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naznatips on 15 February 2011
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darkknightkryta said:
naznatips said:
Rainbird said:
naznatips said:

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Good read, and I definitely agree with your main points. But it seems to me that the article is focusing way more on discussing piracy, its repercussions and the morales people are trying to justify it with, with the PC as the main example (with some stupid accusations and ideas thrown in, because it's Jim Sterling I guess?), rather than trying to convince everyone that the PC market is faultering and nobody is succesful there anymore.

At least that was what I got from it, so for me it seems like you're aiming at a different target than he is here. 


No, Jim is using piracy as a scapegoat for industry problems, and tryingn to get the pirates to take the blame/responsibility for those problems. While piracy is morally objectionable, it's not remotely responsible for major damage to the PC gaming industry, or these publishers and the industry as a whole. Pirates shouldn't be taking responsibility for these problems, because they aren't the ones causing them. 

I agree with you naznatips.  I mean if Konami can get major profits off of Metal Gear: Peace Walker with its 2.5 million of software sold on a piracy infested console, then the publishers here are doing something wrong.  (Note I use that Peace Walker as an example as there are more examples from Japan from the little guys like Nis and Atlus).  And now that the piracy excuse is loosing weight they're starting to blame used game sales as to why they can't make a profit from games selling 2.5 million plus sold.  The big publishers here seriously need to die they  got to big and bloated.


While they don't necessarily need to die, they do need to change. This is not a functional method of video game production.

On the moral side of things: Very few people are saying piracy is a good thing, or taking any sort of moral high ground about it. A couple are, sure, but that's hardly the majority nor should it be the focus of discussion and attack. What they are saying is it's not a massive destructive force on the industry, which is what Sterling (and twesterm) are saying.  Again, it's being used as a scapegoat for other failings.