Comments on: Video Game Piracy Rant http://becd.net/wp/2008/10/10/this-is-why-video-game-companies-punish-their-fans-with-drm/ Witty and clever stuff goes here. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:07:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Meabh http://becd.net/wp/2008/10/10/this-is-why-video-game-companies-punish-their-fans-with-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Meabh Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:33:34 +0000 http://becd.net/wp/2008/10/10/this-is-why-video-game-companies-punish-their-fans-with-drm/#comment-428 I don't know about the young females and M-rated games either; I mean, I'm female, I like to watch/play M-rated games...Now, mind you, I'm probably screaming in fright sometimes, but so long as I don't get nightmares from my video games I'm good. I know the difference between virtual and real violence. ;) And yes, every producer should offer demos. One of the major reasons I love Xbox 360 and iTunes is the fact that they both let you demo things. For example, pog has been totally lukewarm about Lego Indiana Jones and I've heard some pretty bad reviews about it. However, on a whim, I downloaded the demo last weekend. Dude, it was fun! A bit challenging in places, but we were giggling while exploding into little lego bits. The Lego video game producers really know how to inject their own type of humor into familiar storylines. Needless to say, that's a sale made that they might not have otherwise had (we are, however, waiting for it to go down in price--say $30 or when it goes Platinum). And for music, man, I love sites that provide ways for you to hear their songs to preview them, <a href="http://www.possibleoscar.com/store/" rel="nofollow">Possible Oscar</a> being our newest love. By letting us experience their music for free, we want to support the artist by purchasing their songs for enjoyment on our mp3 players. Emphasize that you're not DRMing the music you're selling to us and it's another silent meow moment. <3 I don’t know about the young females and M-rated games either; I mean, I’m female, I like to watch/play M-rated games…Now, mind you, I’m probably screaming in fright sometimes, but so long as I don’t get nightmares from my video games I’m good. I know the difference between virtual and real violence. ;)

And yes, every producer should offer demos. One of the major reasons I love Xbox 360 and iTunes is the fact that they both let you demo things. For example, pog has been totally lukewarm about Lego Indiana Jones and I’ve heard some pretty bad reviews about it. However, on a whim, I downloaded the demo last weekend.

Dude, it was fun! A bit challenging in places, but we were giggling while exploding into little lego bits. The Lego video game producers really know how to inject their own type of humor into familiar storylines. Needless to say, that’s a sale made that they might not have otherwise had (we are, however, waiting for it to go down in price–say $30 or when it goes Platinum).

And for music, man, I love sites that provide ways for you to hear their songs to preview them, Possible Oscar being our newest love. By letting us experience their music for free, we want to support the artist by purchasing their songs for enjoyment on our mp3 players. Emphasize that you’re not DRMing the music you’re selling to us and it’s another silent meow moment. <3

]]> By: Mindtwin http://becd.net/wp/2008/10/10/this-is-why-video-game-companies-punish-their-fans-with-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Mindtwin Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:19:45 +0000 http://becd.net/wp/2008/10/10/this-is-why-video-game-companies-punish-their-fans-with-drm/#comment-423 I wish developers would make demo versions of their games more readily available; it doesn't seem like it would add that much production effort, and would make a vast majority of their libraries available for trying out before people drop money on it (a big deal in the age of $4 gas and $60 games, not to mention overall declines in the average citizen's money flow)... Either time bomb the normal version of the game to automatically kick you out after 15m of play, or just rehash some of your core code to show off the key points. I read that article you linked and can't figure out where they get the summarization that "girls especially shouldn't play M-rated games" though; that seems like a really weird generalization, even as generalizations go. I mean not all girls are OMG PONIES and barbie doll, I know this, but even so...I can't help but find it a stretch that girls are more prone to physical aggression than boys. Just doesn't jive with the chemicals in there. :p I wish developers would make demo versions of their games more readily available; it doesn’t seem like it would add that much production effort, and would make a vast majority of their libraries available for trying out before people drop money on it (a big deal in the age of $4 gas and $60 games, not to mention overall declines in the average citizen’s money flow)… Either time bomb the normal version of the game to automatically kick you out after 15m of play, or just rehash some of your core code to show off the key points.

I read that article you linked and can’t figure out where they get the summarization that “girls especially shouldn’t play M-rated games” though; that seems like a really weird generalization, even as generalizations go. I mean not all girls are OMG PONIES and barbie doll, I know this, but even so…I can’t help but find it a stretch that girls are more prone to physical aggression than boys. Just doesn’t jive with the chemicals in there. :p

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