Comments on: Rogue DRM “Vandalizes” Video Game Creators’ Projects

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:19:00 +0000

What the F were they thinking. YYG have disappointed me continuously for years now. So sick of them.

By: Anamon

Anamon — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:08:00 +0000

When will they learn…

FINANCIALS
Scenario A: your DRM doesn’t help stop piracy
- You spent money and time on nothing
Scenario B (hypothetical): your DRM stops piracy
- You spent money on people who don’t spend money on you

RISKS
“We simply don’t care about them, but if I can piss them off, I will,”
Scenario A: your DRM doesn’t backfire
- in which case I hope pissing strangers off is part of your business model and nets you some returns
Scenario B: your DRM will backfire
- in which case you just tripled your losses: costs of developing the DRM, additional customer support for all the legal customers who have trouble, and the ACTUALLY REAL lost sales of people who will no longer buy any product from you because of it

I really respect Mike Dailly for being the true originator of Grand Theft Auto, but it is disappointing to see that he seems to have such little undestanding of the dynamics of the market. He states all the true facts, but comes to the completely wrong conclusions. Yes, pirates download the software because they can do so for free, and for most of them, the alternative if that weren’t possible isn’t to buy it, but don’t use it at all (which means losing a potential future customer, but that’s another story).

So what you do is not spend your resources on something to fight a problem without negative financial effect on your sales, and which has a near-100% chance of either not working or backfiring. What you do is spend these resources on making the product so good, people feel like they HAVE to buy it. If you’re so inclined and really want to try and outsmart the crackers (I can see the appeal!), do something non-destructive. Tell them that they should go purchase a real copy, and why. I almost guarantee you it will have more effect than annoying users (even if they’re pirates! Losing their work won’t make them want to buy the software, but throw it in the bin!), and if it backfires, it’s no biggie.

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By: Whatever

Whatever — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:36:00 +0000

Offtopic:
Funny how after more than 3 decades they still call the moveble objects in games sprites.

By: Whatever

Whatever — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:16:00 +0000

Contract ?

A gun seller might not be responsible for a gun fire by mistake.

However he will be responsible for putting hidden explosives in the handle against reverse engineering the gun if it explodes during usage.

By: Whatever

Whatever — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:55:00 +0000

If “smart developers” = “Yo Yo” then error.

By: Whatever

Whatever — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:48:00 +0000

And the best producer has to show for is an apology like in the Finland case.

“and I can only apologize for the problems.”

Real damage, fake compensation.

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By: Lord of the Files

Lord of the Files — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 04:38:00 +0000

After reading the article, I’m left with one question. What is the logic behind putting so much time and effort into stopping people you admit will never ever buy your product no matter what? Wouldn’t it make a lot more sense to put all of that considerable time and effort into making your product better instead, giving people a reason to change their mind and pay for it? Not just the pirates, but people on the fence too who don’t have a problem with paying and just aren’t certain it’s worth their investment yet.