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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2011/02/21/pcga-pc-piracy-is-declining/1
Going along with all the piracy talk on the forums lately.
Going along with all the piracy talk on the forums lately.
It's not due to the reasons in the article. It's due to Shyte console ports/consolitis that no one wants anyway flooding the system.
It's not due to the reasons in the article. It's due to Shyte console ports/consolitis that no one wants anyway flooding the system.
Thats pretty much what I was thinking. Most of the console ports we get today arent even worth pirating. Free is too much, cuz it wastes my time.
I call bullshit on that. :hmm:
Pirates will download anything free.
First thing that came to my mind as well. Most of these ports aren't worth the time, bandwidth, HDD space, etc. (Not that I pirate anything, but if I had no problems with it, I'd be having a hard time finding anything new worth pirating.)Thats pretty much what I was thinking. Most of the console ports we get today arent even worth pirating. Free is too much, cuz it wastes my time.
Steam makes it easy to buy games. Plus multiplayer games don't work well when pirated.
Steam makes it easy to buy games. Plus multiplayer games don't work well when pirated.
IS there a way to STOP piracy or will someone out there always figure out a way to beat the system?
IT amazes me how someone can fake game keys, come up with ways to have to not have a CD in, get around windows live, get around save game issues. Is it really pretty easy to do this stuff or are the people doing this mis-guided GENIUSES?
I bet this is the reason, plus they have lots of good deals. I've purchased games that i shouldn't have (and only played a little bit) simply because it was 75% off.
i bet steam sales played a part in it.
can't pass up certain titles for fraction of the msrp.
That, and now I can't tell you how many posts I've seen about people loading up on games on those sales and having a backlog of games to play.
Between that and multiplayer being difficult = declining piracy.
IS there a way to STOP piracy or will someone out there always figure out a way to beat the system?
IT amazes me how someone can fake game keys, come up with ways to have to not have a CD in, get around windows live, get around save game issues. Is it really pretty easy to do this stuff or are the people doing this mis-guided GENIUSES?
So far as I know: Steam is actually the most effective DRM out there because its also the least intrusive. Therefore pirates are not inclined to steal or copy games from it. I suspect someone has figured out a way to copy whole directories and replicate the needed registry entries, so pirating is possible I'm sure.
But nobody wants to. And that makes all the difference in the world.