| .jayderyu said: This. There is no better answer than this. To get what you want is to give what they want. That is the path of least resistance and the most successful path. No empire has ever dominated forever based on control of iron will. The illusion of freedom, the belief of self control is the utmost of value to almost everyone on this planet. To offer the better version to payers will signifigantly increase purchase. To iron wall in an attempt to stop piracy will meet with failed attempts. Let's look at the PS2, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP as a sample. The PS2, Wii, PSP, DS use copy protection. They are all hacked consoles. After than they have little in common. Usebase, tech, os, target audience all different. This we can agree on. Why is it then the PS3 has overall seen more succesful security than the PS2 and the Wii. Simple Sony decided to leave an open door specificly for the homebrew company. Because they did not need to find a way to run unauthorized code on the PS3 this has led to a much less effort for an exploit search. Rather than a universal search by the homebrew comunity. Because of this primary reason of insight for Sony to give what the homebrew comunity wanted. They managed to get what they wanted in return. Reduced piracy. This is not an argueable concept. This fundamental strategy is thousands of years old. To get what you want with least damage is to comprimise. The more you resist the more they push back. The more kinetic energy stored the same for release. These are philosphies and universal laws are just as applicable in reality as they are in business. They are often ignored under the delusional influence of money.
@Squalliam I'll disagree with your oopinion on qaulity of PC games. The game qaulity has never dropped if you look at more than the big companies. There variety, amount and qaulity have always been there. While consoles have the convience of effiency they are typicly don't have the variety. Either way game libriaries tastes vary and if one doesn't work for you then that's understandable. |
What I was talking about was bring the console model in a way to the PC with hardware based content protection. I want to not face the hassle of being treated like a criminal, not having to use discs etc but I also want the games to be protected. Though TBH most homebrewers seem to want to make games for systems but the net result of their efforts is piracy. The difference with the PS3 is you still cannot make homebrew games it more to satiate the tech enthusiasts and give them access to the Cell which would obviously be quite the draw card. The Xbox 360 doesn't offer the tech enthusiasts an opening and yet the hardware itself hasn't been broken, only the DVD drive.
I like a certain style of game, but really what I have at present makes me feel no need to expand beyond it. I don't want any strategy game which is not Age of Empires or Civilization really. Indie games can be cool, but its not really worth the effort for me to seek them out.
Tease.
