Countering Piracy aka Publishers Are Morons

[Bitmap Frogs]

nitekrawler1285 said:

Bitmap Frogs said:

DKII said:
That doesn't mean games aren't overpriced from a consumer standpoint, it just means developers are spending too much making the games.

 

HD graphics cost a shit ton of money to make.

 

Not all games have to push the most polygons and have high resolution textures to be hits. Ask Nintendo.  Developers just choose to do so ignoring customer demands for a fun product and inflating developement costs for themselves.  If they don't learn to change their developement proccesses then they wont have to worry about it once they have closed their doors because they didn't  get large enough returns on their investment.

 

Low profile graphics only work for the wii and the digital distribution networks. Disc based games with crappy graphics get lambasted by reviews and end up hurting in sales. Up to a certain point it's a better investment (on the HD twins) to bank on graphics and a high price rather than low-fi and budget prices.

Frankly, it's appaling how some of you are pretending to tell them how to run their business just to justify stealing. If you think the vast majority of people hooked on the .25c / game torrented piñata are gonna start buying in droves at 40$, you are sorely mistaken. Only people who BUY games have their decisions impacted by price of the product. People who STEAL don't care about the price sticker. It's been proven over and over.

If someone was stealing your product and had the balls to go tell you how to run your business, what would your reaction be? So far there is NO argument at all justifying piracy that can't be broken down into basically "I am doing it, I like doing it and I want to keep doing it".