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Kasz216 on 23 February 2010
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Fumanchu said:
Kasz216 said:
Fumanchu said:
@splooge - How was EA to know that Dead Space and Mirror's Edge weren't going to be the 'next big thing'? They were both met with critical acclaim and I even remember Mirror's Edge being voted as the 'game of show' for one of the big game conferences before its' release.

All game projects are big gambles, you can't predict what's going to be successful - but more often than not it is the big budgeted games with shiny graphics that are successful, so in that sense I don't look at it as an issue of being more responsible with their investments when they believe that consumers demand big investments to make big sales.

You obviously don't work in the software development field - can you imagine that you're best friend was just fired because you were told that 2 million copies of your game that you poured your blood and sweat into have been pirated resulting in less than expected sales? It does suck and I believe that they have the right to complain about it.

That's not actually how it works.  They could complain about it... but they may as well be complaing god is bowling way to much when there are too many storms.

That's exactly how it works or offered as a part of the explanation.  When it personally affects you it's harder to accept as an inevitability.  Farmers still complain about the weather don't they?

There's too many analogies used for comparisons' sake going on - can we please discuss this problem facing this industry.

Ah, you don't seem to get it.

That's not how piracy works.  According to economic theory people are social creatures who are preconditioned to wish to buy things at a fair price.  Piracy by in large occurs when people view the product is not worth the money it's charged.  The vast majority of acts  of piracy does not result in lost sales.

Additionally there are some positive factors that inflate sales when it comse to piracy that is similar to things like when you lend a game to a friend of yours etc.


As such, the majority academic studies more or less point to the effect of piracy on industries as statistically insifignificant.

 

People may offer that as the explination, but it holds no bearing on reality then your parents telling you it's raining and thundering because god is bowling.