heard this before, but it's simple. If you think the price is too high, don't buy it. "Don't buy it", however, does NOT mean steal/pirate it. If you take the latter approach, then you've just robbed an innocent developer of their money, all in the name of an arrogant, selfish cause.
(Note that I don't use "you" here to mean you specifically; I'm referring to a pirate in general; obviously, I have no evidence that you've pirated anything, so I have no reason to target this at you directly.)
I just had to check out how it looks, and all my fears of Crysis 2 feeling consolised were thrown out the window. It has everything the first game has, better narrative drive, and epic setpiece moments to go along with the focus on human civilians and alien invasion.
I'll grant that you are entirely within your rights to have that opinion. I should, however, point out the consequences.endnuen said:
Games cost money to make, and big games cost a lot of money in the days of HD/60fps graphics with 7.1-channel sound. Developers are either going to aim for a small market and charge a high enough price to make back the costs on a few sales, or are going to aim for a big market and hope to make back the costs over a lot of sales... they're not going to aim for a niche and charge low, unless they go the indie route and use minimal graphics and as little code as possible.
That's why you see so many games with huge graphics targeting the broadest market possible, and so many developers repeating the same, proven formulas over and over again. And that's why you see so few developers taking chances on leading-edge stuff, because failure is so expensive one can kill an entire studio.
Developers won't look at your post and say, "My goodness, we really have to work to gain the support of this gamer demographic! Let's get cracking!" Instead, they'll look at it and say, "My goodness, there's no way we can gain the support this gamer demographic and afford 3 meals a day! We'll just have to write 'em off." The result? Even fewer titles you're looking for.
So, yes, you are within your rights to demand more... but I think you might want to consider the consequences of doing so.
-- Steve