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

[Mr Puggsly]

zgamer5 said:

free mmos areant popular because of brand. like i said before people here mostly play games like cs, dota, sc, a.k.a huge franchises.

thing is you dont want to see it. if it wasnt for piracy asians woudnt even know of games such as counter strike and dota. every pirated copy does not mean a lost sale, because people dont have powerful systems, and because of game prices. also considering life is more expensive here then in the west the average kid has less money.

so because piracy doesnt result in a lost sale, it helps pc gaming because of the reasons posted in my above post.

improving a games popularity and keeping pc gaming relevant as well as paving the path for future purchases> pirating a game, without hurting the dev because it would never be a lost sale.

now how does that help the world wide scene? it helped create huge franchises which keep the pc gaming scene relevant in the west. and its paving the path  towards a more emphasis on gaming in places such as china, which will eventually result in sales.

Not only does piracy hurt potential sales, but it hurts competition.

There aren't just free MMOs. There are free shooters, racers, RTS, etc. There are tons of low cost options that could potentially be thriving in Asia even more so. But they compete with top tier games being easily accessible for like a dollar on the street.

Gaming would still be very relevant in Asia without massive piracy. People would just play other low cost games, allowing the industry to thrive there. The quality of free games would likely be even better. God forbid Asian developers not have to compete with illegally distributed games.