Mummelmann on 15 January 2008
| naznatips said: It's worth noting that the vast majority of piraters are not in North America. Most of them come from Korea. |
There are indeed many pirates there. But Sweden is also big on piracy, both Razor 1911 and DEVIANT have mostly Swedish coders among them. This is because of the liberal nature of Swedish copyrighting laws and agreements.
No matter what dev's come up with, pirates are rarely more than a small step behind. The longest it has ever taken to crack a game is either Half-Life 2 or Bioshock, can't remember which.
The reason so many in Norway download illegally is the price of games; most games cost around 100$ or slightly less (PC games are a tad cheaper), so it goes without saying that most really wouldn't get any gaming done if they were completely "straight". I don't condone it, but I certainly understand it from a gamers point of view!
