Re: Developers are considering abandoning the PC due to PIRACY!

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From: Bloodstar
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:10

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> Galactic Civilizations had no copy protection whatsoever, yet it did
> *very* well. Much better than anyone expected. It's crippling DRM that's
> hurting the PC game experience and driving sales down.

And serial key is not copy protection by your theory? Shrapnel Games and 
Matrix Games have copy protection like this, you can find pirated games but 
later on you cannot patch it(pirated serials get's on the black list). They 
don't get cracked as interest luckily for wargames in pirates and crackers 
is minimal.
So it's misleading that G. Civ 2 had no copy protection at all. no cd key 
etc... Well, you can correct me if I am wrong.

BTW, it's not crippling DRM that drives sales down because if game is good 
gamers will buy it regardless of copy protection (except maybe Starforce if 
they really hate it lol).

But boycotting games because of copy protection is even worse and that will 
just kill PC games if it is done on a large scale.



Mario

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Subject: Re: Developers are considering abandoning the PC due to PIRACY!
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