Comments on: 180,000 copies of The Sims 3 stolen in 4 days http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/05/29/180000-copies-of-the-sims-3-stolen-in-4-days/ A veteran's view on marketing games Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:01:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robin http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/05/29/180000-copies-of-the-sims-3-stolen-in-4-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4566 Robin Sat, 30 May 2009 16:40:49 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1828#comment-4566 So you can't name any publishers then. PC game sales have gone online, as you've pointed out yourself on many occasions (when it suits your argument). So you can’t name any publishers then.

PC game sales have gone online, as you’ve pointed out yourself on many occasions (when it suits your argument).

]]> By: Bruce http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/05/29/180000-copies-of-the-sims-3-stolen-in-4-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4565 Bruce Sat, 30 May 2009 16:07:25 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1828#comment-4565 Mike Sherrin. Are you trying to say that because some people aren't thieves it excuses the thieves? woodins. Use the search function on this blog. There are plenty of articles about game thieves. Including this one: http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/04/23/game-piracy/ Robin. Anyone who is into gaming will have seen the space given to PC games in game shops go down year after year. Now the number of titles on offer is a small fraction of what it once was. Mike Sherrin. Are you trying to say that because some people aren’t thieves it excuses the thieves?

woodins. Use the search function on this blog. There are plenty of articles about game thieves. Including this one: http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/04/23/game-piracy/

Robin. Anyone who is into gaming will have seen the space given to PC games in game shops go down year after year. Now the number of titles on offer is a small fraction of what it once was.

]]> By: Robin http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/05/29/180000-copies-of-the-sims-3-stolen-in-4-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4564 Robin Sat, 30 May 2009 13:19:27 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1828#comment-4564 "...you would have to wonder whether Electronic Arts will give up on the PC, as so many other publishers already have." Which publishers? Certainly not Valve, Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft, Capcom, Sega, SOE, Bethesda, Codemasters or Popcap. “…you would have to wonder whether Electronic Arts will give up on the PC, as so many other publishers already have.”

Which publishers? Certainly not Valve, Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft, Capcom, Sega, SOE, Bethesda, Codemasters or Popcap.

]]> By: woodins http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/05/29/180000-copies-of-the-sims-3-stolen-in-4-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4561 woodins Fri, 29 May 2009 17:13:02 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1828#comment-4561 Cheers Bruce, only reason Im asking is because Im doing a paper for my masters on the evolution of IP laws in the West and how video game piracy has evolved along with it. Been a gamer since the age of five and have seen everything from the cassette 8 bit to the Blu-Ray disc getting cracked. Looking for relevant sources of evidence to promote points of view. Think streaming is inevitable unfortunately, especially when the set-top box and the e-machines (these really excite me) make their mark. Just hope Virgin don't start moaning about bandwith usage like all the ISP's did when BBC iplayer took off lol. Cheers Bruce, only reason Im asking is because Im doing a paper for my masters on the evolution of IP laws in the West and how video game piracy has evolved along with it. Been a gamer since the age of five and have seen everything from the cassette 8 bit to the Blu-Ray disc getting cracked. Looking for relevant sources of evidence to promote points of view.

Think streaming is inevitable unfortunately, especially when the set-top box and the e-machines (these really excite me) make their mark. Just hope Virgin don’t start moaning about bandwith usage like all the ISP’s did when BBC iplayer took off lol.

]]> By: Michael Sherrin http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/05/29/180000-copies-of-the-sims-3-stolen-in-4-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4560 Michael Sherrin Fri, 29 May 2009 16:20:09 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1828#comment-4560 Or, just like Spore, Sims 3 will still sell millions of copies. Spore has sold over 2 million copies and that's with mediocre reviews and onerous DRM (which pirates didn't have to contend with). Or, just like Spore, Sims 3 will still sell millions of copies. Spore has sold over 2 million copies and that’s with mediocre reviews and onerous DRM (which pirates didn’t have to contend with).

]]> By: Bruce http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/05/29/180000-copies-of-the-sims-3-stolen-in-4-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4559 Bruce Fri, 29 May 2009 14:50:04 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1828#comment-4559 It was according to file share monitor BigChampagne LLC. It was according to file share monitor BigChampagne LLC.

]]> By: woodins http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/05/29/180000-copies-of-the-sims-3-stolen-in-4-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4558 woodins Fri, 29 May 2009 13:13:54 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1828#comment-4558 This might cheer you up Bruce: http://kotaku.com/5270042/tiger-woods-pc-and-mac-will-no-longer-come-on-a-disc?skyline=true&s=x Sad to see the PC die as the best multi-genre platform. I think only "dads games" like PGA and MMO's will be the only thing worth developing on the PC until the broadband infrastructure in Europe gets up to speed (if ever) and firms can guarantee the protection of their content via streaming. Even Valves own products over steam have been ripped off and made available via the usual suspects. Hate streaming though. Even had the net go down for more than half an hour? Or intermittently over the course of a few days? Frustrating enough if its just work lol Just curious though, how has it been verified that 180,000 have been stolen. Was it fake torrents? Info from ISP's etc? This might cheer you up Bruce:

http://kotaku.com/5270042/tiger-woods-pc-and-mac-will-no-longer-come-on-a-disc?skyline=true&s=x

Sad to see the PC die as the best multi-genre platform. I think only “dads games” like PGA and MMO’s will be the only thing worth developing on the PC until the broadband infrastructure in Europe gets up to speed (if ever) and firms can guarantee the protection of their content via streaming. Even Valves own products over steam have been ripped off and made available via the usual suspects. Hate streaming though. Even had the net go down for more than half an hour? Or intermittently over the course of a few days? Frustrating enough if its just work lol

Just curious though, how has it been verified that 180,000 have been stolen. Was it fake torrents? Info from ISP’s etc?

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