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£3,000,000,000
Yes that's Right
£3,000,000,000...3 Billion Pounds, that is how much Piracy cost the Videogaming industry last year. All that money that the developers could have, earned, they could have undertook, countless new ideas for games, they could have developed brilliant new tools for masking 3d environments
into games, that money could have saved some companies that fell under the fickle axe that is Gaming. But it went amiss, to shady back street market dealers, who are trying to undermine the massive developers as part of a Universal
plan to cripple the industry.
Thinking like that is absolute nonsense, piracy is harming the industry, I am not denying that and I don't condone it. However at the same time I have sympathy for those that use piracy and understand the reasons why. For
instance, those with little means have to pay the same price for a game that Rich people pay for. I understand that there are various issues here that cause this situation but nevertheless, consider how schools now can
have massive class differences. Students from poor families are rubbing shoulders with children whose parents get them whatever they want, I know I was there 2 years ago. Yes prices fall, but platinum games take a while to
come out and buy the time they are, the sequel is already out.
Consider also the agonising wait between games, how long we had to sit and read reports from Japan and the States about PS2, it was very difficult having to wait for our turn, because by the time PS2 is on the shelves, (early a year after Japan received it) we are now gearing up for the
Japanese release of X-Box, and Gameboy Advance. It is a vicious circle because we are always at the bottom of it. How long will we be seeing the Japanese screenshots of MGS2, and FAQ's, etc, before we even see a glimpse
of a release date.
So these things drive forward Piracy, and Imports, taking money away from the European Gaming Industry. The same sector that generated record income for the industry last year, with what thanks. Another long wait...Followed
by another...Long Wait...
So to anyone in the industry that bemoans the fact that Pirate copies are available of games they made before they are even released. I ask you where is the justice, The developer loses out on royalties they are due, and the
gamer loses out because they have a sub-standard product.
There is only 1 way this issue will be solved...
Stop the ..........Long Waits!!!
Yes that's Right
£3,000,000,000...3 Billion Pounds, that is how much Piracy cost the Videogaming industry last year. All that money that the developers could have, earned, they could have undertook, countless new ideas for games, they could have developed brilliant new tools for masking 3d environments
into games, that money could have saved some companies that fell under the fickle axe that is Gaming. But it went amiss, to shady back street market dealers, who are trying to undermine the massive developers as part of a Universal
plan to cripple the industry.
Thinking like that is absolute nonsense, piracy is harming the industry, I am not denying that and I don't condone it. However at the same time I have sympathy for those that use piracy and understand the reasons why. For
instance, those with little means have to pay the same price for a game that Rich people pay for. I understand that there are various issues here that cause this situation but nevertheless, consider how schools now can
have massive class differences. Students from poor families are rubbing shoulders with children whose parents get them whatever they want, I know I was there 2 years ago. Yes prices fall, but platinum games take a while to
come out and buy the time they are, the sequel is already out.
Consider also the agonising wait between games, how long we had to sit and read reports from Japan and the States about PS2, it was very difficult having to wait for our turn, because by the time PS2 is on the shelves, (early a year after Japan received it) we are now gearing up for the
Japanese release of X-Box, and Gameboy Advance. It is a vicious circle because we are always at the bottom of it. How long will we be seeing the Japanese screenshots of MGS2, and FAQ's, etc, before we even see a glimpse
of a release date.
So these things drive forward Piracy, and Imports, taking money away from the European Gaming Industry. The same sector that generated record income for the industry last year, with what thanks. Another long wait...Followed
by another...Long Wait...
So to anyone in the industry that bemoans the fact that Pirate copies are available of games they made before they are even released. I ask you where is the justice, The developer loses out on royalties they are due, and the
gamer loses out because they have a sub-standard product.
There is only 1 way this issue will be solved...
Stop the ..........Long Waits!!!
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£3,000,000,000
Yes that's Right
£3,000,000,000...3 Billion Pounds, that is how much Piracy cost the Videogaming industry last year. All that money that the developers could have, earned, they could have undertook, countless new ideas for games, they could have developed brilliant new tools for masking 3d environments
into games, that money could have saved some companies that fell under the fickle axe that is Gaming. But it went amiss, to shady back street market dealers, who are trying to undermine the massive developers as part of a Universal
plan to cripple the industry.
Thinking like that is absolute nonsense, piracy is harming the industry, I am not denying that and I don't condone it. However at the same time I have sympathy for those that use piracy and understand the reasons why. For
instance, those with little means have to pay the same price for a game that Rich people pay for. I understand that there are various issues here that cause this situation but nevertheless, consider how schools now can
have massive class differences. Students from poor families are rubbing shoulders with children whose parents get them whatever they want, I know I was there 2 years ago. Yes prices fall, but platinum games take a while to
come out and buy the time they are, the sequel is already out.
Consider also the agonising wait between games, how long we had to sit and read reports from Japan and the States about PS2, it was very difficult having to wait for our turn, because by the time PS2 is on the shelves, (early a year after Japan received it) we are now gearing up for the
Japanese release of X-Box, and Gameboy Advance. It is a vicious circle because we are always at the bottom of it. How long will we be seeing the Japanese screenshots of MGS2, and FAQ's, etc, before we even see a glimpse
of a release date.
So these things drive forward Piracy, and Imports, taking money away from the European Gaming Industry. The same sector that generated record income for the industry last year, with what thanks. Another long wait...Followed
by another...Long Wait...
So to anyone in the industry that bemoans the fact that Pirate copies are available of games they made before they are even released. I ask you where is the justice, The developer loses out on royalties they are due, and the
gamer loses out because they have a sub-standard product.
There is only 1 way this issue will be solved...
Stop the ..........Long Waits!!!
Yes that's Right
£3,000,000,000...3 Billion Pounds, that is how much Piracy cost the Videogaming industry last year. All that money that the developers could have, earned, they could have undertook, countless new ideas for games, they could have developed brilliant new tools for masking 3d environments
into games, that money could have saved some companies that fell under the fickle axe that is Gaming. But it went amiss, to shady back street market dealers, who are trying to undermine the massive developers as part of a Universal
plan to cripple the industry.
Thinking like that is absolute nonsense, piracy is harming the industry, I am not denying that and I don't condone it. However at the same time I have sympathy for those that use piracy and understand the reasons why. For
instance, those with little means have to pay the same price for a game that Rich people pay for. I understand that there are various issues here that cause this situation but nevertheless, consider how schools now can
have massive class differences. Students from poor families are rubbing shoulders with children whose parents get them whatever they want, I know I was there 2 years ago. Yes prices fall, but platinum games take a while to
come out and buy the time they are, the sequel is already out.
Consider also the agonising wait between games, how long we had to sit and read reports from Japan and the States about PS2, it was very difficult having to wait for our turn, because by the time PS2 is on the shelves, (early a year after Japan received it) we are now gearing up for the
Japanese release of X-Box, and Gameboy Advance. It is a vicious circle because we are always at the bottom of it. How long will we be seeing the Japanese screenshots of MGS2, and FAQ's, etc, before we even see a glimpse
of a release date.
So these things drive forward Piracy, and Imports, taking money away from the European Gaming Industry. The same sector that generated record income for the industry last year, with what thanks. Another long wait...Followed
by another...Long Wait...
So to anyone in the industry that bemoans the fact that Pirate copies are available of games they made before they are even released. I ask you where is the justice, The developer loses out on royalties they are due, and the
gamer loses out because they have a sub-standard product.
There is only 1 way this issue will be solved...
Stop the ..........Long Waits!!!
Page: