Punch Club has been pirated over 1M times

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Post by pavornyoh » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 8:19 PM UTC

Punch Club has been pirated over 1M times
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Post by dang » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 9:35 PM UTC

Url changed from http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/03/game-dev-reveals-corre..., which points to this.

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Post by voltagex_ » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 9:45 PM UTC

I wonder if Google Play allows pricing segmentation per area. I'm seeing a $6.55AUD game, which is higher than most, although if it frees me from any kind of IAP I'd consider it.

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Post by pavornyoh » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 9:46 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #2

Url changed from http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/03/game-dev-reveals-corre... , which points to this.

Thanks Dang :).

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Post by yannyu » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 9:47 PM UTC

Whose idea was it to have the 2 initial pie graphs switch colors? It makes it look like there's some sort of inverse relationship between pirating and purchasing on a given platform, when in fact it's roughly the same proportion of pirates and purchasers on mobile and PC.

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Post by _lce0 » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 9:48 PM UTC

> The most interesting conclusion though is Localization and its impact. Punch Club clearly shows that localizing games to Western European languages pays off, and has a very low piracy rate.

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Post by ginko » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

So from the charts it seems like mobile gamers are actually (slightly) more likely to pirate than PC gamers. Also I would be interested how the Windows:Mac:Linux split actually looks.

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Post by sluggg » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 9:57 PM UTC

ginko wrote: post #7

So from the charts it seems like mobile gamers are actually (slightly) more likely to pirate than PC gamers. Also I would be interested how the Windows:Mac:Linux split actually looks.

It seems that Android users are very likely to pirate while IOS users are not. I think the numbers were something like 12 pirated copies for every Android version sold and 2 to 1 for IOS.

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Post by mschuster91 » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 10:01 PM UTC

sluggg wrote: post #8

ginko wrote: post #7

So from the charts it seems like mobile gamers are actually (slightly) more likely to pirate than PC gamers. Also I would be interested how the Windows:Mac:Linux split actually looks.

It seems that Android users are very likely to pirate while IOS users are not. I think the numbers were something like 12 pirated copies for every Android version sold and 2 to 1 for IOS.

> It seems that Android users are very likely to pirate while IOS users are not.

Yeah because no one actually jailbreaks their device anymore... it's just hard and risky, and on Android all you need is to install the apk file.

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Post by legohead » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 10:09 PM UTC

Getting some insight from the pirates would be interesting. If a pirate is detected, pop up a quick radio selection box:

Thank you for playing the game. I noticed you pirated it and would like to know why (you can still play the game):

* I can't afford the price

* My parents wont let me buy games

* I want to try the game free first

* I believe games should be free

* My computer is old and I don't know if it can play this game

etc..

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