Durxom said:
This issue is seriously pissing me off..
As some may know, I am a Capcom fan, I love their games. And I own most of their newest games for PC, (ie. DMC4, RE5, and SF4)
But my pet peeve on this..is that those games were amazing, and also went and get released on the PC as well as the consoles, but because they were so awesome, both RE5 and SF4 became one of the top pirated games of 2009. Leaving Capcom now afraid to released both games new content (RE5 DLC, and SSF4), because of either poor sales or just fear of pirates.
I legally purchased my game, and know I am left out of future releases because a bunch pricks were too lazy to actually spend to buy something they wanted. I'm sorry if I'm offending anyone on here, and this might just be a pointless rant...but this is serious infuriating me
I am a person who is both critical of the game industry and of pirates, both are "bad" in their own way from the perspective of us consumers. I routinely compare it to being like the mafia fighting gang bangers.
Without getting into the entire arguement (which is off topic), I'd ask yourself whether you actually believe Capcom's claims. I mean "It's because of the pirates" is one of the biggest excuses whipped out by the gaming industry every time they want to justify something.
To put things into perspective, it's no longer just about making a profit. As the gaming industry has gotten bigger and increasingly corperate issues become less about coming out ahead, but how far ahead you can get for an investment. The money spent on DLC for the PC platform for example, might not be worth it to them if they feel they can make more money by investing that money somewhere else that will yield greater profits.
Blaming pirates is a more politic move than say telling PC gamers they they aren't worth the expense and risking alienating them since they doubtlessly were worth the expense of the initial release of the base product.
Not especially important I suppose, but I think consumers need to be a bit more savvy when looking at the gaming industry right now, especially if as a group we want to start seeing changes.
Also unrelated to the above, I'll say that with the Capcom games mentioned the DLC has been contreversial to say the least. Extra fees for the RE multiplayer, and additional costumes for SF 4 characters (when colors and costumes are something people have traditionally gotten as part of the features of fighting games to begin with). Pirates or not, I think people would be complaining about these anyway. If it was released people would be screaming about Capcom gouging people (which they are, their DLC is some of the touchiest out there), if it isn't released people get upset about their platform being discriminated against.
To be entirely honest when it comes to "Street Fighter" and fighting games in paticular my attitude has generally been that the DLC for them has been ridiculous, mostly selling costumes, recolors, and things like that which used to be in the game to begin with. In comparison it seems most fighting game fans, including me, have been thinking along the lines that such games should be releasing new characters, fighting styles, stages, and other things as the DLC instead. It's noteworthy in the case of "Street Fighter" that the "Super" version includes features a lot of people thought should have been released as DLC rahter than as an entirely new game. This is however an entirely differant debate. I myself refused to buy "Super Street Fighter IV" due to how quickly it was released and the fact that I do not care for how the whole thing was being marketed.
At any rate, all rambling aside, he basic point I'm making here is that as bad as pirates are, don't blindly take the industry's word either. Should you be blaming the pirates, or should you be blaming Capcom (if you really want the content that is) for not supporting your platform for not being profitable enough? You don't need to agree with me, all I'm saying is think about it, and keep this kind of thing in mind when you purchuse other games in the future, decide what to spend your money on, and what companies to support. Like many companies, the Capcom of today is an entirely differant animal than the one that made "Street Fighter" into the success it is to begin with.
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