Davis Nayagam Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 Ubisoft Shanghai's creative director Michael de Plater has said that piracy is killing the PC gaming market. The reason the studio's latest title, Tom Clancy's EndWar, isn't being released for the PC on the same day as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions is because users will steal the pirated PC copy, rather than pay for a console version, according to de Plater. "To be honest, if PC wasn't pirated to hell and back, there'd probably be a PC version coming out the same day as the other two," he told VG247. "But at the moment, if you release the PC version, essentially what you're doing is letting people have a free version that they rip off instead of a purchased version. Piracy's basically killing PC." "You know, the level of piracy that you get with the PC just cannibalises the others, because people just steal that version," he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandranil Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Ubisoft Shanghai's creative director Michael de Plater has said that piracy is killing the PC gaming market. The reason the studio's latest title, Tom Clancy's EndWar, isn't being released for the PC on the same day as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions is because users will steal the pirated PC copy, rather than pay for a console version, according to de Plater. "To be honest, if PC wasn't pirated to hell and back, there'd probably be a PC version coming out the same day as the other two," he told VG247. "But at the moment, if you release the PC version, essentially what you're doing is letting people have a free version that they rip off instead of a purchased version. Piracy's basically killing PC." "You know, the level of piracy that you get with the PC just cannibalises the others, because people just steal that version," he said. Thats very true even i used to do that before coming to xbox360...why cant protection as in consoles be applied to PCs as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Thats very true even i used to do that before coming to xbox360...why cant protection as in consoles be applied to PCs as well? Only console Piracy Free is PS3. So the above statement is half true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godspeed4476 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Only console Piracy Free is PS3. So the above statement is half true. but piracy on 360 is not as rampant as tht on pc...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HundredProofSam Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 The reason the studio's latest title, Tom Clancy's EndWar, isn't being released for the PC on the same day as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions is because users will steal the pirated PC copy, rather than pay for a console version, according to de Plater. makes sense peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahul Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Thats very true even i used to do that before coming to xbox360...why cant protection as in consoles be applied to PCs as well? This is why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 but piracy on 360 is not as rampant as tht on pc...... That is Because of the unreliable hardware of 360. But what he says still makes sense and it is important for gaming industry on a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandranil Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 This is why. nice one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godspeed4476 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 That is Because of the unreliable hardware of 360. But what he says still makes sense and it is important for gaming industry on a whole. the free loaders would prefer to wait a bit rather then buying it ...........so the trick would not be fully efficent..........they should have used the intergalatic Mass effect style piracy protection method......... EDIT: awesome mate........wht i was just typing and posting u did it in comics........GI minds think alike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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