vlad321 said:
I'm actually studying to become a game developer, preferabbly an AI programmer. If my game gets pirated a lot then that just mean we did a shitty job, plain and simple. I'm not afraid to face the truth, but apparently many many people are (and then they get depressed and stuff themselves ful of drugs, or they use scapegoats such as piracy). |
lol prepare for a world of hurt when you ship your first game. I actually can't believe how niave you are and hope you come back to the forums after your first game is released!
You seem to think developers have some sort of choice in when a game is released and the state it's released in but I know a very large amount of people that have worked on all quality of games (I even have a friend at Naught Dog now which is pretty cool) and what people call lazy developers and low quality games are pretty much out of the developer's hand at a certain point.
The publisher just wants something released and if it has faults, it has faults. Since you call Blizzard and Valve the pinacle of gaming, I'm assuming you think every other game has faults. Even with something like Modern Warfare 2, they did the best they could but they had to release and could not delay (and yes, I even know people at Infinity Ward).
Anyways, back to the point, good luck in finding a job and all, but your first job isn't going to be for a Valve or Blizzard, it's going to be at one of the very studios that you pirate games from. As I said, when you ship your first game I'll be eager to know your opinions.
Also, since I've sat in some interviews and know what sort of questions are asked, what would you say if they asked you about piracy and if you pirate games?
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