Haha, this community is so dramatic. I checked it out at my friends house, it's definitely not all that wonderful. Some of the Character models don't work, the NPC's will be running around and shooting, but they are like statues and don't move at all. The gun shot sound is completely messed up and sounds like muted crackling speakers. Really, this made me only want the final product all the more because it seems like it's awesome, and will be even more awesome when everything works.
And... this leak will not prevent the game from selling. In all reality, if someone would settle for this product, they are dumb asses anyway. It drives me insane when people think that just because someone has a pirated copy of a game they aren't going to buy it. The fact is, pirated software is annoying. If you want to make life hard for pirates, actually update and fix your product. Haha, that is the sole thing that makes Magicka worth buying over pirating, the fact that they release an update a day, and the price is right of course. Another crazy innovation that has been around since PC gaming, that would make the game harder to pirate, is dedicated server support for multiplayer. I can't remember the last time I heard of someone playing a pirated copy of Left4Dead or Bad Company 2, online.
kasperbbs said:
NarayanFr said:
You think Crysis 2 got it bad. Well Killzone 3 got leaked too :
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/288599/news/killzone-3-leak-joins-crysis-2-on-torrent-sites/
I doubt this would affect killzones sales ,its fairly more difficult to pirate on ps3 than any other console.
OT: PC sales for Crysis 2 are f-ed ,even if it is unfinished ,full of bugs and glitches ,you can basicly complete the campaign with minor hiccups and play it online. I wonder who leaked it and why ,at least it wasnt xbox360 version ,that would kill sales completely.
It is not difficult to pirate PS3 games at all. And you can still play them online, there is already a work around for the newest firmware. You can also play the 360 online fairly easily. Piracy isn't the problem with this industry, it's the industries aversion to it that is basically messing it up. Because they "may" sell less copies of a product, they create draconian DRM that pisses off paying customers. You cannot control what other people can and will do, but you can control how you react to it, and they react very poorly. I'm against piracy as far as I don't do it, but I can't tell other people what they can't do, because what I think doesn't matter. Neither can the industry, because what they think doesn't matter either. They will not stop making games because no matter how much their creations get pirated, some companies still net over $1 Billion a year (EA Games). If they decided to not release Crysis 2 on the PC, then they would only shoot themselves in the foot. I've said it a million times, kindergarten politics hurts everyone, and least of all the people who it's aimed at.
