Publisher: “Selling Unfinished Games Will Defeat Piracy”

Very good idea.

Finally, someone in the business who has more brain cells than they have cash.

It's just a mean to explain the latest DLC rush. In fact it's a way to sell an unfinished game at full price, and then demand even more money for what should have been included in the first place. And seeing it as a way to counter DRM is utter bullshit - DLCs get pirated just as the games are, and in fact I'd bet even some people that buy the games are using the pirated DLCs, which probably makes the DLCs the most pirated element of the gaming industry ever.

So in other words I have to pay for an unfinished game, and wait a few months to continue playing it? For some reason by that time I'll be bored with it and completely forget about it. Also, when I buy a game I want the whole thing right then and there. As for the DLC if it's bonus add-ons that are just for replay value then I can see this working.

Aside from that it's like they are trying to take the idea of MMOs here and applying it to normal games.

Reason why this won't work?

Easy, downloadable content gets pirated as well, in a matter of days.

I don't think this is really an answer, it feels like another kick on the balls to the people who do buy the games.

look at dragon age. that has a shitload of dlc, basicly what he is sugesting is that they sell the first half of the game and make you also buy the end.

well pirate groups do buy 1 copy at least and than release the game, like they did with dragon age, and you get all the computer dlc too.

this strategy would actually kill pc gaming.

for the pc side, you need compelling game play and an online functionality, that only works through a paid retail version of the game, or a steam like service. if a pirate can get online in your games you have fucking problems.

I actually bought Dragon age and pirated all DLCs I didnt get with the game. One reason was that there were no other way to get some of them (collector edition crap etc.) and second was that so annoying ingame advertisment for the DLC that annoyed me so much I pirated the DLC just to have the annoying guy dissapear.

yeah i bought mass effect 2 but pirated all dlcs , they were complete crap anyway . Also as a gamer im kinda pissed off so i pay 60 bucks for a game and then i pay another 40 for chunks of the game that doesnt fit into game nor are particularity good . fuck this shit if they want to play like this ill just wont buy their games.

Well, game devs still have decades to go until decency there.

For now the DLC they make is actually like Beta content they did not include in the main for being not well done till the end, only somebody in the company got the idea how they could get people pay for their trashed concepts too.

(that being said about ME2 DLC.)

this concept are good, but delayed delivery is the biggest problem here, for example ME2, I downloaded the earlier DLC for gun and new character (who's his name again ? I totally forget), but when kasumi comes out, I've already tired of the game, I want to download the DLC but my laziness got the better of me (at that time ME2 has completely uninstalled from my computer), if they want this concept to work they need to bring out the better planning at their timeframe.

"Lyndon B Johnson once said ‘you want to be on the inside pissing out rather than the outside pissing in’ – and I wholeheartedly agree."

So you want to piss on us.

The reality is this guy has at least stated the reality, which is good. Accepting piracy for what it is is the first step toward battling its effects (not it entirely). Sadly he's got the right direction, it's just people see DLC as mostly worthless these days. What he's bringing up apparently is a revision of what DLC actually is. Essentially I think Valve has the right idea with that, an episodic story. Essentially turning games into a playable anime-like series. (One Piece the series... oh god...)

But it makes sense, everyone wanted more of Half Life 2 and we still do. Really though the only way we can really escape this is steam-style check ins. The world is covered in broadband enough now, we can accept that little aspect of having our games check in online for validation. Even that can be pirated, yes, but still, at least we know they're not laying down and dying.

The problem is, people are lazy. Extra DLC for games doesn't sell well. Nobody wants to pay an extra $5 dollars an episode, when they already shelled out for the game. At least, not yet.

Steam is working out reasonably well, so maybe that's the direction they should be taking, instead of nickel-and-diming us to death.

I consider steam the best of both worlds, the smallest trade-off for the most profit that they reasonably deserve. The biggest issue is most of us want a box, we want to OWN the game, myself included. Last Remnant for example I bought the box and still had to use Steam, and honestly I was okay with it, but there is that subtle back-of-the-mind knowledge that you don't actually own that copy for yourself really.

But it's still something I'm willing to do to make sure we don't have another Black Isle.

Agreed, I don't use consoles for internet playing due to I have a PC and my console is a damn Xbox 360. An issue I see is, even if the pirates don't get the whole game, neither do the people who actually buy it but can't or don't want to get the DLC.

That is how my country works. If they do that then they should make their games cheaper since we're buying something unfinished. If the game sucks why bother downloading the rest.

What he says is already implemented in some form. The Megaman games for PS3, 360 and Wii are an example. They come incomplete, with DLC necessary to complete the "experience". Sonic 4 is going to be episodic. Sure, they are downloadable games, but what he says is still functioning within the industry.

Righteously said...

*thumbs up*

Agreed. But I can see that happening.

I also see them coming out with a 'Complete' edition just like any other game does, or has done recently.

As we know, capitalism gets the greed in us. That's why I predict that PSN+ members will soon be the only people who gain online access to multiplayer. Also, in an somewhat unrelated note, why haven't companies decided on selling dvds or blu-rays at abnormally high prices during the screenings at the theaters? They'd get lots of money, I'd think.

They can't due to their arrangements with the theaters, they have to release home versions of the movies X amount of months afterward or the theaters would shit a brick because it would kill their box office.

Pirates will crack these games too, as usual, then make a full pack of all its parts and distribute to internet for free. This is not a question to stop piracy, but only a way to rise game prices so idiots won`t notice.
Every protection which can be made can also be cracked. There`s nothing magical in computer technology.
That CEO is only one of money hungry suckers, and they see their customers as complete idiots (maybe they are!) to blow money off.
Only solution against piracy is: better games, complete, and lower prices. And much, much lower wages&bonuses to CEOs & other useless higher-ups!

its already at the mid point of its life spam if they didn't crack it within 2-3 years its not going to get cracked
just look at microsoft and nintendo their systems were hacked within the first and second year yet sony stayed uncracked, even though someone almost hacked it but sony closed that door once he announced how he hacked the system

lol pwned
did you just google 'ps3 hack' and the 3rd link is where stupid geohot said "3 years later ps3 get hacked" ? that was on January. the silly fool give up already

First anonymous misses a point: MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A BLU-RAY BURNER! That is the ONLY reason why PS3 hasn't been cracked out the wazoo yet!