Ironic thing is this statement comes from a Polish company. Piracy rate in Poland is still very high, which affects their products a lot. Yet they know DRM leads to nowhere.

They also know how to price their products. Witcher 2 was priced at less than 30 Euros on launch, both PC and X360 for a very quality product with soundtrack, map and additional guide.

I guess i just wish ppl would support companies like cd projeckt so they can continue on. I love the witcher 2. What happens is that great games come out like kingdoms of amalur, ppl steal it and then doors close. I know that is not what happened exactly at 38 but it does happen. So many companies wont even take chances anymore because they make half of what they might have made. Capcom claims dragons dogma is good enough to sell 10 million. I dont know if it is but it will probably sell 700,000 but 1.5 million will play it. Thats a big difference when deciding whether to make a sequel or not.

There's no stopping piracy. Only legit buyers lose.

if only some developers put the time and money for developing the game instead of DRM it'll sell more.

It doesn't work, unless the developer has an army of mindless fanboys who will defend their every decision.

I pirated TW2 as I didn't want to unsealed my collcectors edition. 4 days later I purchased my 2nd copy via steam. Boom still got my sealed CE

But yeah drm really doesn't work.

Priracy in games industry started back in the 80's still going strong.
There should be a way to stop it but problem is every generation of kids are more more smarter see is alot like hackers, years ago you may only had soo many now you have kids running and hacking complex shit.
The pirated scene is exactly how the guy stated its bragging rights who get most downloads..
Razor1911. Skidrow. Reloaded. These your top scene groups in pc gaming you know them add on's. DLC we pay silly money for.? FREE Consoles ,PC,Apple products.
Its a shame but this guy knows his shit hes telling you all what ive said for years while piracy is bad in todays industry it doesnt hurt sales. Same goes for this online pass BS. Just another way make free money people buy new always buy new people on tighter budget buy second hand or wait will always watch pockets.
The gaming industry thrives on sales bought new the second hand buyers never been a effect on the industry.
So yeh piracy is wrong but its syarted a very long time ago since i was a boy anyways tape to tape,
But you never heard company's complain now they make millions millions compared to back then.
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Yes i know i cant spell but im not here for english test, Yes i had education and yes im brittish
But im also a old time gamer.

I remember I pirated From Dust after it released on PC (bought it yesterday from Ubisoft Steam sale). It was so easy to crack the game and the ubisoft launcher thing. Took me probably 2 minutes, just copying the cracked file and replacing them with the real files. Very easy.

Look!, if I have to download a game, its STILL a form of "Digital Rights Management", SO STOP with this BS, if its not on DISK!!, a disk!!, in a PHYSICAL FORMAT, ITS STILL DRM. When i can purchase a GAME, and its CONTENTS are on a DISK, & i can play it at my leisure, then thats is what IS NOT DRM. Whether its a "CLOUD" Server or just a plain ol HARDDRIVE of some sort, ITS STILL CONNECTED & NEEDS TO BE connected to the ""INTERNET" in order to DOWNLOAD THE FREAKIN GAME!!!, Plz, stop this Madness!! or the attempt to REDFINE what is & isnt DRM. ONLY ON A DISK, can I the CONSUMER CONTROL MY PURCHASE, a harddrive can easily malfunction through a mire of different ways, some crappy update, piracy, or just natural decay of it, if your content is DIGITAL it can STILL BE LOST, STOLEN, CORRUPTED, DELETED & ultimately STILL CONTROLLED BY THE INDUSTRY.

Everyone should buya copy of witcher1/2 if you dont have it yet and support CD PROJEKT!!

Over 50% is PC. RE9 was the same

From this moment henceforth, Xbox hardware shall simply just exist but have no significant bearing from a business standpoint or from a gamer culture standpoint. It will simply be there for the people that want to have it and that's fine if they're selling it at a high price and actually making money off each sale.

But they should never ever again be Xbox fanboys anymore than they should be Lenovo laptop fanboys it's just a piece of hardware that exists to serve a purpose for niche group of people.

I’ll say this. Cyberpunk had a tumultuous start on console. Even if it had sold like crazy, that whole almost unplayable fiasco and being given no questions asked refunds made a lot of people not look back.
When it comes to PC, people are a lot more forgiving of things like that, especially on Steam, because of the return policy. I really think console manufacturers should implement the exact same refund policy. Was it played under X time? Refund it. It makes people take that risk on games a LOT more than on console. Bought this game and it was broken? Refund it. They said they fixed it 3 months later? Buy it again. It’s fixed but just not fun? Refund it. On console you don’t have that luxury. Was it downloaded? GG. No refund. Lord knows my Steam library is full of “I’ll try it” games that I loved and I’m glad I can take a rush on. On console, specifically PlayStation because I’m not buying Xbox games, I take calculated risk. Known developers. Shinobi, Ninja Gaiden ragebound, stuff like that. Obviously big exclusives and games too. I would have never tried Little Bookstore on PlayStation, but on Steam… why not? Hellish Quart? Why not. Buckshot Roulette? Why not.

this is why console sales matter, folks.