Sony Computer Entertainment Asia president Tetsuhiko Yasuda has noted this week at the GC Asia conference in Singapore that the company will continue its anti-piracy efforts in South-East Asia, and added a strong warning to the governments of those nations where piracy is rampant.
Yasuda specifically commended Singapore, adding: "I would like to extend my gratitude to the solid efforts ... [ read the full article ]
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I don't think piracy scares REAL game developers... You know, the ones that enjoy what they do, do it well, and not the ones who throw a game out their just to take your pennies. I don't think I need to name names lol
Originally posted by Morreale: I don't think piracy scares REAL game developers... You know, the ones that enjoy what they do, do it well, and not the ones who throw a game out their just to take your pennies. I don't think I need to name names lol
Although I agree there are two categories of game developpers (those that create with passion and those that want to make a quick profit)
However, I think both are afraid of piracy. Even if you develop with passion, you still need to make a good profit and investments in games have risen considerably in the past 20 years. Game companies need to make a profit or they go out of business.
Originally posted by Morreale: I don't think piracy scares REAL game developers... You know, the ones that enjoy what they do, do it well, and not the ones who throw a game out their just to take your pennies. I don't think I need to name names lol
Although I agree there are two categories of game developpers (those that create with passion and those that want to make a quick profit)
However, I think both are afraid of piracy. Even if you develop with passion, you still need to make a good profit and investments in games have risen considerably in the past 20 years. Game companies need to make a profit or they go out of business.
How true....but I don't think it is such a huge problem in other countries, it has always been this way in Asian countries, piracy,as they don't have the legislation that other countries have in place,piracy has been around since technology started and they will never stamp it out no matter how hard they try,i notice you say game companies need to make a profit,they are making a profit,the cost of an original game reflects that,it's compensating for the piracy,the only company that i am aware of that went bankrupt was acclaim but that was to poor buisnesship and company policies that no-one wanted to work for them,all the other major game developing companies seem to be doing fine,lets be honest here,a majority of net users know how to copy a game but how many of them actually make stock piles to sell for profit ? i wouldn't mind betting that the people that copy games do it for themselves, as cash is short for the game that they really want at the time.
