I first read Cliff’s post addressed to pirates of his games early last week, he was trying to gather information on why people would pirate his games. As expected, a lot of the people who commented on his blog wrote about piracy in general (even though he specifically asked for pirates of his games). “It seems a lot of people have waited a long time to tell a game developer the answer to this question,” Cliff later wrote. Regardless of being specific or general, the comments (as well as the other related comments in the other boards) provide enlightening insights.
What surprised me was how fast Cliff consolidated the comments he got ‘coz he already posted the consolidation and his response last Aug 13 (I’m pretty sure the comments are still coming).
The responses, and the consolidated results are all interesting reads, I highly recommend reading them if you have any interest at all in the causes of game piracy (which may also apply to other forms of software piracy).
I hope that Cliff’s response to the results of his “survey” will improve the revenue he gets from his games.
Links:
- Genuine call for emails from pirates
- Response to pirates: Talking To ‘Pirates’
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