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Title: Game X has been leaked
Post by: idolminds on Monday, February 14, 2011, 05:35:10 PM: ZOMG NOT GAME X!

I know we talk about piracy and do mention when a game gets leaked. But what I wonder is why do the major gaming sites and blogs announce this information? Its not really news to the vast majority of gamers, and certainly not to the upstanding, non-pirating, DLC-buying gamer.

Its kind of weird. Crysis 2 being leaked this far ahead of release is sort of news. How does something get leaked that early? What can be done to prevent it from happening again? However thats not what the vast majority of articles on the topic discuss. Its a "PC Gaming is doomed and its all YOUR fault! You sick bastards are ruining EVERYTHING! Also, tee-hee its out and on torrent sites but totally don't go looking for it. Wink."
Title: Re: Game X has been leaked
Post by: MysterD on Monday, February 14, 2011, 05:40:56 PM: You know what can be done?
Everybody who pirates the game should force themselves to buy it upon release at full-price.
Title: Re: Game X has been leaked
Post by: idolminds on Monday, February 14, 2011, 05:42:39 PM: Yeah like thats likely to happen.
Title: Re: Game X has been leaked
Post by: MysterD on Monday, February 14, 2011, 06:10:41 PM: Quote from: idolminds on Monday, February 14, 2011, 05:42:39 PM
Yeah like thats likely to happen.
HIGHLY Doubtful. But, it would be nice...

I don't think anything can be protected, unfortunately.
The Internet is TOO ultra-connected.
Title: Re: Game X has been leaked
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 03:03:36 PM: ESA says 54% Of Illegal Game Fileshares Come From Five Watch-List Nations:
Italy, Spain, China, Brazil and France. (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/33048/ESA_54_Of_Illegal_Game_Fileshares_Come_From_Five_WatchList_Nations.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+%28Gamasutra+News%29)
Title: Re: Game X has been leaked
Post by: Cools! on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 05:46:56 PM: All games should have a kill switch where if you install them before a certain date they'll format your drive. :P
Title: Re: Game X has been leaked
Post by: Ghandi on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 10:39:29 PM: Quote from: MysterD on Monday, February 14, 2011, 05:40:56 PM
You know what can be done?
Everybody who pirates the game should force themselves to buy it upon release at full-price.

Also, every woman should give me a blowjob whenever I want.

D, our fantasy world is really shaping up nicely.
Title: Re: Game X has been leaked
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, February 21, 2011, 12:27:58 PM: Hahaha! :D

I've been thinking about the leaks myself. My feeling is that the modern development structure makes them more likely. A lot of work is outsourced, in particular testing. So a lot of underpaid people with no vested interest in the developer's business get their hands on game builds.
Title: Re: Game X has been leaked
Post by: W7RE on Monday, February 21, 2011, 02:15:51 PM: Also having huge teams means more people have access to the game.