Comments on: Piracy Kills Adventure Games http://blogallalong.com/2007/03/16/piracy-kills-adventure-games/ News and articles about technology, computers, internet, search engines, books, video games, movies and documentaries Sat, 12 May 2012 16:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bashar http://blogallalong.com/2007/03/16/piracy-kills-adventure-games/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Bashar Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:58:25 +0000 http://blogallalong.com/2007/03/16/piracy-kills-adventure-games/#comment-318 Well, online distribution is different than online gaming, and sadly people have posted on Telltale forum they managed to find crack keys for Sam & Max online so easily, so it still won't serve the purpose. Online gaming on the other hand will force you to pay your subscription, but it will mean changing the type of game. As for Blu-Ray and all, it's just a matter of time I believe before it's also pirated. Well, online distribution is different than online gaming, and sadly people have posted on Telltale forum they managed to find crack keys for Sam & Max online so easily, so it still won’t serve the purpose.

Online gaming on the other hand will force you to pay your subscription, but it will mean changing the type of game.

As for Blu-Ray and all, it’s just a matter of time I believe before it’s also pirated.

]]> By: Kroms http://blogallalong.com/2007/03/16/piracy-kills-adventure-games/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Kroms Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:25:14 +0000 http://blogallalong.com/2007/03/16/piracy-kills-adventure-games/#comment-317 This is why I support online distribution so much; it's much harder to copy CDs that way. If a company created a system where you simply ordered the game online, for a cheap price (does this require a publisher?) and paid the cost of shipping and handling, it'd be a much more of a Win-Win situation. Why? Because pirates wouldn't be able to get their hands on illegal games so easily, and sites like The Pirate Bay would not be able to afford entire countries. Besides, it's CHEAPER. Secondly, I've noticed that, with the introduction of things like Blu-Ray, piracy (in my country) has really dropped, and the only way to pirate, say, PSP games is to copy them on the PSP memory. It's a good temporary solution for game developers. There should be a new law on torrents, too. There always seems to be a way around licensing, because I've seen this in front of my eyes: Half-Life 2 being activated without using Steam. I don't know. I need to think about this quietly. This is why I support online distribution so much; it’s much harder to copy CDs that way. If a company created a system where you simply ordered the game online, for a cheap price (does this require a publisher?) and paid the cost of shipping and handling, it’d be a much more of a Win-Win situation. Why? Because pirates wouldn’t be able to get their hands on illegal games so easily, and sites like The Pirate Bay would not be able to afford entire countries. Besides, it’s CHEAPER.

Secondly, I’ve noticed that, with the introduction of things like Blu-Ray, piracy (in my country) has really dropped, and the only way to pirate, say, PSP games is to copy them on the PSP memory. It’s a good temporary solution for game developers.

There should be a new law on torrents, too.

There always seems to be a way around licensing, because I’ve seen this in front of my eyes: Half-Life 2 being activated without using Steam.

I don’t know. I need to think about this quietly.

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