How Piracy Affected the Launch of Demigod

Demigod is an RTS/RPG hybrid developed by Gas Powered Games and published by Stardock, a company notable for their progressive and lenient stance on DRM. The game was set to be released on April 14th, and shipped without any form of copy protection. Unfortunately, retailer Gamestop broke the street date and released it earlier in the week. A day after pointing this out, Gas Powered Games posted some numbers about the players hitting their servers. Roughly 18,000 connections were made from legitimately purchased copies; over 100,000 were made from pirated copies. Meanwhile, the servers, which were not yet ready for that level of traffic, buckled under the strain, resulting in poor experiences for people trying to participate in multiplayer. While some reviews were positive, others criticized the game for the connectivity issues. After another day, they were able to stabilize the servers to the point they'd planned on for the original launch.

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Re:So much for pirate ethics

[commodore64_love]

Ooops. This obviously doesn't belong here. Sorry. My bad.

Re:Just because the wrong word has been used for a

[c_forq]

"Right to Life" for people who would deny the rights of women.

I actually think their name is right on. They care about a right to live, not about gender rights or suffrage. They view the growing organism as separate and living, though dependent on its host it is not part of its host. There is nothing in the name "Right to Life" that suggests they support women's rights any more than gun rights.