what, and these companies who charge £40+ for a game (which are usually shite anyway) arent taking the piss?
UK woman has to pay £16,000 for sharing game files online
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what, and these companies who charge £40+ for a game (which are usually shite anyway) arent taking the piss?
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
I edited. It should have said preventing copyright theft.
At least with the 360 you can get demo's to try before you buy. As long as you are paying the monthly subscription.
True enough, but half the time the release a demo way too late, if at all! 
Big business just don't get it.
How little the price of video games has changed in recent years. Upwards of £40 for a bit of plastic!
Big business just don't get it.
How little the price of video games has changed in recent years. Upwards of £40 for a bit of plastic!
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
Well no - not really is it.
TBF it costs a fucking bomb to make and release a major title these days and most manufacturers make a heavy loss on the consoles which they then try to recoup via the games.
Still no excuse for shite games like, but a lot of time, effort and money goes into a classy title and that deserves recognition and reward, lest the good developers go bust and stop making the things
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Yeah, cos videogames develop, write, market and distribute themselves from a Special Computer somewhere in America. They aren't created by teams of sometimes talented, always hardworking artists, programmers & musicians over a period that in some cases extends to decades worth of man-hours. No, none of that.
This woman didn't reply to the 'we're gonna fine you' letter, and didn't turn up in court - what else does anyone expect?
What I want to know is...
How do the IP holders prove you've been sharing stuff?
I can see why they're pissed - interview I saw with some talknig head for the company claimed that in Germany the launch weekend saw 750 copies sold, and over 12,000 torrented. That's a ridiculous ratio...
Yeah, cos videogames develop, write, market and distribute themselves from a Special Computer somewhere in America. They aren't created by teams of sometimes talented, always hardworking artists, programmers & musicians over a period that in some cases extends to decades worth of man-hours. No, none of that.
So I wrote, upwards of £40 for a bit of plastic, and you heard 'all videogames should be free'?
Yeah, cos videogames develop, write, market and distribute themselves from a Special Computer somewhere in America. They aren't created by teams of sometimes talented, always hardworking artists, programmers & musicians over a period that in some cases extends to decades worth of man-hours. No, none of that.
With most of the games these days you would be forgiven for thinking that some special computer had some variables tweaked so it could spit out generic action game No.6554348 months later.
How many of the torrented copies would of been purchased were torrents not available? I don't think it would be anywhere near 12000.
maomao
普費斯
Yep, no-one moans about how the invention of the record put sheet music publishers out of business. The nature of the medium has changed. Tough shit.
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