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July 9th, 2008 @ 12:22
Speaking after collecting an honourary doctorate in Belfast, Dave Perry has claimed that piracy can be beaten through making games free.
“The next big thing will be free games,” he said, citing Asian success for the model.
“They had so much piracy that they decided to stop charging for the games. Instead, there’ll be a charge for things you might want to use in the game,” he said.
“Your character might have a plain white T-shirt. If you wanted a nicer one you could have it for a dollar. Or perhaps you could buy a magic sword for a knight for a dollar.”
Perry added: “It’s going to turn our industry on its head and I want to see the same thing happening in the USA and Europe.”
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It could happen! ..and I hope it does.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Yeah right!
LOL… The only way to beat piracy is to give your stuff to pirates for free, then charge them for content!?
Why won’t they just start hacking the premium content then??
duh…
July 9th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
… they will, as soon as this “new” business-model is established on a wider scale.
July 9th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Perhaps if he gave away one of his bandanas, people would like him more.
Oh, wrong DP…
July 9th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Surely free games is an admission that piracy has won?
July 9th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Sins of a Solar Empire. No copy protection. CD Key required for updates. Sells 100k in the US on week one.
piracylol
July 9th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
50 lashes of the cat, and a spell in the brig is the only way to beat piracy. Yarr.
July 9th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
“Speaking after collecting an honourary doctorate in Belfast, Dave Perry has claimed that piracy can be beaten through making games free.”
Haha, wonder how long it took him to come up with that one
July 9th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Wadey: He’s well into his free games, innit. Bit on free-to-play MMO stuff