Pirates annihilate this PC exclusive said developer

The game Hotline Miami has be pirated like crazy. This is the price to pay for making PC exclusives, and it is no wonder Crytek, CD Projekt, and other former PC-only developers crawl to consoles.

"It has been torrented to such a staggering level..."

GameSpot

http://www.gamespot.com/news/hotline-miami-pirated-at-extraordinary-levels-6401453

No proof, he doesn't even seem annoyed, and he even says it himself that the source he's claiming isn't accurate.Loegi

The piracy of Hotline: Miami is well known. The devs even went to the Pirate Bay and provided a patched version because they didn't want people to play a bugged one that was uploaded.

[QUOTE="Loegi"]No proof, he doesn't even seem annoyed, and he even says it himself that the source he's claiming isn't accurate.DontGetBigIdeas

The piracy of Hotline: Miami is well known. The devs even went to the Pirate Bay and provided a patched version because they didn't want people to play a bugged one that was uploaded.

[QUOTE="DontGetBigIdeas"]

[QUOTE="Loegi"]No proof, he doesn't even seem annoyed, and he even says it himself that the source he's claiming isn't accurate.Loegi

The piracy of Hotline: Miami is well known. The devs even went to the Pirate Bay and provided a patched version because they didn't want people to play a bugged one that was uploaded.

[QUOTE="Loegi"][QUOTE="DontGetBigIdeas"]

The piracy of Hotline: Miami is well known. The devs even went to the Pirate Bay and provided a patched version because they didn't want people to play a bugged one that was uploaded.

DontGetBigIdeas

Hence why they announced a sequel for the game.

I'd love for the piracy-is-justifiable crowd to explain to me what he did to deserve this.lowe0

There's such a crowd? He obviously did nothing to deserve his game getting pirated but ugh people like stuff free, so go figure.

I'd love for the piracy-is-justifiable crowd to explain to me what he did to deserve this.lowe0

Keep in mind, this is the developer who offered troubleshooting advices about the game on torrent sites...

http://kotaku.com/5955066/they-pirated-his-game-but-this-developer-is-giving-tech-support-anyway

Every game, both on PC and on consoles gets pirated to an extent, but if you go ahead and make a move like this, well, you're basically saying:

"Go ahead and pirate our game, we don't want your money, and we have no problems with it!"

Not the best decision from a business standpoint, wouldn't you agree?

[QUOTE="lowe0"]I'd love for the piracy-is-justifiable crowd to explain to me what he did to deserve this.Rocker6

Keep in mind, this is the developer who offered troubleshooting advices about the game on torrent sites...

http://kotaku.com/5955066/they-pirated-his-game-but-this-developer-is-giving-tech-support-anyway

Every game, both on PC and on consoles gets pirated to an extent, but if you go ahead and make a move like this, well, you're basically saying:

"Go ahead and pirate our game, we don't want your money, and we have no problems with it!"

Not the best decision from a business standpoint, wouldn't you agree?

[QUOTE="Rocker6"]

[QUOTE="lowe0"]I'd love for the piracy-is-justifiable crowd to explain to me what he did to deserve this.DontGetBigIdeas

Keep in mind, this is the developer who offered troubleshooting advices about the game on torrent sites...

http://kotaku.com/5955066/they-pirated-his-game-but-this-developer-is-giving-tech-support-anyway

Every game, both on PC and on consoles gets pirated to an extent, but if you go ahead and make a move like this, well, you're basically saying:

"Go ahead and pirate our game, we don't want your money, and we have no problems with it!"

Not the best decision from a business standpoint, wouldn't you agree?

I'm not claiming that's what the developers directly said, I'm just claiming that's how the general audience sees things...

Also, I haven't played it yet, but I'm planning to get it from GoG when I have a time for a playthrough...

Two man team 130k copies sold announces sequel Dev annihilated?MFDOOM1983

Very interesting indeed...

Also, I'd really like to see these "staggering" numbers. I'm not calling the developer a liar, but you know, I'm curious!

So much denial from PC gamers: "it sold well enough for a sequel, so those pirated copies doesn't matter."

The publisher actually said that the game has ben widely pirated, not the dev. The dev. aren't that bothered considering they released a damn patch for the pirated version, and they knew that their game would be pirated because it's common sense - a)relatively popular, and b) small in size.

Nothing is 'annihilated' or some dramatic sh*t like that. One would wonder how pirated Minecraft was, or how many gamers are playing their console modded. Everything gets pirated to some degree, you moron of a thread starter.

No point positing this here, people dont want to admit how widespread it is and think they know more then the developers like when they called the witcher 2 developers liars for saying it had been pirated over 5 million timesfueled-system

He wasnt necessarily lying, but he was just drawing faulty conclusions

May as well quote more another important part:

Struthers said he is not aware of specific piracy figures for Hotline Miami, but regardless, he is not particularly perturbed by the illegal downloading. In fact, developer Jonatan Söderström even released alegitimate patchfor pirated versions of Hotline Miami because "he didn't want people playing the buggy version of his game however they got it."

Gamespot Article

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Does it suck? Yes.

Do they have piracy rates? No.

Does it annihalate this exclusive? We don't know.

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More sensationalist sh*t, please.

The publisher actually said that the game has ben widely pirated, not the dev. The dev. aren't that bothered considering they released a damn patch for the pirated version, and they knew that their game would be pirated because it's common sense - a)relatively popular, and b) small in size.

Nothing is 'annihilated' or some dramatic sh*t like that. One would wonder how pirated Minecraft was, or how many gamers are playing their console modded. Everything gets pirated to some degree, you moron of a thread starter.

Lucianu

Minecraft has probably been pirated a lot, there are even instances where Notch, the creator of minecraft, has encouraged people to pirate the game if they cant afford it

It's also sold north of 130,000 copies, which is pretty staggering considering it's not exactly the most marketable indie game.

Its still like 45th in the top sellers on steam. And i don't see how you can link this to (PC pirates). Any PC would play this game and any nobody can go to a torrent site and download it. Even if this game was on console a console gamer could still just download it for PC because they can. Yet PC gamers would be blamed for all the Piracy.

Piracy is everywhere.

The game Hotline Miami has be pirated like crazy. This is the price to pay for making PC exclusives, and it is no wonder Crytek, CD Projekt, and other former PC-only developers crawl to consoles.

[quote="GameSpot"]

"It has been torrented to such a staggering level..."

Mr_BillGates

http://www.gamespot.com/news/hotline-miami-pirated-at-extraordinary-levels-6401453

[QUOTE="Lucianu"]

The publisher actually said that the game has ben widely pirated, not the dev. The dev. aren't that bothered considering they released a damn patch for the pirated version, and they knew that their game would be pirated because it's common sense - a)relatively popular, and b) small in size.

Nothing is 'annihilated' or some dramatic sh*t like that. One would wonder how pirated Minecraft was, or how many gamers are playing their console modded. Everything gets pirated to some degree, you moron of a thread starter.

lostrib

Minecraft has probably been pirated a lot, there are even instances where Notch, the creator of minecraft, has encouraged people to pirate the game if they cant afford it

TC, your topic title is misleading.

Did you even read this part:"Struthers said he is not aware of specific piracy figures for Hotline Miami, but regardless, he is not particularly perturbed by the illegal downloading. In fact, developer Jonatan Söderström even released alegitimate patchfor pirated versions of Hotline Miami because "he didn't want people playing the buggy version of his game however they got it."

Or this one: "The company also revealed sales statistics to the site, confirming the game has sold 130,000 copies since launch in late October"

In fact, developer Jonatan Söderström even released a legitimate patch for pirated versions of Hotline Miami because "he didn't want people playing the buggy version of his game however they got it."" blue_hazy_basic

Most of the piracy happens outside of the United States

Most of the piracy happens outside of the United States

way2funny

:lol:

Fail thread, and your title is a flat out lie. The game has been a huge financial success for the company, and while they spoke of "staggering" levels of piracy (aided by themselves putting a copy up on torrents) they never claimed any harm at all. Now go have a good cry about it. santoron

You enjoying the consolite tears as much as me? :D

Make a quality game that is cheap and hermits will buy it. That's what hermits told me.Sushiglutton

Yeah, such a shame, no one bought it, developers are starving on the streets, and there won't be any sequels... ever! :(

Oh, wait... :P

[QUOTE="Sushiglutton"]Make a quality game that is cheap and hermits will buy it. That's what hermits told me.Rocker6

Yeah, such a shame, no one bought it, developers are starving on the streets, and there won't be any sequels... ever! :(

Oh, wait... :P

Topic title and article content lack congruence.

[QUOTE="MFDOOM1983"]Two man team 130k copies sold announces sequel Dev annihilated?DragonfireXZ95

Pretty much this. This is a pretty huge success for an indie game. Also a lot of games get pirated if they don't look that good and people are unsure wheter to get it or not, they use it as a demo. Just look at thee most pirated system in history, the PSP: There were still big publishers (like SE) that made profit on PSP games

Make a quality game that is cheap and hermits will buy it. That's what hermits told me.Sushiglutton

Did anybody say that piracy would not happen were the quality game cheap enough?