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by Maarten Goldstein, Mar 15, 2007 8:27am PDT

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Oh boy here we go again.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3158039

Due to piracy, Funcom won't make anymore 'offline' games. You have to have an internet connection to connect to a Steam-like service to play their games.

My take? 200,000 downloads does not equal 200,000 happy gamers playing the game all the time and all the way to the end of it. Lots of downloaders download things just to 'collect' things and not play them at all. Geez it's things like this where they take some stats too literally. :(

Mar 15, 2007 4:50pm PDT

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Oh boy here we go again. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3158039 Due to piracy, Funcom won't make... : Optimus Prime
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  why don't they blame dreamfall sucking : JINKY
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    I know, I tried playing the demo a bit the other day and found it kinda boring. :/ : Optimus Prime
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      i really didn't like it. there was pretty much no game to it, it was just walking from point to point in... : JINKY
      
      It starts out with her commenting on her bed, TV, bathroom, bag, goofy robot monkey, her dad, what her pl... : Optimus Prime
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  It's the new tactic. Blame piracy! Such utter bullshit. : Ecks
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    The new tactic for what? : sammyl
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      covering the terrible sales of even worse games : AlexXdude
      
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      And how does that help anyone at the company? It's not like they are a public company and have to issue e... : Fred Garvin
      
      Because it stands in the way of the god-given right to steal crap. : thaperfectdrug
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      The new tactic for pushing blame on other people instead of taking it upon yourself to realize the game f : Ecks
      
      Apparently people only pirate games that suck ass ;) : MagicWishMonkey
  - it's probably easier to tell shareholders you didn't sell any because of piracy than because of poor mana... : melt_core
- online checks never stops piracy : oHnOES
- ...cause steam games have never been cracked? : melt_core
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  'Lots of downloaders download things just to 'collect' things and not play them at all." and they're dest... : thebigbeefsandwich
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    Hey, no fair calling cops. I'm not stealing yer wallet, I'm just collecting it. Hush!
    
    Mar 15, 2007 5:03pm PDT
    
    Hey, no fair calling cops. I'm not stealing yer wallet, I'm just collecting it. Hush! : thaperfectdrug
  - ....what? : melt_core
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    Well, if they can't afford the game they probably aren't going to buy it anyways... : trove
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      Is there any other good that you can just take if you can't afford? I can't afford this vette, steal tim... : nukewinter
      
      This is a bit ludicrous, but if someone was giving away vettes for free, and law enforcement was unable t... : trove
  - Goodness knows, they might be from countries that don't sell the game the same exact moment it's released... : Optimus Prime
  - Yeah, I really love that stupid argument. Well I like cars for collecting, but I won't drive them, so li... : nukewinter
  - Wait, if they're downloading just for "collecting", they're probably not playing, and so they probably wo... : crummynz
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  That is so pointless. The only way to avoid having your game pirated is to not make it. That sucks, peopl : InfoBiter
  - I think you got a good point. We should all stop making games and focus on more important and financia... : MrLobo
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  If this means I don't have to put the disk in my drive to play it, then I'm all for it. : PenicillinX57
  - what waiting 1-2 minutes to login on steam while it constantly updates whatever the crap it feels like is... : Optimus Prime