Buying Don Bradman Cricket 14 in Asia

[balkeet]

Just don't invest in such markets unless government does something about piracy.

 

[SibiNaayagam]

Always online like Simcity 5 is the only option

Nope. I stopped playing that game because of that. Its not the always online thats the issue. It makes me update every other day and it takes such a lot of time and by the time it finishes, I dont have anymore time for gaming.
A good game spoiled by that and the size limit it brought along with it. Such a shame.

There are options but will take a lot of work.

 

[AtOmX]

Nope. I stopped playing that game because of that. Its not the always online thats the issue. It makes me update every other day and it takes such a lot of time and by the time it finishes, I dont have anymore time for gaming.
A good game spoiled by that and the size limit it brought along with it. Such a shame.

There are options but will take a lot of work.

Well, if you like a game and want to play it, you have no choice but to sacrifice a little time to update the game.And what's wrong with updating a game,there's always a improvement for better gameplay.

 

[SibiNaayagam]

Well, if you like a game and want to play it, you have no choice but to sacrifice a little time to update the game.And what's wrong with updating a game,there's always a improvement for better gameplay.

Its ok if its a little time. I don't expect to spend 10 hours for updating just cause I didn't open the game for 3 months. Thats cruel. The decision to update or not should be mine. If I need to play online then its acceptable but otherwise?

What happens when the next instalment comes? What will be the point of playing a only online game if everyone shifted to the next in series?

 

[balkeet]

Thats right. Online play should be an option not an obligation. Like we can play dbc14 without updating to zero day patch.

 

[Karachi]

Just don't invest in such markets unless government does something about piracy.

You think that would prevent them from pirating the product? You are wrong.

From the little bit of research & analysis I have done in the field of piracy it appears that the piracy in fact originates from the country where there are strict anti-piracy laws. An individual with original copy (of the software) just makes a p2p/torrent sharing file of it & puts it on the web. From there it proliferates across the globe. Most mass-market pirating is now happening when pirate-distributors get hands on the torrent versions. But this market is also suffering since pirate-consumer is directly resorting to such means instead of going to the market. If developers go by your opinion they would end up not selling it anywhere.

Solution is technology. Impirateble technologies for games should be adopted. I.e. Blu-Rays. So far no pirate has been able to successfully crack a Blu-Ray game.

 

[ChinamanSpin]

You say that most piracy happens where there are strict anti-piracy laws. So you suggest to make piracy legal? I know that's an exaggeration but you have to have these laws in place in the first place so you can crack down on piracy. The tougher the laws, the better.

 

[Lebanna]

You say that most piracy happens where there are strict anti-piracy laws. So you suggest to make piracy legal? I know that's an exaggeration but you have to have these laws in place in the first place so you can crack down on piracy. The tougher the laws, the better.

That is the theory behind the punishment being a deterrent. Unfortunately the reason that people pirate is because its easy to do without getting caught. If you want to crack down on piracy you need to actually apply the punishment to people. Which means catching them doing it. No punishment will be a deterrent unless people are afraid of being caught. Until that happens, piracy will run rampant.

 

[IceAgeComing]

The problem is that leads to laws like SOPA and ACTA, which are aimed to "reduce online piracy" but instead also attack some legal websites which aren't committing piracy. There is no legal way to eliminate file sharing; the only way is to change the culture of people who play games, and that by nature makes it impossible to eliminate, only reduce it.

Online piracy is already unlawful, its merely the problems of going through civil courts to prove that people did share files; which is often more expensive that the damages awarded are. Its also really hard to prove since false positives occur and you end up trying to sue old ladies for downloading "Big Cocks 52" because of Dynamic IPs and other things.

 

[ChinamanSpin]

I don't know much about it, but surely there is a way of tracking the website which has the illegal torrents to its source, and the IP address where it was created?

EDIT: I hadn't seen IceAge's post before I posted. Is it really that difficult? It's a real shame if some people get away with it because of court costs considering it must cost the video game company lots of money and business.

 

[IceAgeComing]

Most ISPs use dynamic IPs though; which makes it really hard to track down who uploaded what (and through torrents, that would be seeders, not necessarily the OP). That is what leads to the old lady being sued for downloading gay porn even though they only use the internet for email and facebook...

 

[ChinamanSpin]

Most ISPs use dynamic IPs though; which makes it really hard to track down who uploaded what (and through torrents, that would be seeders, not necessarily the OP). That is what leads to the old lady being sued for downloading gay porn even though they only use the internet for email and facebook...

You seem to know a lot about this downloading porn business...

Is it within some people's powers to shut down a website as soon as they see a mention of being able to download or pirate games?

 

[Lebanna]

You seem to know a lot about this downloading porn business...

Is it within some people's powers to shut down a website as soon as they see a mention of being able to download or pirate games?

Not yet...

The new laws require you to immediately take down any content that is deemed to be pirated (I believe anyway). It does also force ISPs to block certain known websites but, not surprisingly, ways round this are being created faster than they can be blocked.

e: I'm speaking of the UK, but I could be wrong so feel free to point it out if you know better!

 

[Karachi]

You say that most piracy happens where there are strict anti-piracy laws. So you suggest to make piracy legal? I know that's an exaggeration but you have to have these laws in place in the first place so you can crack down on piracy. The tougher the laws, the better.

Not the most. It starts with single guy initiating a pirate copy in a country with strict piracy laws. The clones are later developed in countries with no strict piracy laws.

I never suggested making piracy legal. Read again. I said counter piracy with newer technologies.

 

[MattW]

http://www.planetcricket.org/forums...chat/limiting-piracy-cricket-games-83310.html

Back to discussing buying the game.