Starcraft 2 the most pirated game of 2010

Black Ops was otherwise the most pirated game of 2010, with 4.27 million PC users downloading it illegally.

Dying huh?

PC sales rose 20% last year.

PC gaming is dying confirmed 8)

As of 11/15/10, SC2 has been pirated over 2.3 million times. In comparison, it has only sold a little over 4 million copies. http://www.1up.com/news/pirated-version-starcraft-million It's sad to see that the actual PC fans are what's causing the PC's collapse.BodyElite

The article is wrong.

It uses the verb "to pirate" instead of "to download through torrent". Blizzard uses a torrent client to distribute its own games digitally.

For that very reason, your own post FAILS atomically.

Where in that article does it say that it's the most pirated game of 2010? Did I miss something?

Is'nt it more like most torrented game?

Besides, 4.5 mill sold on PC > 8 mill sold on consoles as far as profits go.

There is no way of knowing how many times it has been "downloaded." And I'm pretty sure Black Ops was "downloaded" more.

Also... its not like the game didn't sell 4.5 million units, or that people could play online without a legitimate account. So I don't see the problem here.

I bet you a lot of those people ended up buying it for multiplayer.

Why would people pirate this game? I bought this game for the multiplayer. THe campaign was cool, but once it's over, it's boring.

Is'nt it more like most torrented game?

Besides, 4.5 mill sold on PC > 8 mill sold on consoles as far as profits go.

Filthybastrd

Blizzard said that's false, they use torrents to distribute their games/patches. SAGE_OF_FIRE

personally I find it easier to get PS3 and XBOX360 copies working on those machines rather than the PC alternatives. PC is way more hassle to play copies on.

As of 11/15/10, SC2 has been pirated over 2.3 million times. In comparison, it has only sold a little over 4 million copies. http://www.1up.com/news/pirated-version-starcraft-million It's sad to see that the actual PC fans are what's causing the PC's collapse.BodyElite

[QUOTE="Filthybastrd"]

Is'nt it more like most torrented game?

Besides, 4.5 mill sold on PC > 8 mill sold on consoles as far as profits go.

HuusAsking

I suppose that was borderline trolling... What I meant was that, you can't compare the downloads since Blizzard use torrents themselves and you can't compare sales either because a PC game is very different from a console game in terms of expense/profit.

Considering PC games are considered succeses with 100k sold which would be a disaster on any console... Well, I'll just shut it because as I meantioned 4-5 > 8 is borderline trolling.

Where in that article does it say that it's the most pirated game of 2010? Did I miss something?

broken_bass_bin

Why would you pirate sc2, there's nothing to do w/o the multiplayer...Inconsistancy

Agree; the multiplayer is great, the level design from the campaign is fun, but the story is weak and doesn't lives to the hype.

Downloads of torrent files is a very crude intsrument, it may be useful as a measurement of relative popularity, but that's not very accurate either as the availability will not be the same for all torrents on all sites.
Furthermore, torrents aren't the only way to download.

Anyhow, this isn't piracy, it's non-profit sharing.

So much fail in this post

Blizzard distributed the game through torrents as well

Since Starcraft 2 had no demo, I bet you many PC gamers pirated it to see how it ran on their system before buying it, I can at least think of 3 people who did this.

read the comments form these torrents

half the people dont even know what a "crack" is

torrents are not a good way to show piracy

[QUOTE="Filthybastrd"]

Is'nt it more like most torrented game?

Besides, 4.5 mill sold on PC > 8 mill sold on consoles as far as profits go.

HuusAsking

Umm..console licensing fees aren't flat. They're same for each unit sold. The more games you sell the more you have to pay to MS, Sony and Nintendo.

[QUOTE="HuusAsking"][QUOTE="Filthybastrd"]

Is'nt it more like most torrented game?

Besides, 4.5 mill sold on PC > 8 mill sold on consoles as far as profits go.

Filthybastrd

I suppose that was borderline trolling... What I meant was that, you can't compare the downloads since Blizzard use torrents themselves and you can't compare sales either because a PC game is very different from a console game in terms of expense/profit.

Considering PC games are considered succeses with 100k sold which would be a disaster on any console... Well, I'll just shut it because as I meantioned 4-5 > 8 is borderline trolling.

Blizzard uses it's own Bittorrent client to download, you guessed it, torrents of SCII. Is there any differentiation between what is a legitimate torrent download and what is not?

Blizzard uses it's own Bittorrent client to download, you guessed it, torrents of SCII. Is there any differentiation between what is a legitimate torrent download and what is not?

lundy86_4

Who handles the tracker? I dont know...:roll:

Who handles the tracker? I dont know...:roll:

PSdual_wielder

I'm assuming you are talking of the bittorrent tracker with which the downloader continually makes "contact" with. Unfortunately, I don't understand what you're getting at.

[QUOTE="Filthybastrd"]

Is'nt it more like most torrented game?

Besides, 4.5 mill sold on PC > 8 mill sold on consoles as far as profits go.

HuusAsking

Well the game costs 60 bucks, has been split into 3 seperate games, and has no LAN. What do you expect?

Well the game costs 60 bucks, has been split into 3 seperate games, and has no LAN. What do you expect?

RadecSupreme

I expected that this kind of BS would have ended by the time SC2 released.

I guess hoping in human intelligence is asking too much, after all.

[QUOTE="HuusAsking"][QUOTE="Filthybastrd"]

Is'nt it more like most torrented game?

Besides, 4.5 mill sold on PC > 8 mill sold on consoles as far as profits go.

Captain__Tripps

[QUOTE="broken_bass_bin"]

Where in that article does it say that it's the most pirated game of 2010? Did I miss something?

BodyElite

That article was written in August last year, and is headlined 'Most Pirated Game Of 2010 So Far'.

As others have pointed out, Black Ops was pirated more, and is supposedly the most pirated game of 2010.

Funny because I remembered downloading a lot of Blizzard's games and patches via the torrents Blizzard supplies its buyers.

BodyElite talking crap that he doesn't know or understand? No surprise there.

[QUOTE="Captain__Tripps"][QUOTE="HuusAsking"]On a side note, explain this math. Granted, you have to pay console licensing fees, but that's usually flat so the more sales you make the less per unit you pay. OTOH, PC games generally have to sell for less in order to get sales traction. Look at all the Steam games that don't really fly until they're on major markdowns.SAGE_OF_FIRE

It's sad to see that the actual PC fans are what's causing the PC's collapse.BodyElite

Meanwhile Blizzard is busy being the most successful 3rd party game developer in the world.

[QUOTE="BodyElite"] It's sad to see that the actual PC fans are what's causing the PC's collapse.Raymundo_Manuel

Meanwhile Blizzard is busy being the most successful 3rd party game developer in the world.

Erm, am I wrong or... The OP is correct. Unless of course you can download it via sites other than Blizzard's torrent system, which I doubt.Ravensmash