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Stardock - From Indie Developer to Publisher

Posted by Zonk on from the growing-up-gamer dept.

Consumed_Crustacean writes "GameDaily has an interview with Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock Systems. In the interview, they discuss Stardock's transition from a smallish independent developer to a full-blown publisher (both retail and online). Of particular interest is the discussion on DRM and their online distribution, which Wardell opposes, and said 'Software piracy is something that tends to be overblown. The question for us boils down to the number of sales lost due to piracy versus the number of sales lost due to people not wanting to be inconvenienced.'"

2 of 28 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I recognise that name... by rnpg1014 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ah yes! That's that company who've never received a penny from me or anybody I know, yet whose marvelous Windows skinning program seems to be somehow installed in full version mode on all our computers!

    I guarantee with all their marvelous skinning programs you've also received their marvelous spyware that you agreed to install. The ammount of malware they couple with their "free trials" are incredible. I'm just fine with windows classic theme and the gnome theme for now.

    --
    - Nick
  2. Easy for him to say... by MBraynard · · Score: -1, Troll
    "piracy is something that tends to be overblown."

    I suppose that can be your perspective when you publish shovelware like Stardock.