Final Fantasy 12 - Should We Download It?
From Wratty @ 10/04/2006 06:08:00 PM
This is something that could cost us our lives, but we feel compelled to say it.
We should download it, if it's there and you have the ability to do it then take it - it's yours. We haven't got the capability to play the game because we don't have a modded PS2 or that HDD workaround thing, but if we did then we would.
Why aren't we talking about something more serious anyway? How many people have bothered to mod their PS2's? That's NOTHING compared to the millions of people around the globe that will be downloading the first episode for Series 3 of LOST tomorrow, or Galactica this weekend. All that's been made far too easy now RSS searches have taken bittorrent by storm.
"Ooooh careful" you may say, but come on - think about it. Where is the honest average Joe on the internet in these times? NOWHERE. Why aren't people complaining about the new Pokemon DS games being available for download? Likely they're in Japanese but we're sure that there is a team working on it right now to have it ready well before it's out in the states.
The industry needs to step up and sort themselves out if they're going to stop "massive" leaks like this. Remember Halo 2? Were you one of the ones that played it before it came out? Well we were - we bloody finished it before it came out. But we couldn't play it on XBox Live - and we knew we wanted to give Bungie the money for the game. (we bought two tin copies!)
Why? Because they deserved it. Hopefully Square deserve your hard earned cash for Final Fantasy, and if you are a true fan you will buy the game.
You see we aren't encouraging you to download it simply to screw over "the man". We want you to do it so that one day someone will realise that it can't be stopped and they need to completely overhaul the way in which games are distributed. We hate the way that sites all over the internet (who are probably downloading it as we speak) are taking the moral high ground and blaming the pirates for these problems, when the finger should be pointed at the people who make the games in the first place. Don't make it easy for the pirates, sort yourselves out.
How can piracy be stopped? CAN it be stopped? We don't know the answers to this and we're not going to pretend we do. Companies like Square-Enix can't shut down bittorrent sites and stop file sharing, no matter where they try and cut it off. Be it the site, the ISP or the user. You're only stopping a handful. You need to try something else.
Maybe developing for a secure platform may be a start? Well, its a given you need to find one first. How about:
Digital distribution - Live Arcade has kick started this notion
Worldwide release - Don't give it to Japan half a year before everyone else!
Serial codes - OK so Windows XP isn't exactly pirate-proof but it's getting close
We can hear the sirens drawing closer to our house already.
COMMENTS FROM OTHER SITES WE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AND DETEST:
playfuls:
"So, in the end, the only interesting thing to be observed in days to come is how many of the so-called "FF fans" will betray Square and download this pirated version."
boomtown (they haven't quite caught up yet)
"It’s a shame that Square Enix’ hard work on one of the (with all probability) best PS2 games ever was so close to being spoiled by pirates. This incident happened only a few days after another supposed leak, when a Gears of War copy appeared."
We should download it, if it's there and you have the ability to do it then take it - it's yours. We haven't got the capability to play the game because we don't have a modded PS2 or that HDD workaround thing, but if we did then we would.
Why aren't we talking about something more serious anyway? How many people have bothered to mod their PS2's? That's NOTHING compared to the millions of people around the globe that will be downloading the first episode for Series 3 of LOST tomorrow, or Galactica this weekend. All that's been made far too easy now RSS searches have taken bittorrent by storm.
"Ooooh careful" you may say, but come on - think about it. Where is the honest average Joe on the internet in these times? NOWHERE. Why aren't people complaining about the new Pokemon DS games being available for download? Likely they're in Japanese but we're sure that there is a team working on it right now to have it ready well before it's out in the states.
The industry needs to step up and sort themselves out if they're going to stop "massive" leaks like this. Remember Halo 2? Were you one of the ones that played it before it came out? Well we were - we bloody finished it before it came out. But we couldn't play it on XBox Live - and we knew we wanted to give Bungie the money for the game. (we bought two tin copies!)
Why? Because they deserved it. Hopefully Square deserve your hard earned cash for Final Fantasy, and if you are a true fan you will buy the game.
You see we aren't encouraging you to download it simply to screw over "the man". We want you to do it so that one day someone will realise that it can't be stopped and they need to completely overhaul the way in which games are distributed. We hate the way that sites all over the internet (who are probably downloading it as we speak) are taking the moral high ground and blaming the pirates for these problems, when the finger should be pointed at the people who make the games in the first place. Don't make it easy for the pirates, sort yourselves out.
How can piracy be stopped? CAN it be stopped? We don't know the answers to this and we're not going to pretend we do. Companies like Square-Enix can't shut down bittorrent sites and stop file sharing, no matter where they try and cut it off. Be it the site, the ISP or the user. You're only stopping a handful. You need to try something else.
Maybe developing for a secure platform may be a start? Well, its a given you need to find one first. How about:
Digital distribution - Live Arcade has kick started this notion
Worldwide release - Don't give it to Japan half a year before everyone else!
Serial codes - OK so Windows XP isn't exactly pirate-proof but it's getting close
We can hear the sirens drawing closer to our house already.
COMMENTS FROM OTHER SITES WE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AND DETEST:
playfuls:
"So, in the end, the only interesting thing to be observed in days to come is how many of the so-called "FF fans" will betray Square and download this pirated version."
boomtown (they haven't quite caught up yet)
"It’s a shame that Square Enix’ hard work on one of the (with all probability) best PS2 games ever was so close to being spoiled by pirates. This incident happened only a few days after another supposed leak, when a Gears of War copy appeared."
Waiting can be too hard at times. Knowing that its out there, for free, with half the world playing it allready sucks. I'm STILL waiting for it... Feb 23rd...
i agree with him ^, europe gets everything last, so we get frustrated , so if its there on a silver plate for free, why not. if its a good game ill buy it definatly.
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