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The Most Pirated Games Of 2009
- Thread starter Nirolak
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pieatorium
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Pretty surprised by the piracy rates on the consoles aswell, for all the PC piracy talk adding up the 360 and Wii it's really not that huge a jump.
Zombie James
Banned
Also, keep in mind that these are just Bittorrent downloads... doesn't take into account binary newsgroups.
Deacan said:
PS3 BD games have been dumped online, well blurays in general. But PS3 games, although successfully dumped, havent been successfully cracked. Meaning that if one day PS3 is hacked, those PS3 games that are on the net being distributed atm, wont run since they need to be hacked too. LOL at the some fools DLing in hopes they are ready for the future!!
Also it has been noted that PS3 itself is a beast to crack thanx to its 7th SPU or something. That thing is constantly checking that the system and games are legit even while playing a game. Mad props to Sony. Pirates can suck some cock after they killed PSP sales.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
I feel really bad for those who only experienced MW2's single player campaign. The loss of brain cells will never make up for any monies these wretched souls may have saved.
just in case, I'm not condoning piracy, just making fun of how terrible that campaign was
Son of Godzilla
Banned
You say that like the multiplayer doesn't shorten your lifespan and shit on your soul.Freedom = $1.05 said:
Freedom = $1.05
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Son of Godzilla said:
Hey, even as insanely bugged out and unbalanced as that multiplayer is it still has some charm to it. That single player, though...*shivers*
Freedom = $1.05
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rhfb said:
As stated earlier, there are Blu ray dumps of many PS3 games out there. Sony just made damn sure that the PS3 wasn't going to be the PSP deux. Hell, Microsoft main issue what with the firmware on their disc drives as far as piracy was concerned. It wasn't until recently that homebrew even appear on the 360, unlike the original xbox.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Single player game with no demo.Fredescu said:
Says it all, really.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
You are wrongly assuming 1 download = 1 person.Vamphuntr said:
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
RavenFox said:
No they didn't. They were very open about their policies. Not liking their policies and design decisions doesn't give you the right to steal.
Yeah but that actually works in his favor.cjelly said:
A lot of colleges run off Direct Connect pirating networks now, meaning that 1 download introduced into the system can go to well over 100 people.
And again, we're not even counting RapidShare, MegaUpload, or Private Trackers here.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Nirolak said:
Hahahaha People are still using Direct Connect? Holy 2003, Batman :lol
rezuth said:
Hey, Jack Tretton said it was ok so it's ok.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
silverbullet1080 said:
Not to be a junior mod, but advocating privacy regardless of reason should bring down the ban hammer.
Those numbers are 'very disappointing'.
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
Diablos said:
Still, I find it a loose correlated assumption in the reverse, that since it's not 1:1 ratio of lost sales to piracy a good number of it isn't lost potential sales. Some people simply don't buy a game if they don't have to even if they can, like damn near everyone I work with seems to freakin' pirate despite the fact they make as much if not more than me in the IT department.
Honestly, the figures for MW2 PC do not surprise me all. It would've sold much, much better if connecting through IWnet was not forced upon those wanting to play multiplayer. Seeing it get pirated to hell and back was more or less expected. IW/Acti singled out LAN gamers, giving them no reason to buy it for multi, so that's a significant amount of potential customers lost right there.
What is surprising is the amount of downloads on 360 titles. And despite rampant piracy, the 360 version still sold way more than its PS3 equivalent.
I wouldn't say "far from accurate. " While there are other distribution methods out there, BitTorrent is the most commonly used, so this is a good representation of the current state of piracy. I would say at least 95 % of internet users who pirate do so from public BT sites. BT is what Kazaa used to be in its heyday. FTP is simply not efficient these days due to the large size of files, I doubt anyone uses it apart from those heavily involved in the distribution of pirated content (ie the uploaders themselves). Newsgroups are also a niche area, being a paid service.
What is surprising is the amount of downloads on 360 titles. And despite rampant piracy, the 360 version still sold way more than its PS3 equivalent.
dazzgc said:
I wouldn't say "far from accurate. " While there are other distribution methods out there, BitTorrent is the most commonly used, so this is a good representation of the current state of piracy. I would say at least 95 % of internet users who pirate do so from public BT sites. BT is what Kazaa used to be in its heyday. FTP is simply not efficient these days due to the large size of files, I doubt anyone uses it apart from those heavily involved in the distribution of pirated content (ie the uploaders themselves). Newsgroups are also a niche area, being a paid service.
BigKaboom2
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I think the bigger problem was the ridiculous 20% price increase.Archie said: