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File-Sharing: Has it affected the RPG industry?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ssyleia" data-source="post: 1534917" data-attributes="member: 17463"><p>Take a look at the recent press release from Interplay regarding "Baldur's Gate 3" and further "Icewind Dale" Titles from April 28, 2004</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/static/EplFElpEuVQNpuvSeb.php" target="_blank">http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/static/EplFElpEuVQNpuvSeb.php</a></p><p></p><p>Ever since that release, all mentions of PC D&D (such as Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale) titles have disappeared form the Interplay website...</p><p></p><p>For those who don't like to read between the lines of legal text it says something like "We'd rather produce XBOX and PS2 titles (since they are harder to copy) than PC games"</p><p></p><p>Maybe after reading this all you file sharers out there should realize you're killing whole industries. Killing industries means you not only won't have new songs/movies/games/software but also you potentially won't have a job in times to come!</p><p></p><p>edited for clarity:</p><p></p><p>Fortunately for the RPG industry scanned JPEG-PDF's are just too unwieldy to use right now but as OCR will likely improve in the future the death blow due to filesharing is IMHO a serious threat to the pen & paper RPG industry.</p><p></p><p>After all pen & paper RPG is a niche industry with a comparatively low revenue, every $30 missed due to file sharing is like a nail in the coffin...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ssyleia, post: 1534917, member: 17463"] Take a look at the recent press release from Interplay regarding "Baldur's Gate 3" and further "Icewind Dale" Titles from April 28, 2004 [url]http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/static/EplFElpEuVQNpuvSeb.php[/url] Ever since that release, all mentions of PC D&D (such as Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale) titles have disappeared form the Interplay website... For those who don't like to read between the lines of legal text it says something like "We'd rather produce XBOX and PS2 titles (since they are harder to copy) than PC games" Maybe after reading this all you file sharers out there should realize you're killing whole industries. Killing industries means you not only won't have new songs/movies/games/software but also you potentially won't have a job in times to come! edited for clarity: Fortunately for the RPG industry scanned JPEG-PDF's are just too unwieldy to use right now but as OCR will likely improve in the future the death blow due to filesharing is IMHO a serious threat to the pen & paper RPG industry. After all pen & paper RPG is a niche industry with a comparatively low revenue, every $30 missed due to file sharing is like a nail in the coffin... [/QUOTE]
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