For PC games, pirates expect free support

July 30th, 2006

“If there’s one thing all commercial game developers can agree on, it’s that piracy hurts their bottom line. Hence it’s no surprise that developers are starting to consider new distribution methods aimed at curbing piracy. Online distribution systems such as Steam and “EA Downloader” tie game code to a user’s credentials, ostensibly stopping piracy. However, as the developers at Ritual Entertainment recently learned, these systems are not impregnable…” (Read full article here)

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