Argonath RPG - A World of its own
Argonath RPG Community => Speakerbox => World and local news => Topic started by: Matt Murdock on April 30, 2013, 10:25:50 am
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"When we released our very first game, Game Dev Tycoon (for Mac, Windows and Linux) yesterday, we did something unusual and as far as I know unique. We released a cracked version of the game ourselves, minutes after opening our Store.
I uploaded the torrent to the number one torrent sharing site, gave it a description imitating the scene and asked a few friends to help seed it."
(http://www.greenheartgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/image.png)
Read more. (http://www.greenheartgames.com/2013/04/29/what-happens-when-pirates-play-a-game-development-simulator-and-then-go-bankrupt-because-of-piracy/)
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Respect to whoever that is behind that game.
Finally a company that is going against the mainstream.
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Respect to whoever that is behind that game.
Finally a company that is going against the mainstream.
Did you read it full? Like clicked the link and read it all? :roll:
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Lol, game devs gave pirates a taste of their own medicine.
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Respect+
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Gimme download link.
But seriously, LOL
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I wonder why Matt missed out the information about why they did it, as it is pretty relevant
Developer did it with a little glitch hidden inside the game - people who download the pirated version play the game alright until the very moment where a player gets a message that the first video game their company will start selling will be pirated - thus making the company bankrupted and losing the game, forcing to start over.
(http://www.pcgamesn.com/sites/default/files/gamedevtycoon566.jpg)
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wow that strange give us download link at least >?
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Troll developers.. :cool:
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Finally a company that is going against the mainstream.
There's not enough game developing companies for there to even be a 'mainstream'. ;)
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LOL that's awesome!
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hehe nice one.
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i will pirate this game when they 'fix' this measure
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i will pirate this game when they 'fix' this measure
Now that's just being mean.
Meh, I pirate all the time, but then again, I pirate games I would never buy had piracy never been created, I just pirate them to give em a go I guess, but you know, games I truly love and will play for hours I do indeed buy.
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Really sends another message about how DRM can literally save a company, even though people hate it. (SimCity) - Those numbers for the cracked version were stunning.
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Maybe will make people, including some of you realize that piracy is not a victimless crime.
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Well partly it's the dev's fault. They posted the game right on the release time, while for some games it may take a day or two to get it cracked, meaning there would be more "buy-than-download" kind of thing. Yet the game was available to be downloaded right from the start. It's basically calling for trouble.
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I wonder why Matt missed out the information about why they did it, as it is pretty relevant
Developer did it with a little glitch hidden inside the game - people who download the pirated version play the game alright until the very moment where a player gets a message that the first video game their company will start selling will be pirated - thus making the company bankrupted and losing the game, forcing to start over.
Actually I didn't mention everything to keep the suspense. :p
Btw, the glitch was not when they created first game, but when they were on level 7-8, so it annoyed the hell out of gamers. :D
And message was something like you make game, and it people pirate it like hell. "Sir, too many people pirated our game and we are going bankcorrupt.
What's even funnier is people asking online, OMG WHY DO PEOPLE PIRATE?!! (when they pirated the game themselves) oh the irony. lmao
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And message was something like you make game, and it people pirate it like hell. "Sir, too many people pirated our game and we are going bankcorrupt.
Yeah, I even posted the image of the message. Didn't you see?