PC piracy rate is over 90% says Ubisoft
Which makes free-to-play games more profitable for the publisher
PC piracy rate is over 90% says Ubisoft
PC piracy rate is over 90% says Ubisoft
Which makes free-to-play games more profitable for the publisher
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90%? Is it really that high?
Ubisoft said so, so it must be true for all PC games...Originally Posted by Saint_Dee
90%? Is it really that high
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Strange how the company that treats the PC market the worst is the one that complains about it the most.
So says the company with one of the worst forms of DRM. Why is it not surprising.
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It can't be... I've stopped pirating a while ago and that should at least make a dent in the numbers90%? Is it really that high
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Wow, no point in even going into why a claim like that is total bull.
As for free-to-play I don't see it being all that successful, though I can see it annoying many people especially after they've "paid-to-win" and then the game dies off of gets terminated because someone like Ubi decided people should stop playing the old and and more to the new one and "pay-to-win" all over again.
I think there is some market for free-to-play games but it's far more limited than EA and Ubi etc would like to admit.
Personally I think their low sales are due to the nonsense they pull like DRM disguised as crap and dumbing down game franchises to appeal to a broader audience combined with indy games starting to steal more sales.
It would be so easy to write an essay on why and how the big publishers like EA and Ubi are digging their own holes to the detriment of the game industry.
edit,,,
One thing I'm looking forward to is what excuse will they use when sales/profit of free-to-play titles don't reach their unreal expectations, because when that happens they can't just pull out the piracy scapegoat.
So, if piracy was impossible, then do you think those 90% of people would then buy the game instead? Of course they wouldn't.
Reading this paragraph, the only thing that seems to concern Ubisoft is revenue. Never mind the other advantages of a solid F2P model. Look at TF2 or LoL- they're not making money because they're free to play, they're building massive player bases. That subsequently leads to revenue, even if only a tiny percentage of players actually make purchases.
Also, I can't play Ubisoft games I legally bought because of their retarded DRM solutions!
Very interested to see how this plays out as well.
Last edited by DrKillinger; 22-08-2012 at 01:47 PM.
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