next-gen.biz — Crysis sold 1 million copies worldwide as of February this year, but Crytek is nevertheless struck by how many illegitimate copies are circulating. Crytek engine business manager Harald Seeley said that he could not reveal specific internal figures pertaining to piracy of Crysis, but he added, "I can say the level of piracy was the. . .
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cimliteMay 1, 2008
That's just wrong... I'm one of those people who actually did buy a new PC when Crysis was released.However, assuming that people do that is (which the developers sort of did) borderline retarded. It's one of the reasons people are starting to lean more and more towards consoles in the first place. It lasts for much longer and you don't have to upgrade that often.It's almost as stupid as the Call of Duty 4 developers whining about piracy because the 360 version sold more than the PC one. I own both a gaming-grade PC and a 360... am I supposed to buy a copy for each just to buff the statistics for the PC? That does not mean I didn't buy the game but who in their right mind would buy it for both the PC and the consoles?... but no... of course it's piracy. It's always piracy when it's the PC: I call bulls**t.
karlhiteMay 2, 2008
Learn English.
warplayerMay 2, 2008
Taking things a bit too seriously, sorry man, didn't mean any harm and didn't want to blow your day or anything.
amenicMay 5, 2008
My buddy owns two gaming centers and the systems run the game very very well on nice big 22-27 inch LCD screens. Guess what? No one is playing on their completely legitimate copies (in comparison to other games such as WoW, CoD4 and even DoTA).People will buy quality. And these idiots do not understand that games are more accessible on consoles which are BUILT for gaming vs someone who can very very easily pick up a computer with onboard video that won't run anything except Aero (if you're lucky) and Minesweeper.If there were some quality standards on a PC, then perhaps people would be more likely to spend money. Apparently, these developers/ publishers aren't aware that people probably get a little hot when they try to return a game that they cannot play and are told they cannot do so. Crysis simply doesn't have the gameplay (single or muliplayer) to keep up with it's graphics / physics capabilities. And the sales are affected accordingly.
007brendanMay 12, 2008
So true. These days, when a demo comes out, very few companies actually make it available for download from THEIR OWN SERVERS!! They always make you go to Filefront, or GameSpot, or Fileplanet, and all those places want you to PAY for the privilege of their bandwidth, so they always stick you on some slow ass server, and yes, they ALWAYS ask for your email. What kills me is that a couple of years ago, companies would put demo cds in game stores, a way better idea! Instant gratification and a way to build hype for an upcoming game. The truth is, a lot of companies push bad games with a lot of advertising, that any average gamer, given the chance to demo it, would probably not pay the $50-60 that it costs.Welcome to the EA era of video gaming. I'm hoping some mysterious, rogue video game developer will come and restore the republic, but until then...
007brendanMay 12, 2008
1. Where do you download demos from, the most common source is Fileplanet, Gamespot, etc. and if you don't pay to be a member, YES they always ask for your email.2. True, but the demo torrents don't come out the same day the demo is released. They're usually put up by the community, not the actual game company, and you can bet that as soon as someone gets the demo downloaded, the last thing they're thinking about is making a torrent.3. I thought torrenting was... easy... quick... True, it does require extra software, but otherwise, it's point and click. As as far as speed, I regularly max out my download bandwidth, as in it's impossible to go any faster.Ok, done, there's my troll post for the day.