Yes it is. The concept behind the crack was most likely done faster. It was the writing that probably took up more. And I've known games that were cracked after a year or two (due to the encrypted code)lacktheknack said:
Crysis 2 has been leaked, is even now being pirated by thousands of unscrupulous souls.
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adderseal said:
^in reference to the captcha... which I didnt need to fill out, lol...
Anyways, this is why I never defend pirates, even with the beautiful explanation from Extra Credit.
More like people throwing gas on the fire while watching it burn.Angryman101 said:
The pirates should get in just as much trouble for stealing them as the guy who leaked it.
I'm not really saying that they should get the game for free, just that Crytek, while still damaged, isn't being damaged nearly as bad as everyone thinks they are going to be.The Unworthy Gentleman said:
And for the record (This is pretty much my opinion on the subject, so if you disagree with me then feel free to), I don't really find that pirating is taking real money from a developer. In my honest opinion, pirating is only stealing potential money. No item is being removed from their possession. I'll use the copying scenario. If you walk into a store, and steal a candy bar, you are taking the cost of the candy bar from that store. If you walk into a store and copy the candy bar, and take the copy, you are still stealing, but the store doesn't lose any real money.
Granted, it is still stealing, and the potential money could have been real money, so I understand where you are coming from completely.
Sad. It's nice to see a dev has tried such a route before, but sad at how pathetic people are, and how pointless most game reviews are the majority of the time.omicron1 said:
If this keeps up - I can forsee US companies starting to make use of eastern-European DRM solutions . . . which are 10x more draconian in nature than anything that has been coughed up here in the states.
CoL0sS said:
IMHO, the first one (and it's follow-up Warhead) were fun . . . they weren't that groundbreaking in the gameplay department, the visuals were pretty, but I thought they were over-hyped. I still enjoyed them enough to commit to purchasing Crysis2 when it's released, not a few months down the road after the price drops (like I typically do).
I believe you're correct in assuming that this will only further foul Crytek's view of the PC market . . . even though they've stated themselves before that they develop primarily on PC for PC. The piracy shennanigans of the first Crysis release quickly earned it the most pirated title of 2007, even thought it was released late November 2007. Within a month and a half, it had trumped out all other major releases that year - including Call of Duty 4. It was because of the piracy, though, that Crytek resolved to no longer release as PC exclusive.
IDK . . . I'm kinda hoping this is just some kind of sick PR stunt on EA's part.
It's like buying a used game (which is a completely different thing but is relevant here), you have taken potential money from the developers and publishers. I shouldn't really knock piracy on those grounds because I do buy games used. No one loses money, but they do lose customers which are essentially money to a business. It's a difficult moral subject as to whether or not taking potential money is truly bad or not but in the case where you aren't giving anything to anyone (pirating) then it is wrong.Radeonx said:
Damn, controversial subjects at 10 to twelve is not a good idea.
And you wonder why more and more the PC version seems to get worse and worse for any game. They can't protect it cuz then it doesn't sell. The law doesn't protect them. So I don't blame them much anymore when the PC version gets the short end these days. The big companies are trying to kill PC gaming and this is a good reason why.
And the leeches (cuz pirates still sounds cool) are going to use the excuse "well I couldn't buy it in my area so I pirated it". Thanks Extra Credits.
And the leeches (cuz pirates still sounds cool) are going to use the excuse "well I couldn't buy it in my area so I pirated it". Thanks Extra Credits.
Well, for used games, (I'll use Gamestop for this example because it is the easiest one to pick) the company itself makes profit. One could make the case that because the company gets money, they can use that to purchase the orders from the game companies themselves, thus still giving money to the creators.The Unworthy Gentleman said:
It is kind of a stretch, but it is still better then piracy.
And yes, the controversy of piracy talks here are incredibly fun, aren't they?
That's a disappointment. I used to be fine with pirating to be honest, but after a while, I've kind of picked up on the stupidity of the situation.
I do wish there were more demos so people could see if a game is really worth their money, but too many people use the "piracy=demo" excuse, and let's be honest, most of them are never going to buy that game unless they have no way to access major content.
I do hope the PC demo comes out soon so I can see if the game is as good as it looks, or all the nay-sayers are right.
I do wish there were more demos so people could see if a game is really worth their money, but too many people use the "piracy=demo" excuse, and let's be honest, most of them are never going to buy that game unless they have no way to access major content.
I do hope the PC demo comes out soon so I can see if the game is as good as it looks, or all the nay-sayers are right.
I actually don't even care much for piracy itself, nor do i care about others opinions, but when companies, especially crytek, see shit like this happening? its THEIR opinion that matters, and it just got a big frown on the pc more than likely, regardless of who let it loose.nofear220 said:
Why? Some guy posted a leaked copy of an item that could not be procured elsewhere, why wouldn't they take advantage of that?Doctor Glocktor said:
It's like when artists leak out their music months early to generate hype, except it's kind of a surprise for everyone involved in this case.
i'm not saying the person who let it go shouldn't be having a boot to the assAngryman101 said:
and in your example, if people were just standing there admiring it, (they weren't using it for power or using it to stay warm a.k.a. a game), i'd be righteously pissed off at them for not helping get it out!
if I recall correctly there was an article on the escapist about people pirating a eroge game and they got their ip address and desktop picture posted on the webimperialreign said: