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Comment G.R.E.E.D. (Score 1) 325

Let's look at this situation. $15 dollars plus a slightly discounted price for a used game? And I'm sure that price will NEVER go up It's a win/win for the company. People buy used games for one reason, a discount; maybe finding a nostalgia game. The discount for a used game is not that much until it has been out for a long period of time. So what happens? You might as well go buy the game new! This increases sales for the company. And if the game is older; even if it's 3,4,5+ years? oh, well f*** me they still make money. And think of the money they will make retroactively. Nobody wins but the companies. I really don't see how I could be wrong here. This is nothing but a money grab and anyone who posts "no big deal" or "how is this different" or "pirates and do it for the children" can

Comment that's the reason I think the RIAA and M-whatever (Score 1) 387

are full of shit. The people that are profiting off their work is the natural first choice to go after. Instead they go after individuals to destroy and try and make ridiculous amounts of money off of and waves in the media. BULLSHIT. They are all greedy cowards or mindless idiots in suits. either way....

Comment two points (Score 1) 949

1. I should be able to get my money back if a movie sucks if they want to go this route. 2. If they magically did stop all file sharing, they wouldn't make a single extra dime. Then what would they say? As a side note, I quit buying music a long, long time ago. Way before torrents. Why? Because the music industry got greedy and whole albums sucked. So F them.

Comment Re:PC gamers think they should get games for free (Score 1) 1027

To all those who think Ubisoft should just let the pirates win... you have no idea how frustrating it is to spend many millions of dollars and several years of our life making a game, and then see statistics from our update servers that 15 to 20 people are playing pirated copies for every legitimately purchased copy.

I have news for you, most of those pirated copies are from people who wouldn't normally buy the game or can't afford to buy games regularly.

PC gamers have $2000+ computers and drop $200-500 on a video card every year. But most of them are too damn cheap to buy their games.

This isn't true. Most systems have came a long way and unless you are running a game like Crysis, you don't need a $500 video card. Again, I point out that a lot of the people that are on your server with pirated copies don't have the money to drop on games every month, wouldn't normally buy it any way and the game is more enjoyable without the DRM complexity. I understand your frustration, but assuming that those 15-20 would be money in your pocket is just corporate suit thinking that you've been brain washed with. It's not much of a consolation, but at least people are enjoying your game and are playing it. Everyone that I know with any type of skill level will buy what they support, buy what they think is a completely good work or buy what they want to see more of.

They grew up pirating them through high school and university, and don't see any reason they should stop now.

Stereotyping

By the way, after the reactions to Spore and Bioshock (and a other heavily DRM-ed titles) we tried shipping the recent Prince of Persia without any DRM. Guess what? It was pirated heavily.. more so than any of the previous Prince of Persia games.

What do you expect? You can't do something like that with the pretense, and I did read that UBISOFT expected the results, that if you don't make more money of a non DRM then UBISOFT will do ultra DRM.

Some of those pirates (a small fraction probably) would buy a retail copy if they were not able to easily pirate the game.

Not true

Most of them won't, and we don't care about those guys -- they can go pirate our competitors' games and thats fine. But after we spend 2+ years with hundreds of people working their ASSES off to make something just to entertain people, we would like them to pay us for it. Is it really so much to ask?

I understand your frustration, I want companies that make good games to be rewarded. But i don't fully understand your stance. Grand theft auto sold millions of of games and had no DRM that I know of. There has to be a better way than punishing everyone that eventually alienates paying customers as well.

Comment Re:Fine! In that case... (Score 1) 1027

Meanwhile, even if you develop a 100% effective DRM solution, the pirates will still not buy your game! I fail to see how even that helps you get paid for your work.

I'm sorry, but there are more options than the false dichotomy of "give your game to everyone for free" or "enslave humanity," and if you really want to get paid for your work, then you're going to have to back away from your dug-in position. There are plenty of games out there without oppressive DRM that are doing perfectly well in the market. I'll simply choose those instead—and you'll continue to get nothing.

Well said sir. Well said.

Comment Re:That's what you get with corrupt democrats... (Score 1) 327

I am so F***ing sick of people invoking the "protect the kids" rally whenever there is a need to justify a new law. The internet censoring, guns ect... It's really simple, if you're going to be a parent on purpose or take the chance that an accident could happen, be prepared to take responsibility YOURSELF to raise your kid. The powers that be need fear to convince you to agree with them, and that comes from ignorance. nuff said.

Comment It's like this (Score 1) 517

The RIAA are lumping everyone in the same category. Should someone who downloads and pirates for profit be a concern to the RIAA? Maybe, as their only argument. What do they really hope to gain from someone who downloads to hear a song once and then never listen to it again or downloads one or two songs for personal enjoyment and doesn't want to waste money on the rest of the album? The music companies make money from the younger MTV pop crowd spending money from their allowance and from established music icons. I know I bought Dark Side of the Moon. The people they "catch" are not who they should be pursuing if any, and are taking them to court because they need some results to justify their existence.

Comment Zeitgeist (Score 1) 492

"When people can't come up with REAL solutions, they just create a law..." "Whoa is me, I'm the poor company. There are so many wealthy people stealing my stuff and keeping their money in their pocket. wah!" The majority of people sharing files can't afford to buy things willy nilly, use them once and set them aside.

Comment This is a bad sign (Score 1) 360

Does anyone remember the end of Metal Gear Solid 2? The Patriots may be a work of sci-fi, but what it represented, a product of of the lawmakers and leaders failed designs, is an all too real nameless beast that will be the end of us all.

Comment Re:Movies? (Score 1) 315

The religious zealots would just argue that the bible is being interpreted incorrectly. My main problem with this type is the fact that they blindly follow and question nothing. They won't even say that they don't know. One guy I know believes the earth is only 10,000 years old and Adam and Eve walked around with the dinosaurs.

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