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The most popular torrent on KAT says 20.6 K in 5 days so it seems piracy is taking a good chunk of potential sales.
If you're drawing out and solving mazes on paper, there is a good chance you're playing The Witness.If I solve a maze that my friend drew on a piece of paper, did I pirate The Witness?
He should be upset. Piracy sucks asses.
Being upset about piracy is natural. That doesn't mean his game isn't selling well or that PC is void of people willing to buy his game.
The most popular torrent on KAT says 20.6 K in 5 days so it seems piracy is taking a good chunk of sales.
Hold on, are you saying people on gaf were being overdramatic? That never happens, ever ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)He made a tweet or two about piracy but people took it more for what he meant IMO.
Like Blow's? That guy seems really upset about the piracy despite this.
The most popular torrent on KAT says 20.6 K in 5 days so it seems piracy is taking a good chunk of sales.
There's no great way to know that really, but there is some truth to the notion that some people are irredeemable cheapasses.They probably weren't going to buy the game anyway tbh.
You can't really tell how many of those would have been sales one way or the other.
didnt he just say piracy was ruining his sales
Like Blow's? That guy seems really upset about the piracy despite this.
I thought he basically just said piracy was going to affect his life and his ability to make more games
I assume that means he wasn't sure if they'd be able to move the office to a private island or not
They probably weren't going to buy the game anyway tbh.
Or they liked it so much they ended up buying it.
I'm fascinated with the fact that he could tell that a streamer was playing a pirated version of the game just from looking at it. I wonder what he did. Does the game display elements differently when it's pirated? And how does a game know it's pirated? This stuff fascinates me.
You can't really tell how many of those would have been sales one way or the other.
Huh? You mean that tweet? Come on.Like Blow's? That guy seems really upset about the piracy despite this.
didnt he just say piracy was ruining his sales
True but even if 10% of the people that pirated it actually bought the game that's still a couple thousand sales missed
I'm fascinated with the fact that he could tell that a streamer was playing a pirated version of the game just from looking at it. I wonder what he did. Does the game display elements differently when it's pirated? And how does a game know it's pirated? This stuff fascinates me.
Oh, he did? Interesting. Wonder what kind of hooks they inserted.I'm fascinated with the fact that he could tell that a streamer was playing a pirated version of the game just from looking at it. I wonder what he did. Does the game display elements differently when it's pirated? And how does a game know it's pirated? This stuff fascinates me.
Like Serious Sam which would spawn an unkillable monster that chases you around if you are running a stolen version. Like how does it know it's pirated? As for Witness, I haven't seen the game in motion much aside from all the previews. I'm trying to remain in the dark as long as possible. But I assume it doesn't have any on-screen UI elements that he could make appear in different places. Maybe certain things show up different colored if it's pirated? I'd love to see the stream he was watching and compare it to one that is legit and see what ingenious method he used. He should just make it so the pirated version only plays in black and white because it would suck to remove the beautiful colors out of this game.This would be really interesting to learn more about, I loved learning about all the previous instances where devs did certain things that only effect pirated copies.
I think you are failing to detect sarcasm. 20.6k isn't a huge deal. I mean, if every single one of them was added to his sales, it's a chunk of cash, but it wouldn't mean the difference between success and failure. He has every right to be upset about it, mind you.
I'm fascinated with the fact that he could tell that a streamer was playing a pirated version of the game just from looking at it. I wonder what he did. Does the game display elements differently when it's pirated? And how does a game know it's pirated? This stuff fascinates me.
I wonder how often this happens. Like genuinely curious
Lol. Now lets think of all the posts claiming PC release shouldnt have happened or later.
Game is currently sitting at 40k on Steamspy, twice more than when the outrage started.
Piracy still sucks though.
It's one of his tweets.hooray
Oh, he did? Interesting. Wonder what kind of hooks they inserted.
@Jonathan_Blow said:By the way, we can tell whether streamers are running a legit copy of the game or a pirated one. I just saw a streamer w/ 3 million views
a long time ago, i pirated crysis.They probably weren't going to buy the game anyway tbh.
my favorite is still the subtlety and effectiveness of your inability to glide whatsoever in a pirated copy of arkham asylum. people going to their forums like "wtf rocksteady why is your game broken" "because you're a piece of shit, banned"This would be really interesting to learn more about, I loved learning about all the previous instances where devs did certain things that only effect pirated copies.
38000 +- 4000 copies were sold on steam so far. Either Braid sold poorly in its first year, or the witness sold much better on PS4
prove it.
True but even if 10% of the people that pirated it actually bought the game that's still a couple thousand sales missed
38000 +- 4000 copies were sold on steam so far. Either Braid sold poorly in its first year, or the witness sold much better on PS4
didnt he just say piracy was ruining his sales
Well, in 6 years braid is at 747k sold according to steamspy(not accounting for other platforms, either), not sure how its legs have been but I don't think it'd be too huge a stretch to say it was about 200k in the first year? If that's the case, then 200k up front for The Witness would mean about $5.47 mill after PSN/steam's 30% cut into the studio's profits. IRRC the game's budget is about 8 mill? So even if it's half that, that's not a bad opening, especially considering the game will probably have legs longer than Braid(especially with its $40 launch point).
The fact he's made multiple tweets about it is enough to show that it seems like he's upset about it.