Game Dev Tycoon game developers made fun of pirates
What will happen if players download an unlicensed copy of the game studio simulator, and the game faces piracy - so much so that it becomes impossible to play? Developers of the game Game Dev Tycoon could not resist to conduct an experiment. Together with the paid version of their game, they created a "cracked" pirated version with minor changes.
As one of the authors says , just a minute after registering on the tracker, the game began to actively swing.
Users of the "cracked" version of the game was waiting for an unpleasant surprise. After the initial development of the business and the release of the game, they unexpectedly faced a high level of piracy, which inevitably led the company to bankruptcy.
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On the same day , messages from unlucky players appeared in various gaming forums asking for help on how to move forward in the game. They sincerely complained about the high level of piracy, with which "nothing can be done about it." Like, the game gets high marks, but its "still stealing and stealing." One of the users asked whether it is possible to apply some kind of DRM scheme to fight this scourge.
The developers say that it was impossible to look at such reviews of players without tears. They regret to cite the distribution schedule of licensed and unlicensed copies of Game Dev Tycoon, on which they spent a year of work. Statistics are collected anonymously via the Internet, different IDs are indicated in the grunt and licensed versions, so that they can be distinguished from each other.
The licensed version was installed by 214 users, and the croaked one was installed by 3104 people, that is, the piracy rate is 93.6%.
As one of the authors says , just a minute after registering on the tracker, the game began to actively swing.
Users of the "cracked" version of the game was waiting for an unpleasant surprise. After the initial development of the business and the release of the game, they unexpectedly faced a high level of piracy, which inevitably led the company to bankruptcy.
')
On the same day , messages from unlucky players appeared in various gaming forums asking for help on how to move forward in the game. They sincerely complained about the high level of piracy, with which "nothing can be done about it." Like, the game gets high marks, but its "still stealing and stealing." One of the users asked whether it is possible to apply some kind of DRM scheme to fight this scourge.
The developers say that it was impossible to look at such reviews of players without tears. They regret to cite the distribution schedule of licensed and unlicensed copies of Game Dev Tycoon, on which they spent a year of work. Statistics are collected anonymously via the Internet, different IDs are indicated in the grunt and licensed versions, so that they can be distinguished from each other.
The licensed version was installed by 214 users, and the croaked one was installed by 3104 people, that is, the piracy rate is 93.6%.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/178339/
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