wraggster
April 9th, 2011, 21:50
In last week's (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/296495/features/when-is-a-kinect-game-made-for-360-gamers-going-to-be-announced/) mailbox feature Dan Marshasked when Microsoft planned to release a real game made specifically for the core Xbox 360 crowd as well as providing his thoughts on the Kinect hardware and launch line-up.
This week Pete e-mailed Games Master and let them know exactly what he thinks of hackers. Do you agree? Let us know in the comments below.
To have your letter featured on CVG's Mailbox, drop us a line. (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/297341/features/hackers-and-pirates-are-a-parasite-on-everything/[email protected])
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I read an article about some guy hacking the PS3. Who the hell does he think he is? What right does he have?
These hackers and pirates are a parasite on everything. Don't these people realise that it will only make the prices worse for everybody as Sony try to block them out?
It's stealing whichever way you cut it - they're taking money from the people that earned it. The sad reality is that they will always be around.<./i>
GM says: Piracy (like violence in games) is such a massive debate for the small space we have here. But we don't condone it, so we agree.
And arguments like 'it gets gamers playing things they wouldn't normally' or that 'pirates buy more games per year than other gamers so compensate for the impact stealing games has on the industry' just don't wash with us.
CVG says: This is a touchy subject. Piracy is bad, regardless of how you spin it, putting it simply it allows people to use and enjoy products without giving their creators their fair do's. And we can all agree that's not on.
The problem is that the overall issue is far more complex than most of us would care to think about. Hackers argue they aren't doing it to make piracy easy, they're doing it to understand the system, provide additional features that could benefit the users and often invoke freedom of information as their driving purpose.
On the flip side platform holders, developers and publishers retort by saying regardless of the intentions it makes piracy possible and accessible, which not only prevents creators from benefiting from their work but breaches terms of use agreements and damages the health of the industry.
We don't see this Harvey Dent/Two-Face conundrum resolving itself any time soon.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/297341/features/hackers-and-pirates-are-a-parasite-on-everything/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS
This week Pete e-mailed Games Master and let them know exactly what he thinks of hackers. Do you agree? Let us know in the comments below.
To have your letter featured on CVG's Mailbox, drop us a line. (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/297341/features/hackers-and-pirates-are-a-parasite-on-everything/[email protected])
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_247241_thumb300.jpg (javascript:screens_popup(247241);)
I read an article about some guy hacking the PS3. Who the hell does he think he is? What right does he have?
These hackers and pirates are a parasite on everything. Don't these people realise that it will only make the prices worse for everybody as Sony try to block them out?
It's stealing whichever way you cut it - they're taking money from the people that earned it. The sad reality is that they will always be around.<./i>
GM says: Piracy (like violence in games) is such a massive debate for the small space we have here. But we don't condone it, so we agree.
And arguments like 'it gets gamers playing things they wouldn't normally' or that 'pirates buy more games per year than other gamers so compensate for the impact stealing games has on the industry' just don't wash with us.
CVG says: This is a touchy subject. Piracy is bad, regardless of how you spin it, putting it simply it allows people to use and enjoy products without giving their creators their fair do's. And we can all agree that's not on.
The problem is that the overall issue is far more complex than most of us would care to think about. Hackers argue they aren't doing it to make piracy easy, they're doing it to understand the system, provide additional features that could benefit the users and often invoke freedom of information as their driving purpose.
On the flip side platform holders, developers and publishers retort by saying regardless of the intentions it makes piracy possible and accessible, which not only prevents creators from benefiting from their work but breaches terms of use agreements and damages the health of the industry.
We don't see this Harvey Dent/Two-Face conundrum resolving itself any time soon.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/297341/features/hackers-and-pirates-are-a-parasite-on-everything/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS