This is the problem now a days. Most games developers feel the PC format is so full of pirates there is no profit in selling games to the PC. They release games on other platforms first to try and lure us to buy it before a pirate copy can be made for PC. Then once they do release it they will fill it with such ridiculous DRM, such as 1 install, always have to play online, always have to play with disc, always have to play on the second weekend of June after posting screenshots on the official forum of you sacrificing a virgin to the god of capitalism that you question why you don’t just get the pirate version because they cracked all this stuff 3 days before release!
Then they follow-up with below average server support or other ridiculous things and… well it’s just stupid.
IF YOU ARE LOSING PROFITS TO PIRATES REMEMBER THIS: Ensure your product is better than the pirates.
It’s simple. if your product is better than the pirated version, your game will sell. If instead you add ridiculous restrictions the pirates get round before release date, and you don’t support the community with official servers, there is NO INCENTIVE TO BUY THE REAL THING.
I’ve never pirated a game. But the way most games developers are going I’m getting tempted. I’m bored of waiting weeks after Johnny X-Box has a game to play it officially on PC. When i could just have pirated it. I’m frustrated by over zealous security which pirates crack in hours, but I the paying customer have to live with forever. I’m infuriated by the stereotype that because I play on PC I’m a pirate.
I just wanted to be treated like a paying customer, and get a game that’s superior to the pirated version, and is released at the same time as other platforms. Is that too much to ask?
