They can at least be limited to a single account and not have access to the rest of the system. For web hosts that last exploit caused a lot of headaches.
If the GPL is involved then you will see an angry mob here demanding lawsuits. If it is a case of music or game piracy you will see endless excuses for pirates and anger at any group that tries to take them to court. Contradictory? Yes of course, but this is Slashdot.
It's a torrent website that provided the stats and they were showing completed downloads.
As I stated earlier the problem is with a subsection of games. MMOs and casual games are not pirated at the same level. It's the games that require a discreet gpu and can be played offline.
The pirated version of Black OPS PC had over 4 million downloads while there were less than 500k legit sales. It's not an excuse when only a minority of the customers are paying the bill.
Their entry to the market was no doubt expensive but it will payoff. The next xbox won't cost billions thanks to this gen being extended. They won't have to pay for expensive R&D since off the shelf hardware will provide enough of an advancement.
Problem is that games without DRM get pirated just as bad. The main motivation for pirates is to avoid payment.
I think the only solution is to move more of the game online. Publishers seem to agree as seen by all the MMOs that are being funded.
They probably at least break even on console hardware sales at this point and with the xbox they also get xbox live, xbla games and movie rental revenue. Windows 7 OEM is pretty cheap and is only sold once while an xbox keeps on giving.
Most 'hardcore' pc gamers are not paying for the games, period. We should be past the point of calling anyone a troll for pointing out how bad the situation has become.
It was a rhetorical question. There are plenty of 25 year old males with jobs that pirate everything on pc and rationalize their actions like a spoiled 13 year old.
Millions of pc pirates can afford a premium pc but not the software? I don't buy the excuses.
PC gaming piracy has gotten out of control. Not for casual stuff like Farmville and The Sims but games that require an aftermarket gpu. It's the 'hardcore' pirates that have made the situation go from bad to downright embarrassing. http://www.binplay.com/2011/01/pc-gamers-and-their-lame-excuses-for.html
Any Windows solution reported here will receive bashing before the details are even provided. This is Slashdot, the group think opinion here is that Windows Server will crash in 5 minutes and any website you host will be attacked overnight. Oh and underneath it is DOS based and requires 12 cpus and 10 gb of RAM to do the same work as Linux running on 486.
How dare you question the group think of Slashdot! Go hang out at the Microsoft section if you don't like it....oh wait it's the only tech site that doesn't have a Microsoft section.
MW2 was not ruined before the keys. There were a few glitch cheats but nothing like the lobby hack that resets your stats. Read about it yourself: http://vgevo.com/site/showthread.php?p=475940
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They can at least be limited to a single account and not have access to the rest of the system. For web hosts that last exploit caused a lot of headaches.
PC gaming and FreeBSD have been dying years.
It you only look at kernel exploits FreeBSD has a much better record. Let's not forget that big one from last year:
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/09/20/0217204/Linux-Kernel-Exploit-Busily-Rooting-64-Bit-Machines?from=rss
Linux servers get taken down all the time, FreeBSD not so much. I'm sure some of this is due to security by obscurity but I really don't care.
It just redivided the 1%.
If the GPL is involved then you will see an angry mob here demanding lawsuits. If it is a case of music or game piracy you will see endless excuses for pirates and anger at any group that tries to take them to court. Contradictory? Yes of course, but this is Slashdot.
The link I posted showed that Black Ops pc broke a torrent record last year. Games in 99 did not have piracy ratios of over 90%.
It's a torrent website that provided the stats and they were showing completed downloads.
As I stated earlier the problem is with a subsection of games. MMOs and casual games are not pirated at the same level. It's the games that require a discreet gpu and can be played offline.
The pirated version of Black OPS PC had over 4 million downloads while there were less than 500k legit sales. It's not an excuse when only a minority of the customers are paying the bill.
Their entry to the market was no doubt expensive but it will payoff. The next xbox won't cost billions thanks to this gen being extended. They won't have to pay for expensive R&D since off the shelf hardware will provide enough of an advancement.
Engineers. PC gaming has encouraged competition between NVida and AMD/ATI but it isn't need to keep gaming going.
Problem is that games without DRM get pirated just as bad. The main motivation for pirates is to avoid payment.
I think the only solution is to move more of the game online. Publishers seem to agree as seen by all the MMOs that are being funded.
Anecdotal evidence. You might pay and that is good but most 'hardcore' pc gamers are pirates. Torrent stats are public information.
They probably at least break even on console hardware sales at this point and with the xbox they also get xbox live, xbla games and movie rental revenue. Windows 7 OEM is pretty cheap and is only sold once while an xbox keeps on giving.
Most 'hardcore' pc gamers are not paying for the games, period. We should be past the point of calling anyone a troll for pointing out how bad the situation has become.
It was a rhetorical question. There are plenty of 25 year old males with jobs that pirate everything on pc and rationalize their actions like a spoiled 13 year old.
Millions of pc pirates can afford a premium pc but not the software? I don't buy the excuses.
And perhaps switch to the PS3?
PC gaming piracy has gotten out of control. Not for casual stuff like Farmville and The Sims but games that require an aftermarket gpu. It's the 'hardcore' pirates that have made the situation go from bad to downright embarrassing.
http://www.binplay.com/2011/01/pc-gamers-and-their-lame-excuses-for.html
You said Windoze instead of Windows. That's hilarious.
I find him to be religiously offensive.
So it's the fault of German culture even though very few governments in Europe would even attempt moving away from Windows?
Who do you think you are fooling?
Any Windows solution reported here will receive bashing before the details are even provided. This is Slashdot, the group think opinion here is that Windows Server will crash in 5 minutes and any website you host will be attacked overnight. Oh and underneath it is DOS based and requires 12 cpus and 10 gb of RAM to do the same work as Linux running on 486.
How dare you question the group think of Slashdot! Go hang out at the Microsoft section if you don't like it....oh wait it's the only tech site that doesn't have a Microsoft section.
When they had a custom .NET stack Windows was blamed even though the details weren't provided.
Rules of Slashdot:
If a Linux solution fails, blame everything but Linux.
If a Windows solution fails, blame Windows and vote down anyone who asks questions.
Funny how I only see calls around here for copyright enforcement when it involves the GPL.
MW2 was not ruined before the keys. There were a few glitch cheats but nothing like the lobby hack that resets your stats. Read about it yourself:
http://vgevo.com/site/showthread.php?p=475940