schattenwolf86 on 23 October 2008
| Soleron said: The best way to end piracy is by making games free and seeking alternative sources of revenue, such as in-game content stores or in-game advertising. |
I really don't think that will give people the incentive to be game developers then. You can't assume people will be willing to buy in game content or that companies will want to advertise in game (especially if economic times are tight). You will get the hardcore crowd that will be willing to do it, but will developement cycles be shorter, longer, or the same as current developement times? Nintendo, M$, and Sony would not make any consoles, and there would be no point in pushing technology for games.
All the open source projects you listed are great examples of free software that have worked, but if games were free, we would not see the same amount of games that we have right now and the same quality.
