Super Street Fighter IV Arcade and Street Fighter X Tekken coming to PC

[vlad321]

Mr Puggsly said:

vlad321 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

vlad321 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Foamer said:

Piracy crosses many platforms...

And none other like PC.

Its a huge reason a lot of games skip the PC.

Show me statistics that show that piracy = lost sales. Otherwise stop talking out of your ass and about things you don't know shit about.

I don't have statistics because digital sales aren't released. I do have these though...

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/10/activision.ars

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Pc-Games-piracy-ubisoft-endwar,6467.html

http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/6326.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13617619/ns/business-world_business

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/18/epics-mike-capps-pc-piracy-changed-our-business-model/

http://www.actiontrip.com/rei/comments_news.phtml?id=080706_9

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/247057/news/epic-piracy-has-killed-our-enthusiasm-for-pc/?attr=CVG-General-RSS

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/30552/Piracy_Rules_Out_PC_Version_Of_Super_Street_Fighter_IV.php

 

 

Show me a link that shows that piracy means that sales were lost.

What do you think the publishers and developers are trying to say? Are you seriously under the illusion games freely and easily distributed on the web has no impact on sales? Crysis 2 and Bulletstorm were on the web before they were even released. You don't think people decided to save money and go that route instead?

Music and DVDs don't sell like they used too thanks to piracy. I'm a computer technician and any technician will tell you they see unsavvy computer users stealing music, movies, programs, etc. A lot of them don't even realize they are doing something illegal. Yet you genuinely don't believe that same trend is not affecting PC games either?

All they see is their game not selling, and being somewhat pirated. I hate to break your bubble, but there are countless of reasons why a game may not be selling, generally the biggest one is the game being shitty and not worth the asking price.

Also right there what I bolded is a false, utterly false, statement. I have provided you with many links showing you data that the staement is wrong. Well, unless you don't count streaming services and stuff as DVDs, because then you are right. Streaming services and netflix are just MURDERING the sales of DVDs. Also what you bolded is also pretty good indication that certain industries don't know shit about their own sales and just like to bitch. Album sales have been plummeting, but you know what has been skyrocketing? Single-track digital sales. Which basically means a consumer doesn't want all the shit that an album comes with, just the really good songs.

Show me a link showing that piracy is equal to lost sales. I dare you. Because as I shown already, I have the US, Dutch, and Japanese governments saying one of the following a) it helps the economy, b) can't find any evidence of loss of sales, or c) actually is beneficial for the given pirated industry. Then there was the 400 page study which discussed WHY people pirate, which basically came down to "they don't see the game as having the value of the asking price." Basically translated, the game fucking sucks dick for $60.