Crysis 2 has been leaked, is even now being pirated by thousands of unscrupulous souls.

[Atmos Duality]

And people wonder why nobody wants to develop major titles for PC.
It's been leaked? Heads are going to roll in CryTek. Big time.

 

[somonels]

You see, how does this help anyone? There's already a demo so you can't use the "try before you buy" excuse.

From what i've heard, the beta does, however, sport the Cryengine 3 Editor.

The only newsworthy thing is that an internal demo was leaked.

 

[Paragon Fury]

*pats Crytek on the back*

There there, it gon' be k.

Just what developers like EPIC did; leave the PC behind for the most part, and come work for the consoles. Sure, they might not be as powerful, but the piracy problem is not nearly as widespread either, and you can push to make the consoles meet or even exceed PC standards in some cases.

 

[dragonburner]

This is exactly why nobody makes PC games anymore. PC players complain and moan, but turn around and steel good products made by hardworking developers. SMH

I'm sorry I'm a PC gamer but I didn't and won't pirate this or any other game. Don't lump us with f'ing pirates.
My friends modchipped their 360 to play pirated games, doesn't mean all console gamers are pirates.

And anyway, from what I read this leaked version is busted. It's missing textures and can only be played on low settings. People who are interested in Crysis 2 ON THE PC would buy the game for the graphics and this leaked version looks quite bad.

Also don't say just try the demo cause there isn't one. If you're saying that we should wait for the demo, what about all the people who preordered it if the demo came out after release (they haven't given us a date) or is cancelled (not the first time something for the PC is cancelled-think Alan Wake-especially just a demo of a game). I really do think they would hold out the demo cause I have not seen any proof that the graphics is better than the first one (no PC vids or pics) and they are scared of chasing away all of their PC customer who I think wants to play Crysis 2 to test out their rig.

Lastly in this situation I would blame the guy who leaked this not the people who download this cause it's just an opportunity to try the game (because as I said before people playing Crysis on the PC would do it to test their rig and this version isn't useful for that task).

Or it could all just be a PR stunt. It certainly has got me interested in the game.

Not all PC gamers are pirates, true. However, it seems (to me) that for every legitamite PC player there are 2 others who pirate games.

PC Games:
1 Call of Duty: Black Ops (4,270,000)
2 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (3,960,000) 3 Mafia 2 (3,550,000)
4 Mass Effect 2 (3,240,000)
5 Starcraft II (3,120,000)

Wii Games:
1 Super Mario Galaxy 2 (1,470,000)
2 Wii Party (1,220,000)
3 Donkey Kong Country Returns (920,000)
4 Kirbys Epic Yarn (880,000)
5 Red Steel 2 (850,000)

Xbox 360 Games:
1 Dante?s Inferno (1,280,000)
2 Alan Wake (1,140,000)
3 Red Dead Redemption (1,060,000)
4 Halo Reach (990,000)
5 Call of Duty: Black Ops (930,000)

Read more: http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/709443/the-most-pirated-games-of-2010.html#ixzz1DlZr2N22

PC lists seem a lot higher to me...

 

[dragonburner]

This is exactly why nobody makes PC games anymore. PC players complain and moan, but turn around and steel good products made by hardworking developers. SMH

excuse me? Im sorry but I don't like being acused of being a pirate, I get all my games legitimatley, that said it does make me wonder what thease people think...I guess they don't care

and I tink "no body makes games for PC anymore" is a bit of a large statment, if by that you mean PC exclusives then Yeah I do see less of them, however there are tons of games coming out for PC this year

and to be honest RTS MMO and even FPS are not my favorite genres

Listen, I get not everyone steals, but top pirated games of 2010 were:
PC Games:
1 Call of Duty: Black Ops (4,270,000)
2 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (3,960,000)
3 Mafia 2 (3,550,000)
4 Mass Effect 2 (3,240,000)
5 Starcraft II (3,120,000)

Wii Games:
1 Super Mario Galaxy 2 (1,470,000)
2 Wii Party (1,220,000)
3 Donkey Kong Country Returns (920,000)
4 Kirbys Epic Yarn (880,000)
5 Red Steel 2 (850,000)

Xbox 360 Games:
1 Dante?s Inferno (1,280,000)
2 Alan Wake (1,140,000)
3 Red Dead Redemption (1,060,000)
4 Halo Reach (990,000)
5 Call of Duty: Black Ops (930,000)

Read more: http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/709443/the-most-pirated-games-of-2010.html#ixzz1DlZr2N22

Numbers talk...

On the "nobody makes PC games" topic:
It would be hard to make the case that the PC market is thriving. DLC and games continuously are becoming exclusive to consoles or former exclusives are on consoles as well as PC. Look at Dead Space 2, the Battlfield franchise, etc. It is true, no matter what PC gamers say. Some developers stay faithful, but more and more are finding it not worth the trouble.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

ugh...

see. this is why i never defend the pirates.

try as you might, pirates are pirates for a reason.

greedy.fuckers.

Were they ever going to buy it?

more than likely not, most pirates i know of personally (i know this doesn't account for generalizing the pirate population) but they are just greedy fuckers who couldn't give a rats ass, and they don't pay for shit.

but the point that i was getting at with this is that even though there was no sale there, the publishers will still see this as a failure in the pc market as how many are getting downloaded and tried out and not be as willing to make pc games/exclusives in the future.

 

[MaxP779]

Oh wow, reminds me of the half life 2 thing.

 

[KiKiweaky]

If they keep doing stuff like this developers are probably going to ignore the pc market all together, punishing not just the people downloading the games but also the people who would be willing to pay for it

 

[Diligent]

Spoiler: Chill pill

Seriously, no need to get worked up about people downloading it, or in some cases I'm reading, wishing death or injury on the people downloading it (seriously, sort out your moral priorities).
People who download it were never ever going to pay for it anyway, and people who planned to buy it are still going to buy it anyway. The industry can pretend all it wants but this is not going to affect the success or failure of the game. It's happened before and it will continue to happen as long as we have the internet. You can't consider the 10,000 pirated copies "lost sales" because they never would have been sales ever.

Funny how we can stand on this moralistic high ground, when really what is the difference between watching a TV series borrowed from a friend on DVD, and if that same friend played a pirated copy of a game you bought? Or hell, even borrowed a copy of the game you bought?
Money was exchanged for a single copy of both products, and two people are getting the same entertainment out of them.
Maybe that's a silly example but I'm just trying to point out what a benign thing it is that people are getting so worked up about. If pirates somehow deprived a paying customer of their copy of the game every time the game was pirated, then I'd be thinking quite differently.

Anyway, I plan on buying the game because piracy isn't cool, and I like to vote with my wallet, and pay for things I'd like to see more of.
But if somebody chooses not to, can we not wish their mothers to be curb-stomped because it just makes you just sound like a deranged bastard.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

So, this happened. [http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/11/an-actual-crisis-crysis-2-leaked/]

More than a month ahead of release. Singleplayer, multiplayer, online authentication key. Good grief. Makes me feel sorry for the gents at Crytek right now... but even more so for the person who did it, once they catch him.

are you the creator, or a relative of the creators and developers of the game, by chance?
also, with pirated copies of the game online, the megacorporations will probably lose only 1/1000 of the money they're going to make
also, the guy who pirated it will probably never get caught.

Megacorporation? Fucking Crytek is a Megacorporation now?

 

[crazypsyko666]

Holy shit!

Bet Crytek's happy they're also releasing this game on PS3 and Xbox360.

But basically this is just going to lead to even more punishing DRMs.

So you really think piracy isn't as common on the other systems?

Are you suggesting that it IS as common on PS3 and 360 as it is on the PC?

If so I'd really like to see your sources on this.

http://btjunkie.org/search?q=Fable+III, http://btjunkie.org/search?q=Halo+reach, http://btjunkie.org/search?q=assassin*+creed+brotherhood, http://btjunkie.org/search?q=gears+of+war+2, Do I need to go on? I haven't found many sources for the PS3 yet, but it's been only recently hacked. I wouldn't expect very large communities of hackers lining up for it yet.

 

[Flac00]

I just have on reaction from that story though. The picture from the story, was that a screenshot? Because HOLY CRAP THAT LOOKS LIKE REAL LIFE!!!! GEEZUS! Honestly though, that stuff looks like an actual photo, i can see that guy's pores!

 

[AnonymousTipster]

Holy shit!

Bet Crytek's happy they're also releasing this game on PS3 and Xbox360.

But basically this is just going to lead to even more punishing DRMs.

So you really think piracy isn't as common on the other systems?

Are you suggesting that it IS as common on PS3 and 360 as it is on the PC?

If so I'd really like to see your sources on this.

http://btjunkie.org/search?q=Fable+III, http://btjunkie.org/search?q=Halo+reach, http://btjunkie.org/search?q=assassin*+creed+brotherhood, http://btjunkie.org/search?q=gears+of+war+2, Do I need to go on? I haven't found many sources for the PS3 yet, but it's been only recently hacked. I wouldn't expect very large communities of hackers lining up for it yet.

I never said that piracy wasn't prominent or widespread on the consoles. But how exactly do those links show that console piracy is as common if not more common than pirating on the PC?

All you've shown is that there are many 360 titles available for illegal downloading from multiple sites/sources. That doesn't exactly prove your point.

I still find it rather hard to believe that piracy is as common on the consoles as it is on the PC. I mean you've basically just admitted that at least for the PS3 it is nowhere near as common (at least at the moment).

But anyway, in this specific instance, have the PS3 or 360 versions of Crysis 2 been leaked? Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I know they haven't.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

ugh...

see. this is why i never defend the pirates.

try as you might, pirates are pirates for a reason.

greedy.fuckers.

Were they ever going to buy it?

more than likely not, most pirates i know of personally (i know this doesn't account for generalizing the pirate population) but they are just greedy fuckers who couldn't give a rats ass, and they don't pay for shit.

but the point that i was getting at with this is that even though there was no sale there, the publishers will still see this as a failure in the pc market as how many are getting downloaded and tried out and not be as willing to make pc games/exclusives in the future.

Piracy may be the fault of pirates, but the ignorance of publishers isn't.

i can agree to that, but what can you do to stop it? short of infiltrating a troll into every major publishing company...

 

[omicron1]

Spoiler: Chill pill

Seriously, no need to get worked up about people downloading it, or in some cases I'm reading, wishing death or injury on the people downloading it (seriously, sort out your moral priorities).
People who download it were never ever going to pay for it anyway, and people who planned to buy it are still going to buy it anyway. The industry can pretend all it wants but this is not going to affect the success or failure of the game. It's happened before and it will continue to happen as long as we have the internet. You can't consider the 10,000 pirated copies "lost sales" because they never would have been sales ever.

Funny how we can stand on this moralistic high ground, when really what is the difference between watching a TV series borrowed from a friend on DVD, and if that same friend played a pirated copy of a game you bought? Or hell, even borrowed a copy of the game you bought?
Money was exchanged for a single copy of both products, and two people are getting the same entertainment out of them.
Maybe that's a silly example but I'm just trying to point out what a benign thing it is that people are getting so worked up about. If pirates somehow deprived a paying customer of their copy of the game every time the game was pirated, then I'd be thinking quite differently.

Anyway, I plan on buying the game because piracy isn't cool, and I like to vote with my wallet, and pay for things I'd like to see more of.
But if somebody chooses not to, can we not wish their mothers to be curb-stomped because it just makes you just sound like a deranged bastard.

*fist bump of agreement*

I'm really, really surprised about how up in arms many people seem to be.

Possibly because Crysis is rather close to being a legendary PC symbol, and to have something like this happen to it is like finding out your little brother has been implicated in an assassination attempt on your favorite of the last four presidents.

 

[holographicman]

gameplay
no story spoilers, just a fight with some crynet dudes in the streets
definitely getting this
i hope crytek wasnt lying about it running on teh consoles

 

[Paxel]

Why do people pirate games? Especially what appears to be a relatively good game.