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 Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 16:49 Post subject: |
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I'm absolutely positive CDP actually said something along these lines before the release of Witcher 2. I remember an article with CDP about W2, where they were asked about piracy and their response was something along the lines of "we have something in the works to counter piracy" or some such. I can't remember exactly, just that I *know* it was something similar.
I guess this was their surprise.
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 16:53 Post subject: |
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They pretty much said pre-release they'd hunt down pirates, only in nice wording. This is funny though, since public torrents are usually the domain of "light" pirates.
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 16:57 Post subject: |
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Aye, that's what I remember too - I just can't remember exactly what it was.
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sausje
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 17:00 Post subject: |
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| Mister_s wrote: | | This is funny though, since public torrents are usually the domain of "light" pirates. |
That is smart, because those usually don't know better. So once they get a letter with in there that they get accused of downloading blablabla, then they are 99.9% sure of it to get payed.
Just for the sole reason that those people are scared to download in the first place and then they do it with these cheap ways.
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 17:11 Post subject: |
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sausje
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 17:13 Post subject: |
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You are Japanese, that's more then enough!
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 17:14 Post subject: |
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well, I must say I'm a little dissappointed with this initiative. I thought guys from CDP actually do understand that the best way of fighting pc piracy is by making your product worth spending money for. the retail version of witcher 2, even the standard edition is a thing of beauty and I'm glad I bought it. they admitted drm was a mistake and removed it with a patch. but before the patch, the best way of dealing with issues caused by drm was to download the scene release, even if you already had the original copy.
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 18:03 Post subject: |
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I hate this corporate thinking of pirated copy == lost sale.
It's horseshit and it's time they realize that.
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 18:05 Post subject: |
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| garus wrote: | | Now that's idiotic. |
+1, lost respect.
In before Neon defending bullshit. |
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 18:32 Post subject: |
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| arpeggi20 wrote: | | well, I must say I'm a little dissappointed with this initiative. I thought guys from CDP actually do understand that the best way of fighting pc piracy is by making your product worth spending money for. the retail version of witcher 2, even the standard edition is a thing of beauty and I'm glad I bought it. they admitted drm was a mistake and removed it with a patch. but before the patch, the best way of dealing with issues caused by drm was to download the scene release, even if you already had the original copy. |
The best way to deal with DRM was to buy GoG version, or just download an exe file from it, which was widely spread soon after the release.
It's also true they said they're gonna do something along those lines and it really can't be argued that they aren't also fighting piracy with quality, since Witcher 2 editions are both rich and nicely supported.
Still, I'm a bit dissapointed by this move too, so I'm not really gonna defend them. Manouvers such as this leave bad taste no matter how you look at them.
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 18:51 Post subject: |
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It's a good thing. Get all the derps to pay for their games. Make it hard to pirate. I will always get my stuff through different channels anyway. Torrents has made it too easy and too accessible to pirate software. Hell I'd go as far as saying torrents has made pirating mainstream and that isn't a good thing for PC-gaming as a whole. The platform needs to generate a profit for the developers. Back in the day you had to have some form of connections to get to the goods. Today even granny can be a pirate without any hassle.
Scare the derps into buying the software for all I care. It's for the best of PC-gaming as a whole. It won't affect me much though. I will always find a way although I must admit torrents are hellishly convenient.
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 18:53 Post subject: |
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I played and enjoyed the game but never purchased it. 1 lost sale here.
I buy keys for mp.
let them send me a letter and ill send them $25. to me, that's what this game was worth.
for skyrim, $30.
for bf3 I paid $60 but should be $40 imo.
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 19:45 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 20:07 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 20:49 Post subject: |
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| iNatan wrote: | | garus wrote: | | Now that's idiotic. |
+1, lost respect.
In before Neon defending bullshit. |
In before Leo trollin badly. Oh wait.
To be honest I find it surprising, considering that GOG stuff gets warez'd on a daily basis, and they don't to anything about it.
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 20:50 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 20:55 Post subject: |
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i'm eagerly expectig the day when we can sue publishers/developers/hollywod that they charge to much money for the crap they produce.
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Dec 2011 21:56 Post subject: |
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| briangw wrote: |
Um, my ISP offers Usernet for free. |
Some might, true, but in these parts at least that's quite rare. Plus the retention usually sucks.
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| inz wrote: | | briangw wrote: |
Um, my ISP offers Usernet for free. |
Some might, true, but in these parts at least that's quite rare. Plus the retention usually sucks. |
I live in the barren wasteland of northwestern MN, so compared to when I lived in the Cities, it is just as good. However near the tail-end of my days there, Comcast limited Usenet to 2 GB per month, so I assume my small ISP will either do the same thing or get rid of it altogether. I get about a year's worth of retention but I always back it up with a premium site.
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| Posted: Wed, 14th Dec 2011 09:56 Post subject: |
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Thats quite cheap. I have to pay € 6000,- for an illegal copied ebook.
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Sin317
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| Posted: Wed, 14th Dec 2011 10:28 Post subject: |
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how is this "countering" pirates tho, i wonder. LoL.
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I could then prove to them that my evil "downloading" of their game made me buy it in the end...
What did I ever do to you? 
