Disturbing Facts

Phoenix-D · #1 March 28th, 2002, 03:49 AM

"could pirate windows i would b/c i HATE microsoft"

I'm not condoning piracy here, but that's a pretty funny statement. Considering that those games you mentioned have copy protection and Windows DOESN'T.

solution for internet piracy: make the game so freaking big no one bothers to download it

Phoenix-D

Spoo · #2 March 28th, 2002, 04:25 AM

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solution for internet piracy: make the game so freaking big no one bothers to download it

Or just put the game on a DVD. By the time DVD burners are common, the game will probably be out of print. I guess the trade-off is that not everyone has a DVD-ROM drive.

TerranC · #3 March 28th, 2002, 04:43 AM

DVD Can still be pirated: I'm ashamed but I do have some DVD movies ripped and put uder DivX format in my computer... And It's surprising how much ripped DVD movies are out there.

The big file doesnt matter as long as they have some Download Programs or/with Broadband, As download programs allow you to pause when the server is at its worst and allow you to continue at your own pace when no one is looking around.

The Best Hope yet are CD keys, which can be overcome by malicious programs, such as CD key generators or Rip/Fake CD's.

In my opinion, if the programmers can Incorporate some Absolutely Crippling Flaws into the game, hard code it, and make it so that it can only be fixed by giving the registered distributors registered CD keys which then in turn give you a patch that would fix those problems.

Just my two cents...

Suicide Junkie · #4 March 28th, 2002, 05:10 AM

Your weak link is still any user who has the patch.

The only way to get complete control is to have proprietary hardware.
Package the games inside the machine, and make it self-destruct if the case is opened, too. Have it run on batteries, and use a tiny infrared port for input/output.
Lots of self-destruct triggers near that port, since it is a weak point.

geoschmo · #5 March 28th, 2002, 05:17 AM

Yes, proprietary hardware. Put the games on propreitary hardware. And don't sell them for goodness sake. You don't want people having access to them long enough to copy them. You can open up little shops and have these proprietary hardware consoles that people come in and pay a fee to play. Maybe call them "arcades" or something like that.

I don't know, it might work...

Geoschmo

Suicide Junkie · #6 March 28th, 2002, 05:22 AM

Ah, but remember the security guards. Can't let anyone get inside, and you don't want to have to buy new machines when they self-destruct.

tesco samoa · #7 March 29th, 2002, 06:19 AM

I worked in one in Ottawa. At the famous Billings Bridge Mall. What a hole.

1990 to 1992.

I had alot of classic games there.