That's really clever. "Leak" their own game... but have it limited. It removes the need for someone else to spread the full version of the game, and still allows people to pirate it. #trials
@N●Gage Croal: I read how Arkham Asylum for the PC was gimped to thwart piraters. So, you can play but you lose the ability to glide, or reach certain areas. So in reality, you couldn't beat the game. I think that's an awesome way to cater to those who want an extended demo and have a habit of torrenting. #trials
@N●Gage Croal: It was patched day 1 for consumers. The whole plan was to stop the pirates. And I just checked the torrent sites, and looks like those pirates are still forced to use the gimped version. I see torrents for the 1.01 patch, but it looks awfully shady. #trials
Now it's time for the community to recognize this as developer as one who understands how the world works. He recognizes piracy and embraces it.
If you torrent the game, and like it, reward the dev for that. Money speaks volumes. If pirates don't put up when the devs do something like this, it's less likely to happen in the future. #trials
@breadtruck: Fallout 3, and potentially DA:O would like a word with you.
(and Far Cry 2 n Borderlands, except they got put on the 'shit no buy' pile) #trials
@breadtruck: Don't speak for all the try before you buy crew. You may pirate and not buy anything, I however buy anything I recognize personal value in. #trials
@WolfieXIII: I dont pirate. I either buy the game or wait for an official demo.
But the 5 angry replies here are the minority, and you all know that. Dont even shit me otherwise. Devs, publishers, and whoever else wouldnt work so hard to try to stop it if those people that pirated came back shortly after to buy it. #trials
What gets me, is the fact that Xbox 360's are quite difficult for a normal person to mod/hack, and very hard to keep from being banned. I understand why some people do it, hell, I have a hacked PSP to play my Translated Policenauts on, and Original Xbox is Hacked so I can use XBMC, and all the emulators, but something like 360 just seems too much hassle to me.
P.S: Before somebody says, yeah. I have played a few isos on my PSP, but only to check them out, to see if they're worth getting. Sometimes you can't tell from a review.
@splatternick: No your wrong on the average person can't do it for the 360. Now it's pretty much automated as long you can read and comprehend.
Sorry but the lines of avg and tech people able to modify consoles (minus PS3) is pretty blurry since almost anyone can do it but for the people who pay for others to do it either are too cautious or believe that they can't do it.
Now I'm not saying everyone should do it (to mod it and frankly while I was guilty of it don't see a good reason to do so besides personal research and to NOT make a profit out of it) but the misnomer of thinking it's too hard or complicated doesn't cut it these days.
Congrats XB360 as your popularity is about to be the new PS2 of your era (for home console), with a big library of games and the easy use to mod it. #modernwarfare2
Last time I checked, you had to have a certain model of Xbox 360, and you needed certain special tools to flash/hack it.
I'd say, at the end of the day, it'll cost you quite a bit after you've brought all the things you need.
DVD Burner - £30/$40
Recordable DVD's - £20/$30
And the tools you need to flash the 360, and the different drives you need to install, plus the modchip makes the price quite high. Add in the fact that downloading 360 iso's takes a long time, and some people are too impatient to wait.
I know what you mean about average people being able to mod 360's now, but even then, they're still in the minority. #modernwarfare2
@splatternick: Comparing to when I first did it to whats available now by far it easier but I no longer have a working 360 anymore nor do I care to get one. The only major expense besides dual layer burner and media was getting a Kreon dvd drive (to backup my own media mostly JPN import).
@PoweredByHentai: I just recently soft modded my PS2 so I can beat Ar Tonelico II by getting a patch for my US version (as in I own the original game) but the only way to play it is by modified PS2. I later got a Undubbed version which all the sounds were actually Dolby Digital when I found out that the US version didn't have a DD track (which they advertised). I can totally understand why you modded yours. It's true once you unlock your system, you have a certain responsibility to not to abuse it. #modernwarfare2
Hooray for latching onto the 'Try before you buy' group.
Finally a developer that realise Piracy is a fact and unstoppable force, and if its there, may as well use it.
EA, while not actively doing it themselves, did do simialr with Sims 3, with a neutered copy going on the torrents.
Be interesting if any more dev's took a simialr approach. #trials
I am a musician and artist and I find that if you give the customers a good experience without financially devastating them and really deal with them personally you will solve the problem. Music, movies and video games have went out of their way to squeeze every dime out of their fans and exploit their devotion at every turn. The fans response is a lack of respect for the creators and publishers of the product there for making them not feel guilty about piracy. Why would someone feel guilty for stealing from Activation when they have among other publishers and developers release unfinished games, broken peripherals and so on. I'm not supporting piracy, but this is what happens when a industry abandons and exploits it's core fan base. Woodstock 99 was the perfect example of an unorganized resistance. When faced with $10 bottles of water the crowd destroyed everything. Most of the crowed was just idiots but thats how society works. Unconscious civil disobedience. They where pushed to their limit of being exploited. Maybe game publishers should think about correcting their own behavior before pointing the finger at the pirates. #modernwarfare2
I am on your website looking to procure illicit/illegal software and/or hardware for my videogame system. More specifically, I am looking for Modern War Pear 2. If you or you know of anyone who can modify my videogame console or is willing to sell me "pirated videogames" please leave your full name, your address, phone number and email here or email me at Gotchasucka@IPCybercrime.com
I wonder how much jail time, if any, he got for this. My guess is not much though you never know in America, i'm used to it here in Canada where drunk drivers run down 4 year old girls and get 3 years. #modernwarfare2
It's funny how I've never had an interest in pirating games since I got out of the BBS days, but I don't treat the same respect to the music community. :/
That being said, iTunes is evil and it has increased my music spending ten fold easily just by having stuff available when I want it, now, and don't have to try to track it down. Plus, $9.99 for a CD sounds so much better to me than $17.99. #modernwarfare2
@arteris: Word. If not for iTunes, I'd still be stealing music like in the Napster days.
Record Labels really need to get hip to that fact. I only buy what I really want to listen to, and I'm going to do it through iTunes or whatever digital distribution service gives me a good, DRM-free deal. And I will pay. You raise the prices on their licensing and make it to where it no longer make sense to buy, then more than likely I'll go back to my old ways. Grab vast amounts of data with no regard for anyone. #modernwarfare2
@Phydeaux: That's taking the moral high ground now isn't it? Openly admitting to having a willingness to blackmail artists and their labels if they don't give you the "deal" you think you deserve.
Wonder why most music is awful these days? Because real musicians that make truly interesting creations have stopped making music for sorry a$$3$ like yourself. If this is the attitude they get from "fans" then I am not surprised they would rather just make it for themselves to enjoy.
Essentially with an attitude like yours you don't deserve anything better to listen to than the absolute bottom of the proverbial artistic barrel. Keep thinking you have taste in music. #modernwarfare2
@Murauder: Yeah, there's some acceptability for price. And if it's not acceptable, I won't pay it. Would I steal it? Maybe. Where is it any different than the 80s when me and my buddies would mix up stuff from our vinyl onto tape? It's not.
Music is awful these days BECAUSE people pay for a full album to listen to two or three songs, thereby giving the idea to a record label that the entire album's contents are sought after and market research goes further into it in order to tailor-make tracks for the slobbering masses.
If it's from a band I like, I buy it. But these are mostly bands not affiliated with record labels. Or if they are, they have other forums of distribution. Like through iTunes.
Also, you don't have to censor "asses", ass.
And then you try to drag musical taste into an argument about the economics. What a red herring. Come back when you're coherent. #modernwarfare2
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That was already patched, from what I've heard. #trials
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If you torrent the game, and like it, reward the dev for that. Money speaks volumes. If pirates don't put up when the devs do something like this, it's less likely to happen in the future. #trials
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(and Far Cry 2 n Borderlands, except they got put on the 'shit no buy' pile) #trials
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But the 5 angry replies here are the minority, and you all know that. Dont even shit me otherwise. Devs, publishers, and whoever else wouldnt work so hard to try to stop it if those people that pirated came back shortly after to buy it. #trials
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P.S: Before somebody says, yeah. I have played a few isos on my PSP, but only to check them out, to see if they're worth getting. Sometimes you can't tell from a review.
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Sorry but the lines of avg and tech people able to modify consoles (minus PS3) is pretty blurry since almost anyone can do it but for the people who pay for others to do it either are too cautious or believe that they can't do it.
Now I'm not saying everyone should do it (to mod it and frankly while I was guilty of it don't see a good reason to do so besides personal research and to NOT make a profit out of it) but the misnomer of thinking it's too hard or complicated doesn't cut it these days.
Congrats XB360 as your popularity is about to be the new PS2 of your era (for home console), with a big library of games and the easy use to mod it. #modernwarfare2
11/07/09
Last time I checked, you had to have a certain model of Xbox 360, and you needed certain special tools to flash/hack it.
I'd say, at the end of the day, it'll cost you quite a bit after you've brought all the things you need.
DVD Burner - £30/$40
Recordable DVD's - £20/$30
And the tools you need to flash the 360, and the different drives you need to install, plus the modchip makes the price quite high. Add in the fact that downloading 360 iso's takes a long time, and some people are too impatient to wait.
I know what you mean about average people being able to mod 360's now, but even then, they're still in the minority. #modernwarfare2
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@PoweredByHentai: I just recently soft modded my PS2 so I can beat Ar Tonelico II by getting a patch for my US version (as in I own the original game) but the only way to play it is by modified PS2. I later got a Undubbed version which all the sounds were actually Dolby Digital when I found out that the US version didn't have a DD track (which they advertised). I can totally understand why you modded yours. It's true once you unlock your system, you have a certain responsibility to not to abuse it. #modernwarfare2
11/06/09
Finally a developer that realise Piracy is a fact and unstoppable force, and if its there, may as well use it.
EA, while not actively doing it themselves, did do simialr with Sims 3, with a neutered copy going on the torrents.
Be interesting if any more dev's took a simialr approach. #trials
11/06/09
Trials is one hard ass game, one of the few games to really just bend you over and unapologeticly have it's way with you.
Cruel, sometimes.
Love it. #trials
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Seriously, put that kid in the circus. #modernwarfare2
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Hello gents,
I am on your website looking to procure illicit/illegal software and/or hardware for my videogame system. More specifically, I am looking for Modern War Pear 2. If you or you know of anyone who can modify my videogame console or is willing to sell me "pirated videogames" please leave your full name, your address, phone number and email here or email me at Gotchasucka@IPCybercrime.com
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
HardcoreGamerzzz3321 #modernwarfare2
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That being said, iTunes is evil and it has increased my music spending ten fold easily just by having stuff available when I want it, now, and don't have to try to track it down. Plus, $9.99 for a CD sounds so much better to me than $17.99. #modernwarfare2
11/06/09
Record Labels really need to get hip to that fact. I only buy what I really want to listen to, and I'm going to do it through iTunes or whatever digital distribution service gives me a good, DRM-free deal. And I will pay. You raise the prices on their licensing and make it to where it no longer make sense to buy, then more than likely I'll go back to my old ways. Grab vast amounts of data with no regard for anyone. #modernwarfare2
11/06/09
Wonder why most music is awful these days? Because real musicians that make truly interesting creations have stopped making music for sorry a$$3$ like yourself. If this is the attitude they get from "fans" then I am not surprised they would rather just make it for themselves to enjoy.
Essentially with an attitude like yours you don't deserve anything better to listen to than the absolute bottom of the proverbial artistic barrel. Keep thinking you have taste in music. #modernwarfare2
11/06/09
Music is awful these days BECAUSE people pay for a full album to listen to two or three songs, thereby giving the idea to a record label that the entire album's contents are sought after and market research goes further into it in order to tailor-make tracks for the slobbering masses.
If it's from a band I like, I buy it. But these are mostly bands not affiliated with record labels. Or if they are, they have other forums of distribution. Like through iTunes.
Also, you don't have to censor "asses", ass.
And then you try to drag musical taste into an argument about the economics. What a red herring. Come back when you're coherent. #modernwarfare2