Scott Lipowitz of DualShockers.com takes a look at CD Projekt's recent announcement that they will stop their aggressive pursuit of suspected pirates and why neither side was in the right during the debacle.
Danish from eXputer: "The Witcher's upcoming sequel needs to overhaul the series' combat system if it wants to make a big splash among gamers."
after what we see ( 2015 - 2024 ) in dark souls 3, blood borne , sekiro , dragon's dogma 2 , rise of the Ronin combat they should really careful and bring very good combat in Witcher 4 this time
During CD Projekt’s Fiscal Year 2023 earnings call, CEO Michael Nowakowski said that the company is keen on licensing its IP rights to third-party developers to create mobile adaptations of its titles.
CD Projekt, the developer behind The Witcher/Cyberpunk 2077, has stated that there is no place for microtransactions in single-player games.
MP games need micros to keep the lights on. Path of Exile is a good game with micros. It can be done as long is the game is not the scheme itself.
I agree, I never pay for microtransactions, and in the few cases where I have, I've felt dirty afterwards, especially when older games used to give you so much content for free (like cosmetics).
All the pirates I've seen talking about the game said they weren't buying it in the first place. So what does that tell CD Projekt?
Just continue to do what you were doing, CDP. The only ones complaining about this are entitlement basement loser sociopaths that are too lazy to work.
The well we were not going to buy it anyway idea is illogical. These people put their hard work into making the game with sleepless nights to make it perfect. For people that are willing to work hard at whatever job they may have to have surplus cash to buy their game. Well you may see piracy how Notch sees it as well it is getting my game out there and they will pay me back or get my next game. Fact is some of the great game companies of last generation got shutdown not because they did not make great games but because sales did not show how great their game was. At the end of the day you can have a bunch of good user reviews and experiences,but sales is what allows and helps motivate you to make another game. When pirates like a game they will if they like the first one probably pirate the sequel. Support the hard working people making the games because they realize times are tough , but games are not easy to make.
Some pirates are just low income earners who want to try the titles they cannot afford...I think it isn't completely unreasonable for them to pirate the game in this case
pc gaming is also very expensive...this article disturbs me because they didn't say they dropped the huge fines from the random pc pirates they went for...thes fines are ridiculous they are $961 ie 16x the full price of the game...that isn't borderline extortion it IS extortion
In a country where 15% of the population is on food stamps I can see how piracy is the only way for some people to play games