SquallStrife wrote:Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:
But still, I don't think the legit version's lack of DRM can be blamed for the huge amount of illegal downloads. After all, it is the developer who baits the downloaders by using the word "cracked" on the torrent download they put, giving the impression that the legit game is copy-protected while the cracked version is not.
It just goes some way to prove that there is a decent percentage of game pirates that say they pirate because of DRM, but really just pirate because they're greedy assholes with inflated senses of entitlement.
Not really. If anything, it proves the opposite. Doesn't the bait file have the word cracked on its description? Thus, it proves that people who download it do it because they're interested in a cracked version of the said game. How many people are aware that Game Dev Tycoon is already DRM-free to begin with? I, for example, would probably never know about the game if not fr this thread.
On the other hand, we've been plagued by DRM for years, so no wonder we we instinctively interested in cracked version. I, for example, always looking for cracked version of the games I've legally purchased, because I don't want the disgusting thing called DRM ruining my computer.
VileRancour wrote:Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:But still, I don't think the legit version's lack of DRM can be blamed for the huge amount of illegal downloads.
Agreed. The devs weren't trying to prove that DRM is needed; on the contrary - as they put it in the blog entry, "...any game can be cracked, so all you do is spend time on something [DRM] that in the end just annoys your real customers while only slightly delaying the inevitable."
plus their April Fools post further down makes their anti-DRM stance pretty clear. 😉
I think this explanation is more likely.
Never thought this thread would be that long, but now, for something different.....
Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman.