'Piracy is Basically Killing PC,' says Ubisoft

[Fallout]

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Ubisoft Shanghai creative director Michael de Plater has told VG247 that a PC version of EndWar would most likely be shipping alongside the console SKUs if it wasn’t for rampant PC piracy, and that copyright theft is essentially destroying the PC games market.

“To be honest, if PC wasn’t pirated to hell and back, there’d probably be a PC version coming out the same day as the other two,” he said, talking of the voice-controlled RTS.

“But at the moment, if you release the PC version, essentially what you’re doing is letting people have a free version that they rip off instead of a purchased version. Piracy’s basically killing PC.”

We asked if piracy was the main reason to keep EndWar off PC.

“Yeah, at the time of release,” he said. “You know, the level of piracy that you get with the PC just cannibalizes the others, because people just steal that version.”

Ubisoft recently sued the PC game disc manufacturer of Assassin's Creed for contributing to the game's piracy. Assassin's Creed has sold millions of copies on consoles, but the game has only seen a comparative trickle of PC sales. Ubisoft is blaming a leak from Optical Experts Manufacturing for most of the game's PC woes. Cliff Bleszinski recently noted that piracy was the primary reason that Gears of War 2 will not appear on PC.

Ubisoft creative director: “Piracy’s basically killing PC”

[kornyedison_143]

This is not new... In fact guilty here...

[faykesmayle]

yea yea , Ops slight me

[lokster]

so? you'd think they would fight piracy by trying to lower the price, seriously 2k php for 8 hours gameplay. if they did the math they would make much more profit selling at a lower price, VOLUME SALES! thats why China makes everything...

seriously, wouldnt u b proud to own an original game if the price was reasonable?

[nirdle_phogi]

UBISOFT? Di ba mao na nag-develop kasagaran sa mga bug-at ug grafx na games ron.?

[modelator]

unsa on taman, mahal ang orig...

[jiro]

usa ra man panguntra nila againts pc... its protection.

ngita lang creative ways to lock the game on single user or cd.

[personalmgt]

UBISOFT? Di ba mao na nag-develop kasagaran sa mga bug-at ug grafx na games ron.?

no.

same guilty guy here. pero whats more significant of ubisoft in terms of piracy is that ubisoft has to use razor1911's crack to patch Rainbox Six Vegas 2.

if you're getting the irony, look here: Ubisoft Used RELOADED's crack to Fix Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - WinMatrix

[nirdle_phogi]

Ubisoft Used RELOADED's crack to Fix Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - WinMatrix

hahah. faetz. kun atong huna-hunaon dako pud tabang ning mga cracks kay mura sad ni ug error patches sa original na files.

[moz_k2]

mao nay problem kung pc game.
mas maayo kung online.hehehe
pareha sa WoW, sure jud kwarta.

dghan na kaau ron pirated and counterfeit na items oi.
ang nka apan lang kung software kay pareha jud as in gawas.
dli pareha anang pirated nga sinina or sapatos nga klaro jud kaau.