Possible answer to Game Copy Infringement?
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Mate that is where the games gets very very good!
You need to give this game a few hours and you will be completely immersed!
I agree that the time limited demo with Burnout Paradise worked very well. You got to try enough of the game to make an informed decision and to upgrade to the full game was painless even if you bought the disc version.
There will always however be people who will try and get the game for free no matter how good the demo is or whatever strategy you use to stop people pirating the game. The only way you can stop people if it's not actually possible to crack the game at all. However, as we all know, this sounds plausible in theory, but it is practically impossible to do.
You could perhaps have some sort of episodic game as well where the game is split in to several parts and the first part could be free and would effectively be what we know as the free demo. If that weren't enough and you still weren't sure, you could buy the next part of the game and so on and so forth until you get bored or complete the game or have bought the whole lot. That way you get what you pay for and to start playing the game would only involve a small outley after the free demo bit, thus most likely reducing the amount of pirates. There wouldn't necessarily have to be any time delay release wise between 'episodes'. There would just be the ability to buy the game in parts (perhaps enforce the parts are bought in a certain order if the developer or publisher wished).
There will always however be people who will try and get the game for free no matter how good the demo is or whatever strategy you use to stop people pirating the game. The only way you can stop people if it's not actually possible to crack the game at all. However, as we all know, this sounds plausible in theory, but it is practically impossible to do.
You could perhaps have some sort of episodic game as well where the game is split in to several parts and the first part could be free and would effectively be what we know as the free demo. If that weren't enough and you still weren't sure, you could buy the next part of the game and so on and so forth until you get bored or complete the game or have bought the whole lot. That way you get what you pay for and to start playing the game would only involve a small outley after the free demo bit, thus most likely reducing the amount of pirates. There wouldn't necessarily have to be any time delay release wise between 'episodes'. There would just be the ability to buy the game in parts (perhaps enforce the parts are bought in a certain order if the developer or publisher wished).
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This seems like the best approach imo.
I would hazard a guess that a good percentage of piracy is simply by people looking to see if a game is worth their money or will work on their machine, and then cba to actually go buy it when they have it.
Another way to combat piracy is for publishers/devs to stop being moronic in some of their decisions. Example:
Assassins Creed was released on the 14th of November for Xbox and PS3. It becomes the fastest selling new IP in gaming. They then release the same game 5 months later on PC, with nothing new but some extra time trials, and claim piracy hurt the sales. Yes, piracy did, but how many people downloaded it to see how different it was to the console version that they had probably already played, realised there was no difference, and didn't buy it?
I'm not supporting piracy, but Ubisoft were pretty much asking for it here.
Also; Crappy console ports. I'm not paying for your half-a**ed attempt at providing me with leftovers from a different platform.
lol i love people like you, i tell you all to go away
my favourite is 'i installed the game and it wont work'
lmao, pc noobs are great.
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not calling you a noob, just saying people who try their luck with pc games with me arnt getting anywhere.
Enough games have demos surely to make the point mute -
Download the Demo - try it out - love the game - go buy it - don't? then don't buy
Actually I like the way sacred 2 did things
You can use you're key to activate 2 installs
So your mate can install the game to try it out . However only one person can play online at anytime which limits a very big chunk of the game. If you mate likes it he can either buy a key on-line or go buy the game
Download the Demo - try it out - love the game - go buy it - don't? then don't buy
Actually I like the way sacred 2 did things
You can use you're key to activate 2 installs
So your mate can install the game to try it out . However only one person can play online at anytime which limits a very big chunk of the game. If you mate likes it he can either buy a key on-line or go buy the game
Agreed.
You either take a risk and buy it upon release or wait until a demo is available if it isn't already.
Games without demo's are highly unlikely to get my money unless they're cheap.
This used to work, at least in my local Game store. Then however, they stopped accepting PC games, and only accept console game returns.
So yeah, if I don't like a wii game I just bought, I can take it back within 10 days or something, but im stuck if its a PC game...
People wonder why the PC market is shrinking
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Sorry OP but it's a stinker.
Good quality demo's for every release would be a more feasable option. But imho pirates are pirates, they download the games because they don't like paying for then. It gives them that feeling of importance we all crave for "Everyone else pays for there games, but I just get mine for free and spend the money on other things".
Good quality demo's for every release would be a more feasable option. But imho pirates are pirates, they download the games because they don't like paying for then. It gives them that feeling of importance we all crave for "Everyone else pays for there games, but I just get mine for free and spend the money on other things".
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they spend all their money on rum so have to pirate games, they can't help it!
Easiest way is have two steps:
1. Have a demo of the game available so people can try before they buy and see if it actually works, isn't full of bugs, etc. I demo'd Batman and loved it so bought it. I demo'd Arma 2 and could see it had bugs but enjoyed it so bought it as I was expecting it. There wasn't a demo of OFP 2 and I bought it and regret it as I bought into the hype. Luckily I saw the thread on here so took it back before opening it and was awaiting Modern Warfare 2 before seeing the thread on here agian so have cancelled the pre-order. I could have ended up buying it without knowing it lacked dedicated servers which is important to me. If I had opened it I would be stuck with it.
2. The store has to offer a refund if it is full of bugs, doesn't work properly, etc just like any other item in the consumer world. If you bought an electrical item and it kept switching off you wouldn't be expected to keep it because you opened it. If it turned out to be awful you have the right to return it as unfit for purpose.
I've given up buying a lot of PC games due to the fact a lot of them turn out to be bad and you are forced to sit back and take it on the chin. At £25 a go or so it is out of order.
When it came to Spore, however, it was so horrifically bad I returned it to the shop and refused to go until they refunded the item as it was utterly awful and nowhere near worth £35.
Basically consumer rights for PC games need to exist like they do for console games. YES people can pirate PC games, but it is still a minority and with torrents so freely available I think the days of walking into a shop, buying the game, going home and copying it then returning to the shop for a refund are in the past. It is a lot easier to download fully cracked if people are that way inclined. Not everyone who uses a PC is a pirate so why don't we have the same consumer rights as console users with regards to returns of crap, buggy games
1. Have a demo of the game available so people can try before they buy and see if it actually works, isn't full of bugs, etc. I demo'd Batman and loved it so bought it. I demo'd Arma 2 and could see it had bugs but enjoyed it so bought it as I was expecting it. There wasn't a demo of OFP 2 and I bought it and regret it as I bought into the hype. Luckily I saw the thread on here so took it back before opening it and was awaiting Modern Warfare 2 before seeing the thread on here agian so have cancelled the pre-order. I could have ended up buying it without knowing it lacked dedicated servers which is important to me. If I had opened it I would be stuck with it.
2. The store has to offer a refund if it is full of bugs, doesn't work properly, etc just like any other item in the consumer world. If you bought an electrical item and it kept switching off you wouldn't be expected to keep it because you opened it. If it turned out to be awful you have the right to return it as unfit for purpose.
I've given up buying a lot of PC games due to the fact a lot of them turn out to be bad and you are forced to sit back and take it on the chin. At £25 a go or so it is out of order.
When it came to Spore, however, it was so horrifically bad I returned it to the shop and refused to go until they refunded the item as it was utterly awful and nowhere near worth £35.
Basically consumer rights for PC games need to exist like they do for console games. YES people can pirate PC games, but it is still a minority and with torrents so freely available I think the days of walking into a shop, buying the game, going home and copying it then returning to the shop for a refund are in the past. It is a lot easier to download fully cracked if people are that way inclined. Not everyone who uses a PC is a pirate so why don't we have the same consumer rights as console users with regards to returns of crap, buggy games
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The only way to really stop it is to make it socially unacceptable.
Almost no-one drink-drives any more because it is socially unacceptable. 50 years ago it was socially OK and virtually everyone did it.
If everyone shunned their friends that steal games -- within a few years it'd as good as stop altogether.
When my friend says he copied FIFA 10, I should be just as shocked as if he showed me a boxed copy he'd just stolen off a shop-shelf.
Almost no-one drink-drives any more because it is socially unacceptable. 50 years ago it was socially OK and virtually everyone did it.
If everyone shunned their friends that steal games -- within a few years it'd as good as stop altogether.
When my friend says he copied FIFA 10, I should be just as shocked as if he showed me a boxed copy he'd just stolen off a shop-shelf.