Crysis Developer Puts Piracy Ratio At 1:20

**MIG-31** · Jun 27, 2008, 02:35 PM

A new interview with Crytek CEO Cevat Yeri, has seen the Crysis developer suggest that the ratio of legal to illegal copies of key PC titles could be as high as 1 to 20, as he discussed the past and future of the franchise.
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Source: Gamasutra

Iria · Jun 27, 2008, 03:33 PM

The first thing that popped into my head, sorry to say, was "is that all?"

BlueMak · Jun 27, 2008, 06:45 PM

Heh, he wish. Face it, your game in one way or the other, sucks. People don't want it, they don't buy it.
Sore losers.

Zelig · Jun 28, 2008, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

Heh, he wish. Face it, your game in one way or the other, sucks. People don't want it, they don't buy it.
Sore losers.

I'm not sure that's really warranted. It's difficult for software developers to look at large-scale piracy of their products, people are essentially saying "Your product is good enough for me to use, but I'm not going to pay for it."

mkk · Jun 28, 2008, 03:51 PM

After getting shafted in Crysis I don't doubt that many customers will rather choose to pirate Crytek's next game.

Jun 27, 2008, 02:35 PM	#1
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Jun 27, 2008, 06:45 PM	#3
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Heh, he wish. Face it, your game in one way or the other, sucks. People don't want it, they don't buy it. Sore losers. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Jun 27, 2008, 03:33 PM	#2
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	The first thing that popped into my head, sorry to say, was "is that all?"

Jun 28, 2008, 03:51 PM	#5
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	After getting shafted in Crysis I don't doubt that many customers will rather choose to pirate Crytek's next game.