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- Llanowar, on 05/01/2008, -35/+221I think a big reason for the huge piracy rates on Crysis are its system demands. People don't feel like buying it if they doubt their system can play it well.
- taintedzodiac, on 05/01/2008, -22/+162Blaming the low sales of a game that pretty much shatters the boundaries of system requirements on piracy is corporate speak for, "we need to blame this on something, and it can't be ourselves!"
- PueSi, on 05/01/2008, -10/+88That's what the demo is for.
- dudefather, on 05/01/2008, -6/+74'cool the game runs well on my machine, i think I'll go out and buy ah screw it I got it already'
- icegoddess13, on 05/01/2008, -8/+75We only downloaded a copy to see if our computer would actually run it before we went out and spent the money to buy it. Turned out to be a good idea.
- reconflux, on 05/01/2008, -4/+69Here is how to fix the problem.
SELL ONLY ON STEAM. UPDATE CONSTANTLY. Problem solved. This is the solution that Valve has taken to prevent the *majority* of ppl and piracy. - DrDragun, on 05/01/2008, -7/+62This is where I have a bit of a double standard. I have no problem taking for free some heavily produced hip hop music tracks that some jackoffs produced in a sound studio in 2 hours and want to charge me $15 for. A groundbreaking video game with (debatably) the best graphics engine ever constructed, which took a team of dozens of developers many months to build, I would definitely look down on someone for stealing.
O wait it's published by EA? alt->Favorites->www.piratebay.org - dukeochutney, on 05/01/2008, -7/+54'Crytek engine business manager Harald Seeley said that he could not reveal specific internal figures pertaining to piracy of Crysis,'
cuz he doesnt ***** know. buried as inaccurate. - shadeOfGrey, on 05/01/2008, -5/+39Projected Sales - Actual Sales = Amount Pirated
Or maybe the game just didn't do as well as they thought it would. - Henwood, on 05/01/2008, -1/+34Everyone who spends $600 on a video card every six months should be able to afford the game.
- inactive, on 05/01/2008, -25/+56stop crying the game was awesome and u made a bucket load of money stop doing the metallica dance
- Chirp08, on 05/01/2008, -4/+29I always find it to be hte opposite actually, the demo runs like ***** since its unfinished code, the full game runs better.
- TheCosmicFool, on 05/01/2008, -10/+33I saw Crysis as an interesting tech demo and hardware benchmark. Maybe thats why no one bought it.
Did you buy a license of benchmarking tool lately? - JCinDE, on 05/01/2008, -7/+29They should be proud they made a game people want to steal? I guess that's one way of looking at it. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't also be pissed that people are stealing from them.
- Matt2k, on 05/01/2008, -1/+21> I've played plenty of games in the past where the demo put quite alot of less stress on my syste
Could you name a few of these demos that run better than the full product?
Because that's a new one for me. - BrandonMills, on 05/01/2008, -0/+18They can make an instore version with Steam, just like Valve does. I get sick of developers bitching about piracy when the answer is already out there. Just because it's another companies product, they refuse to use it.
- fani, on 05/01/2008, -6/+21They had a demo for that reason.
- Gerz1219, on 05/01/2008, -2/+17And yet here we are. I wasn't making a moral argument.
- markmcfarlane, on 05/01/2008, -6/+20Well if I were him I would be pissed off about the level of piracy. No matter what these people thought of my game I would want my due payment for them playing it. No businessman will be happy about losing out on potential earnings, ever!
- Matt2k, on 05/01/2008, -2/+16> I played it from start to finish on a pirated copy because the whole time I was sitting on 10-15fps.
From START TO FINISH. And it wasn't worth paying for, huh? - kenplaysviola, on 05/01/2008, -0/+12You have a valid point, but the advantage of Steam is that you don't have to worry about popping in the disc every time to play. Or if your disc gets scratched or lost, you cannot reinstall or play the game. With Steam, you can redownload the game as many times as you want and not have to worry about it taking shelf space. You also get to download the game right away rather than having to drive to the store and picking up a copy.
- hybridcreation, on 05/01/2008, -0/+12I buy every game possible from Steam. I'm hoping Mass Effect gets sold on it, but considering it is EA, it probably won't.
- LocalDocal, on 05/01/2008, -3/+15FreeDictionary.com - 2. The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material: software piracy.
So yes, both are considered piracy. - grimward, on 05/01/2008, -2/+14Ahahah dugg for "the metallica dance" :D
- Shaflugi, on 05/01/2008, -0/+11Divide by zero.
- Gerz1219, on 05/01/2008, -5/+16Well, I agree that the system demands are a factor here. Anyone who spends $600 on a new video card every six months is tech savvy enough to know where to download the game for free. Not all people who know how to pirate do so, but many do. And a lot of casual gamers don't pirate software simply because they don't know how. This is a game that can't be played on maximum settings without a PC from the future. The casual gamer has been completely locked out from this title, and the only people who can play it are the most likely to steal it.
- xXShadowstormXx, on 05/01/2008, -3/+14Well, no *****. They made a game that requires some considerable horsepower, and the many of those people who have that computing power, pirated the game. How about they make a game that can run on more machines a la Iron Clad and Sins of Solar Empire?
Iron Clad made a game with no DRM protection at all, and yet it is selling like hotcakes. - Godmil, on 05/01/2008, -3/+14I thought Crysis was just a glorified tech demo (not too disimilar to Doom3), but the reviews were very positive, then when I bought it I was surprised by how well it plays. Going a stealth route I though was as fun as Metal Gear. And the levels were short and punchy, with lots of variety. It is a very solid FPS.
- radixus, on 05/01/2008, -1/+11All I can say is Steam . . . But I have to agree with most people, the hype machine was consistently throwing out how insane the recommended specs were for this game. People don't want to drop 60 bucks for a game they are not 100% positive will even run on their computer. A demo is not the same as the full retail version.
We know piracy is a problem, but there are distribution methods out there that will help lower that risk . . . Steam is a perfect example, so far it's proving to be a legit distribution model. It's not the consumers fault that Crytek refuses to look at all avenues! - shadeOfGrey, on 05/01/2008, -1/+11Who BUYS pirated games?
- Matt2k, on 05/01/2008, -3/+13Wasn't there a demo? I know *I* downloaded the demo, found it lacking on my older hardware, and removed it
- hybridcreation, on 05/01/2008, -0/+10And how, exactly, do you benefit from having a disc and manual...besides a box full of ***** to take up space on your desk? Do you collect manuals? Who even actually reads manuals any more? Do you like having to download and install patches...and ***** with cracks if you hate switching out discs? Steam alleviates all of these problems.
- staticneuron, on 05/01/2008, -1/+11Why is system requirements used as a defense? Even if more casuals could play it, how would that be relevant to the amount of people pirating the game? Excuses, I here nothing but lame excuses.
It is no skin off my back but while you keep on making excuses more devs will walk away or drop the PC on their low priority list. - Shaflugi, on 05/01/2008, -2/+11Uh, if they could magically "design" the game to run faster, don't you think they would have made the boxed copy do that?
- kineticarl, on 05/01/2008, -0/+9darkism, next time you post on digg, make sure you write the post on paper and send it to digg corporate, asking them to post it on the site. It's sooooo much better using something tangible.
Disc, box, manual? I want the game, plain and simple. Forget about the disk, because with Steam, wherever there's an internet connection, there's access to your game. Forget about the manual, there are these things called pdf's. And forget about the box, because I already did away with the disc and manual. Progress ftw. - Jsmuli2, on 05/01/2008, -2/+11So true, you'll find that everywhere now-a-days, just day, in techdirt.com, there's a journalist who curses out a blogger because he knows it's competition, and instead of upping his game he just takes it out on the blogger.
It's sad, so many companies have such hubris that they can't just take a second and realize, their profits (or lack of) are directly related to how good of a product they have. - FFXIfrohike, on 05/01/2008, -0/+8The days of games taking up space with plastic boxes on your shelf are coming to a close. And lol, manual?
- bart5986, on 05/01/2008, -13/+21What an idiot. Crysis didn't sell that many copies because it needs a system more powerful then most people have to have a good experience. I played it from start to finish on a pirated copy because the whole time I was sitting on 10-15fps. Definitely not worth playing Multiplayer with that. (The reason I buy most games) And I'd rather play something else then play Crysis lower then the graphic settings I had it on.
- Acglaphotis, on 05/01/2008, -0/+8They can, they just don't want to. Thats what he said on the comment.
- Thorlord, on 05/01/2008, -1/+9i have never even checked for any steam game. in my eyes $20 for a game on steam is better than a free game off of a torrent.
no patching, no CD cracking, no storing the ISO on my harddrive and have an installation folder ballooning its size on my harddrive.
plus, i can never lose the disc, since its just tied to my account. steam is my anti-pirate. - staplez, on 05/01/2008, -1/+9What? By definition the "elite" are a small niche group. When you make a product for a small niche group, then turn around and wonder why only that small niche bought it is stupid. It would be like Lamborghini wondering why they aren't in the mass market. The fact that it sold a million copies is fantastic, especially when I have to wonder if a million people have machines up to that spec.
- greevar, on 05/01/2008, -0/+8Bravo to iron Clad for making a great game. I paid for my copy because they deserve to be paid. Low system requirements + great game play + no DRM = buy it now.
- reqage, on 05/01/2008, -2/+9Couldn't afford the game after the upgrade for the computer to run it at 20fps.
- RedClaw, on 05/01/2008, -2/+9You are so right on the money with this. You're being dugg down because people are trying to justify their pirating.
- protogenxl, on 05/01/2008, -5/+12People have machines that can run Crysis?
- Gerz1219, on 05/01/2008, -0/+7Another person reading this likely explanation as an "excuse". I'm not excusing this behavior, but it's a reality of the PC landscape. Devs are now forewarned -- right or wrong, the hardcore PC gamer will steal your product; if you want to sell a game on the PC, make sure it runs on older machines.
- dpcamp, on 05/01/2008, -0/+7He, speaks the truth, Steam is the only place i buy games from. Everywhere else i just torrent it.
- rolandvvv, on 05/01/2008, -13/+20boo hoo. How many of those "pirated" copies would've been bought in the first place?
Even if you found a way to completely protect your software from pirates, I can assure you that only 1 out of 100 pirates would go and buy the game.
Also, I bought the game. - NeilM, on 05/01/2008, -1/+8I actually DID go out and buy the game after I acquired it. It's the only game in a long time that I thought deserved my money and the fact that it was a PC exclusive had tons of leverage in that decision.... and this was after I beat the game.
- N0vak4iN, on 05/01/2008, -2/+9I agree. Though I'm sure piracy has something to do with low sales, it still seems like a cop-out to blame this on piracy alone. Lets see what happens with FarCry2 and Mass Effect...
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