Horizon Forbidden West cracked and pirated within 30 seconds of release.

Exicide

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okay then... let me rephrase it.
PC pirates are trash. you know what I mean and if you buy your shit legally you're okay and I'm clearly not talking about you.
But hey, if the shoe fits...
You're walking back after being called out, bro. Come on. Don't try to spin what they're saying to try and make them look bad.

The truth is you made a sweeping generalization off one clickbait article and an inflammatory post by JayDub.
 
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The game will definitely sell more than it's pirated, but it also depends on the country, too. Some countries are statistically prone to pirating games/media more because prices are extortionate. (Still doesn't make it okay)
God of war had more illegal downloads than purchases. This won't be different.
 

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You're walking back after being called out, bro. Come on. Don't try to spin what they're saying to try and make them look bad.
I mean, yes, and?
so I got called out and you want me to double down? I dont get it...
 
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25k concurrent players, barely increased since 4pm UTC. Another flop on PC that only devalues the brand. I'll bet it has had more downloads than legitimate sales.

Sony really killed it this gen.
My dude, it literally just came out. Give people time, they're probably working 💀
 

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God of war had more illegal downloads than purchases. This won't be different.
Do we have stats on that? I've always wondered how they track pirated games.

Tbh, I wouldn't be surprised if the piracy:bought ratio is massive cope by Sony because no one wants to play their games on PC (or have already played them on PS5)
 

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"Horizon Forbidden West cracked and pirated within 30 seconds of release."​


Fuck right off. that should be the end of the PC experiment right there.
 

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Do we have stats on that? I've always wondered how they track pirated games.

Tbh, I wouldn't be surprised if the piracy:bought ratio is massive cope by Sony because no one wants to play their games on PC (or have already played them on PS5)
At the time someone found a couple of scene releases and these track how many total downloads. There was a single scene release that had something like 1M downloads.
 
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"Horizon Forbidden West cracked and pirated within 30 seconds of release."​


Fuck right off. that should be the end of the PC experiment right there.
I dont agree. the game will still sell a lot and make the money spent on a port back.
The whole point is making money and while I dont think single player games should be day and date, something like horizon that already had its rounds on console coming to pc can only be a good thing
 
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"Horizon Forbidden West cracked and pirated within 30 seconds of release."​


Fuck right off. that should be the end of the PC experiment right there.
That is quite literally what happens to any game that does not have any anti-piracy, because there are people who are paid to crack.

It does not mean that you should stop giving it to people who actually buy on Steam. You should just add anti-piracy methods. It's mindblowing that denuvo is the most used and it tears performance apart.
 

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Do you have a source for that? I can only find console fanboys saying that.
Tom Hardy Bait GIF
 

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Good job sony

From now on do day one release on PC

So more people can move to PC and crack your game on PC faster than before and dont have to buy official game on Playstation

That will fuck your sales even more for sure
 

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That is quite literally what happens to any game that does not have any anti-piracy, because there are people who are paid to crack.

It does not mean that you should stop giving it to people who actually buy on Steam. You should just add anti-piracy methods. It's mindblowing that denuvo is the most used and it tears performance apart.
Anti piracy is dumb. Those who are going to pirate it will pirate it. No point in spending billions on dumb software that punishes legitimate owners.
 
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Anti piracy is dumb. Those who are going to pirate it will pirate it. No point in spending billions on dumb software that punishes legitimate owners.
I mean, that is true. It does fuck legitimate owners unfortunately but then you'd have less clickbait articles about "how fast x was cracked" and less reason for people to doom and gloom over a company.
 
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