Not to mention that they seem to have deliberately staggered AC:R's PC release compared to the console version. Just over two weeks of difference according to wikipedia. Even if they sold well, the PC version is naturally going to have hindered sales simply because people who really want to get the game will buy it when it comes out earliest, which is on consoles.teebeeohh said:
And that, my friends, is how you slowly move away from a platform. Make it look like it is the consumers' fault.Amnestic said:
Nah. I'd rather have 3 good games that last me way over year than 100 crappy ones that I can't even be bothered to finish half-way through. It's even easier with MMOs, one game - few years of game play. Oh, and all those freeware games and indie games...The Rascal King said:
I think a corporation, like an individual, has the right to do what it wants with it's money, it can invest in whatever products or services it wants etc, the only provisos being that it is financially accountable for it's actions and said actions are within the law. Feel free to equate this with being some kind of apologist for corporations if you like - it doesn't bother me.Versuvius said:
No idea what that game is, but here is a fact for you. People are gonna pirate. It doesn't matter how tight your security, one day, someone will crack it. Then distribute it. Once it's out there, it's out there. Doesn't matter if it's one person in the world that hacks it, or a million, all it takes is one upload. I don't know exact rates, but I'm sure piracy figures are higher than sales figures for most games. Show me the game that has never been pirated, and I'll retract my statements about DRM.OutrageousEmu said:
They just called 19 out of 20 PC gamers dirty thieves. Are you seriously going to try to defend that? I don't even play on the PC and that is an outright lie and a real low blow.-|- said:
Well hundreds of people use steam and don't give a dam... WHat i saied it's an idea, not a kickstarter for sarcasm and hate...clankwise said:
I do agree that those statistics are commonly misinterpreted. However one of my points is that its not just financial, its also moral. Some developers don't like pirating because its taking something they worked hard and long for and treating it like free shovel-ware. Many of them, (as the Indie community proves), are less focused on money and more on legibility and worth. Anything bough for a higher price is usually counted with greater revere then something received for free. The point is this: pirating, no matter what, should not be done. The best of intentions pave the road to hell (just a saying, im not getting religious on this), even though people pirate with the intentions to buy later, its still the pirating thats the problem. I understand if you did it for good reasons, however it doesn't make it right in either the developers eyes, or mine.Keava said:
Give this guy a medal, because apparently nobody else is smart enough to realize this. Companies need to stop wasting so much money on trying to make everything air tight secure, because it doesn't matter.Slayer_2 said:
