The facts of life: A heartfelt defense of Ubisoft and DRM

Bilge_Rat · 03-10-10, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jwilliams

Game companies ARE making alot more money than they used too.

Ubisoft profits have been going down for a few years and they are forecasting a loss this year, but don't take my word for it. Their financial statements are online and if they lie in those, company excutives and the auditors are going to jail.

Mattdrizzle, I don't know why you are wasting your time in this thread. If you really want to know how the so called "sub sim community" feels, look right here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=164177

60% of "the community" say SH5 is GOOD.

and even more important is this "poll":

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...s-1918550.html

The rest is just meaningless background noise.

JScones · 03-11-10, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Faamecanic

^^^This^^^ "What we saw more and more is that piracy is the result of BAD SERVICE ON THE PART OF GAME COMPANIES" - Gabe

When companies like Ubi and EASports continue to release garbage... piracy goes up.

Whats sad is those companies then either rush the next release to market because they dont have the revenue forcasted to support a long dev period (Case and point SH3, Sh4, now SH5) OR they stop the franchise all together and blame the poor sales on the market not being there (MADDEN FOOTBALL.... for cripes sakes how can they say this is a "niche" market?!).

YES!

Unfortunately some people seem so easily influenced into thinking that everything is the fault of pirates, they fail to see the root cause.

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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

Ubisoft profits have been going down for a few years and they are forecasting a loss this year, but don't take my word for it. Their financial statements are online and if they lie in those, company excutives and the auditors are going to jail.

Mattdrizzle, I don't know why you are wasting your time in this thread. If you really want to know how the so called "sub sim community" feels, look right here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=164177

60% of "the community" say SH5 is GOOD.

and even more important is this "poll":

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...s-1918550.html

The rest is just meaningless background noise.

Erm, those links point merely to subsets of greater audiences and have no correlation to overall game sales or opinion (one can respond merely by posting a comment such as "95% of the US amazon community thinks the game sux").

Statistics can be conveniently misconstrued to argue any point.

BlueJ · 03-11-10, 05:06 AM

For those who know everything about everything, first just do your own homework....

PIRATES:
1. PREORDER a game if it is worth playing, like Battlefield Bad Company 2, or in case of JUST CAUSE 2, because they released a demo
2. BUY games that are WORTH buying, like Mass Effect 2
3. TEST downloaded game from torrents, rapidshare, usenet etc to see if the game is worth 50$. If it is, it is a buy. If not, it is uninstalled faster than it was installed
4. PIRATE unfinished games and games that are produced by companies only pursuing quick cash! The way I see it, Ubisoft just signed it's death warrant.
No, they will not play it, but they will pirate it till death!
5. Not every pirate has money, but almost 45% of total pirates actually BUY AND SUPPORT games that are good!
6. ENCOURAGE other people to buy something if it is worth the money and good product.
In their NFO file states: If you like the game, buy it! We did. Support the game developers!

Notice:
1. If you like the game, buy it!
2. We did.
3. Support the game developers!

And pirates are the problem? Yeah, suits are treating you like animals, and you are thinking WE are the problem? It's all OUR fault just because THEY say so? Who ever heard OUR side of the story? Who ever heard what WE think? Who ever considered to challenge official word? Who ever thought if this is a good product or bad? Who ever thought if this is worth that much money?
Yeah, we pirates are mass murderers, rapists, thieves, drug dealers, and they are saints...
EDUCATE your self on this matter by seeing it FOR YOURSELF, not believing as someone is telling you before you VERIFY it as a fact!

/rant

For all I know, Hitler would be pissed, but that would be too much. We need another movie...

Irichanu · 03-11-10, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueJ

For those who know everything about everything, first just do your own homework....

[something here]

QTF

This is what I have been always trying to say.

Bilge_Rat · 03-11-10, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by JScones

Statistics can be conveniently misconstrued to argue any point.

Exactly my point

Ziggy · 03-11-10, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

Exactly my point

Did you know that 75.5% of statistics are made up?

Faamecanic · 03-11-10, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Ziggy

Did you know that 75.5% of statistics are made up?

and the 24.5% that arent are all liars

03-11-10, 05:06 AM	#3
BlueJ Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 19 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	For those who know everything about everything, first just do your own homework.... PIRATES: 1. PREORDER a game if it is worth playing, like Battlefield Bad Company 2, or in case of JUST CAUSE 2, because they released a demo 2. BUY games that are WORTH buying, like Mass Effect 2 3. TEST downloaded game from torrents, rapidshare, usenet etc to see if the game is worth 50$. If it is, it is a buy. If not, it is uninstalled faster than it was installed 4. PIRATE unfinished games and games that are produced by companies only pursuing quick cash! The way I see it, Ubisoft just signed it's death warrant. No, they will not play it, but they will pirate it till death! 5. Not every pirate has money, but almost 45% of total pirates actually BUY AND SUPPORT games that are good! 6. ENCOURAGE other people to buy something if it is worth the money and good product. In their NFO file states: If you like the game, buy it! We did. Support the game developers! Notice: 1. If you like the game, buy it! 2. We did. 3. Support the game developers! And pirates are the problem? Yeah, suits are treating you like animals, and you are thinking WE are the problem? It's all OUR fault just because THEY say so? Who ever heard OUR side of the story? Who ever heard what WE think? Who ever considered to challenge official word? Who ever thought if this is a good product or bad? Who ever thought if this is worth that much money? Yeah, we pirates are mass murderers, rapists, thieves, drug dealers, and they are saints... EDUCATE your self on this matter by seeing it FOR YOURSELF, not believing as someone is telling you before you VERIFY it as a fact! /rant For all I know, Hitler would be pissed, but that would be too much. We need another movie...