Money makes the world go round, round, round, round...Mromson said:Just because the gaming industry hasn't been smart enough to expand their source of revenue doesn't that we should all cater to that.oliveira8 said:Your logic IS MASSIVELY FLAWED! Hollywood and the movie industry makes money by airing movies on cinemas, selling the rights to TV networks, DvD sales and other crap.Mromson said:If Hollywood had it's way, we'd never be able to record anything from the TV - cause they'd "lose sales."oliveira8 said:I don't think Companies that make games then those same games are pirate's bait, thus making low profit is something they want to embrace.Mromson said:I disagree that Internet should be required to play a LAN game - though using a day0 patch to turn LAN on is perfectly fine. I love the no-DRM policy of Stardock, but I do wish they would be less hostile against piracy. Piracy is here to stay, so embrace it and you'll make even more money.
No company in its right mind is going to say "Piracy is okay". Cause its not
Gaming developers make money from selling games!
The movie industry has many places were to pick up money and I'm not counting merchandising and publicity.
The gaming industry only has one main place.
But in any case, that's not the point. This is about evolution, both cultural and technological. When an advancement like that comes, you can't stop it. You can try to stop peoples will, but that won't change anything beyond getting people pissed off.
Humans adapt to stuff all the time. Even though we try to deny change. My logic says go with the flow, or die. Simply put. I don't pirate stuff, but will back those who do. Cause I don't see anything wrong with it. Everything isn't about money in this world.
But the gaming industry doesnt have much areas to branch. Apart from selling games, Lan houses and game tournaments and the last two dont make that much revenue to a gaming company.
They cant go with the flow as simple as that. If piracy gets out of hand they make no profit. With no profit they close. If they close you wont have anything to pirate.