Comments on: How to Handle Pirates (The Final Truth) http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/10/13/how-to-handle-pirates-the-final-truth/ I bake games. Indie style. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Martin http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/10/13/how-to-handle-pirates-the-final-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-137027 Martin Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:41:42 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=3674#comment-137027 I agree you need to just focus on the customer. With mainstream games getting cracked within a day or two, it would just be a frustrating cycle. I don't agree that a really good game is always rewarded with purchases. I think it depends on how easy crackers make it for pirates to get the game. Are there a ton of torrent feeds and easily installed cracks? I also believe that many pirates just don't want to pay anything no matter what. They aren't necessarily poor, they just don't want to pay period. Since indie games tend to be a bit more low profile, some sort of DRM might actually work for a while. With less exposure you might fly under the radar, but that might just be wishful thinking. If I were to add DRM to something I developed, I would likely use a common or free system which is likely easily cracked anyway. I agree you need to just focus on the customer. With mainstream games getting cracked within a day or two, it would just be a frustrating cycle.

I don’t agree that a really good game is always rewarded with purchases. I think it depends on how easy crackers make it for pirates to get the game. Are there a ton of torrent feeds and easily installed cracks? I also believe that many pirates just don’t want to pay anything no matter what. They aren’t necessarily poor, they just don’t want to pay period.

Since indie games tend to be a bit more low profile, some sort of DRM might actually work for a while. With less exposure you might fly under the radar, but that might just be wishful thinking. If I were to add DRM to something I developed, I would likely use a common or free system which is likely easily cracked anyway.

]]> By: Juuso http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/10/13/how-to-handle-pirates-the-final-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-136765 Juuso Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:45:24 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=3674#comment-136765 Cliff eventually started using DRM. It's just a matter of time when he'll forget the pirates once and for all... Cliff eventually started using DRM. It’s just a matter of time when he’ll forget the pirates once and for all…

]]> By: Jake Birkett http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/10/13/how-to-handle-pirates-the-final-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-136764 Jake Birkett Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:48:59 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=3674#comment-136764 I personally think Cliff (successful as he is) wastes too much time fighting piracy and could make more money (and feel better) just focusing on making great games. I personally think Cliff (successful as he is) wastes too much time fighting piracy and could make more money (and feel better) just focusing on making great games.

]]> By: Sebastien Larocque http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/10/13/how-to-handle-pirates-the-final-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-136763 Sebastien Larocque Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:13:41 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=3674#comment-136763 Cliff may not have any DRM, but he has strategies to face the piracy. I read a post from him mentioning something like fake torrents of his games. This is another factor to consider. Cliff may not have any DRM, but he has strategies to face the piracy. I read a post from him mentioning something like fake torrents of his games. This is another factor to consider.

]]> By: Katherine http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/10/13/how-to-handle-pirates-the-final-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-136761 Katherine Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:08:24 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=3674#comment-136761 Exactly. Exactly.

]]> By: Lumooja http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/10/13/how-to-handle-pirates-the-final-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-136760 Lumooja Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:40:41 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=3674#comment-136760 If your product is really good, then the customers will buy it. They will indeed enthustically buy it, because they want the original. If it's crap, they will not buy it, or pirate it and keep it for a day or two. To fight piratism, you just need to make good products. It's hard to define a good product, but you know it when you see it. If your product is really good, then the customers will buy it. They will indeed enthustically buy it, because they want the original.
If it’s crap, they will not buy it, or pirate it and keep it for a day or two.

To fight piratism, you just need to make good products. It’s hard to define a good product, but you know it when you see it.

]]> By: Jake Birkett http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/10/13/how-to-handle-pirates-the-final-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-136757 Jake Birkett Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:18:13 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=3674#comment-136757 I've always been pro-customer. Focus on making better games and have better marketing than wasting energy on people that mostly wouldn't pay anyway. I’ve always been pro-customer. Focus on making better games and have better marketing than wasting energy on people that mostly wouldn’t pay anyway.

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