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 Gamers, Piracy & The Industry, Why most gamers dont buy original?

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Dark Steno
post Nov 2 2008, 07:03 PM

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QUOTE(KuzumiTaiga @ Nov 1 2008, 08:35 PM)
For me, I think we should blame our ISP and the pricing. TMnet/Streamyx don't really desire us to connect to d outside world. We lag there, and our internet pricing which is considered as expensive is already burdening us from buying original game copies.

Even if we buy it, our ping doesn't really fall below 100 ( yes i know there are some but sometimes we don't have Malaysian servers to play)

I won't hesitate to buy if the prices are at least RM 20~30..for countries such as Aussie, UK, NL, and other countries have cheaper prices. I know the prices in Malaysia are the same as Aussie and others, but think about it, their average income is much higher, 30 dollars are nothing for them, but for us, 30 dollars (not ringgit) are VERY expensive.
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Wrong. In Australia, games or other things are priced differently on every states. At least we have standardized games prices in almost every places as most of our products are controlled products. But things are different in Australia. Most of the time, games are more expensive. It is also true that Streamyx sucks your money more than giving more speed but Australians have nothing better from us. They depended totally on servers in their land. Try to look at games which have fewer servers. For example, MOH: Airborne. There are only 2-3 servers in Australia that caters for all Australians. They might go outside servers but there's none in Singapore and going further up will make them laggier than us. While we on Malaysia don't have servers nearby but we can actually play at Aussie servers or even go to Hong Kong and Japan for decent pings (100-200 ping).

Lots of people think that Australia is far more advanced that our country but that's not likely the truth. But what make them better are things like calm and helpful society. I might not have yet experiencing myself living there but I have friends who told me their experiences.
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post Nov 3 2008, 02:43 AM

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QUOTE(crashtec @ Nov 2 2008, 11:08 PM)
Hmm, actually, the reason why we connect to HK and JP very well is because of our connection hub is the same from asia -> US. Remember that earthquake a few years back that affected the internet lines? While Malaysia uses the Taiwan -> Korea -> Japan -> US route, Australia uses a different ocean line, connecting straight to the US. Their connection to the US is far better as it connects directly (their ocean fibre cables) to the US. THe same lines Singapore use to the US. This is the main reason why they dont really need local servers in Australia. MOH is also an old game.
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It's not about an old game but a less popular game. Mind you that I have the game preordered and after getting it, there's no sign of local nearby servers. Actually we can go to US servers through Australian route. From my experience (this might be bias but this is what I saw), we can connect to US better compared to European servers. Australians might connect to US better but just see at their options; very few. At least we have more options. That's my point.
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post Nov 3 2008, 05:52 AM

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QUOTE(t3quila @ Nov 3 2008, 04:48 AM)
Just buy the game most of the other gamers in your preferred genre are playing. That way you can never go wrong.

The biggest portion of the game consumer market are casual gamers. Everyone knows this lol. You can pretty much guess who are the ones that spoon feed piracy the most too.

Out of all the publishers and dev's out there in the industry. The one that's handling it the best is Valve. I got my CoD4 through Steam purchase. Well, a friend bought it for me and I payed him back.

It's pretty secure as long as you're not as gullible most newbies are. Also be on the lookout of noobs that commit philsing and account frauds.
You gotta be net smart in order to keep your account and all your games out of their hands.

The future of most pc game sales might as well be online purchases.
Get your CC cards ready people.

and... No, I am not going to lend you my account. Don't ask.
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I would be glad if all games are things like Steam or EA Online Download. Those pirates or people who likes to download illegally can go die.

This post has been edited by Dark Steno: Nov 3 2008, 05:52 AM

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