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I'm honestly more interested in what the petition could be about. The government is already banning it. Are they hoping to stop its sale in other countries or to petition it out of existence?
Doesn't it being banned just mean MORE piracy since people can't get it legally and will have to download it online (with appropriate protections in place of course)?
And yet another reminder why people living in secular nations are extremely fortunate not to live under the pigs of the Middle East. Censorship is bullshit.
They have a point. EA, why not take it to the next level and stop selling your games ANYWHERE? I promise piracy won't be a problem if the game doesn't exist in the first place.
OOoh, while you're at it, can Ubisoft join in? I think that would be funny.
If you're wondering what you're going to do with Origin now, I suggest selling DRM wholesale. Don't attach the DRM to any games, just sell the DRM so it can prevent people from playing the game they didn't purchase. It would be just like it is now, only you wouldn't have to spend any money on development costs.
OOoh, while you're at it, can Ubisoft join in? I think that would be funny.
If you're wondering what you're going to do with Origin now, I suggest selling DRM wholesale. Don't attach the DRM to any games, just sell the DRM so it can prevent people from playing the game they didn't purchase. It would be just like it is now, only you wouldn't have to spend any money on development costs.
Just seriously lowered my hopes even further for Origin to ever be a good "service."
Steam has managed to outweigh its DRM by providing a solid service for free to back it up. Gabe Newell believes this is the best way to fight piracy and also believes in the importance of releasing your games in as many regions as possible to also combat piracy.
EA made Origin to compete with Steam and believes PRECISELY the opposite of Newell in regards to piracy and thinks locking out pirate heavy regions and putting in harsh DRM or obtrusive "services"(battlelog) that are also just another form of DRM are the best way to combat piracy.
Steam has managed to outweigh its DRM by providing a solid service for free to back it up. Gabe Newell believes this is the best way to fight piracy and also believes in the importance of releasing your games in as many regions as possible to also combat piracy.
EA made Origin to compete with Steam and believes PRECISELY the opposite of Newell in regards to piracy and thinks locking out pirate heavy regions and putting in harsh DRM or obtrusive "services"(battlelog) that are also just another form of DRM are the best way to combat piracy.
Maybe EA is going to go the Ubisoft route and figure the only way to fight piracy is to not release games.
*facepalm, dammit, EA! Why must you besmirch your own name with your moronic comments? Leave the besmirching to the internet!
So by their logic the best way to fight piracy is for their games to be banned everywhere? I take it they are big supporters of Jack Thompson then.
Hilarious EA !
Keep up the good work.. By that I mean keeping the game out of the hands of paying ppl.. Go one step further and create a shitty online store to sell your games because steam isnt well loved enough by the gaming community.. Success on both accounts huh EA.. Too bad North America wasn't on your ban list too.. Would have kept me from wasting money on what you consider "games"
We could only wish EA would stop releasing games and truly leave it to those who know what they are doing.. Seriously though I don't think any of us would actually miss your games.. I'm also sure that these small development firms would find someone else to become a parent.
Keep up the good work.. By that I mean keeping the game out of the hands of paying ppl.. Go one step further and create a shitty online store to sell your games because steam isnt well loved enough by the gaming community.. Success on both accounts huh EA.. Too bad North America wasn't on your ban list too.. Would have kept me from wasting money on what you consider "games"
We could only wish EA would stop releasing games and truly leave it to those who know what they are doing.. Seriously though I don't think any of us would actually miss your games.. I'm also sure that these small development firms would find someone else to become a parent.
Wouldn't this just encourage piracy of the game, in Iran at least? You know, since they can't get the game by legal means?
Jeez EA, take lessons from Gabe on how to handle piracy.
Jeez EA, take lessons from Gabe on how to handle piracy.
EA, no more please. You are actually getting me to consider pirating ME3 and DS3 just to spite that ignorance of yours.
SEE! Now look what you've done. Caused more piracy to occur. /slowclap
SEE! Now look what you've done. Caused more piracy to occur. /slowclap
EA pissed me off with that origin service. I built a PC just to play Battlefield 3 and then they go and make Origin. So now I can't get any EA games off of steam (a service which I just deal with even though I miss the old days of actually buying the disc and installing it, then playing..without the need of internets) and I just ended up buying BF3 for PS3.
So yay? I guess. At least I got Arkham City for free. hopefully the driver update fixes the DX11 features.
So yay? I guess. At least I got Arkham City for free. hopefully the driver update fixes the DX11 features.
And I'm sure at lot of Iranians don't give a single fuck about the scenario and want to enjoy the game for what it is like everyone else. Those 5,000 young peeps (if they exist) are probably just a bunch of brainwashed religious zealots anyway.
I dont like censorship, but I dont like imperialism either. For once I agree with the iranian government.
@Fuzzy: yes, but at least no one would be selling them. Just downloading it illegally. And I guess EA is ok with that (in Iran, at least).
That's EA's logic: at least no one is making money with our stuff.
That's EA's logic: at least no one is making money with our stuff.
It's seem's like this is how they would justify their DRM then.
Well the harder it is to obtain and play our game legitimately obviously that will have a magical effect that prevent's pirate copies from existing.
I swear most of the crap they say has to be for their shareholder's.
Since game getting banned in Iran is probably a negative because it's a loss of an income source. But it's going to stop piracy in the region so we have also stopped a bunch of people pirating our game. So they call it a wash.
Well the harder it is to obtain and play our game legitimately obviously that will have a magical effect that prevent's pirate copies from existing.
I swear most of the crap they say has to be for their shareholder's.
Since game getting banned in Iran is probably a negative because it's a loss of an income source. But it's going to stop piracy in the region so we have also stopped a bunch of people pirating our game. So they call it a wash.
I don't get why EA is happy about this. If gamers there can't get the game at their local game store, they'll download a pirated copy online.
The cat kept pissing in my shoes. I threw all my shoes away. My cat has no more shoes to piss in. I am success.
Yeah, that's not gonna happen. If you totally cancel out a game for a country, they'll just pirate it.
Yay for blind rage! This will indeed decrease pirating in a place like Iran. If they didn't have the caliphate bearing down on this game, people would be able to go purchase a copy from a store. And when I say a copy, I mean that quite literally. The only way to even hope to curb that in a place like Iran or Taiwan is for the government to step in. Seeing as those governments have zero concern with people pilfering and profiting off foreign content, the only chance to curb it is to create content that they find morally objectionable. However, critical thinking is clearly below gamers, who know best by default, because games... or something.
Since the game is not for sale in Iran, I have a theory on how it will be benefical for EA, with the game being banned and all...
The tourists won't be able to buy illegal copies in Iran, that's why piracy will be lower. It will largely increase EA sales because those tourists will have no option to buy the game in their homeland.
The tourists won't be able to buy illegal copies in Iran, that's why piracy will be lower. It will largely increase EA sales because those tourists will have no option to buy the game in their homeland.
@dtomek
Critical thinking doesn't seem to be working out too well for you either, buddy. Whether or not piracy drops in Iran is a moot point when you aren't selling your game there anyway. The piracy rate can drop to zero and you still won't be making a single fucking dime. Even if the dude's right, he still looks like an idiot for suggesting a drop in piracy justifies a total loss of profit.
Critical thinking doesn't seem to be working out too well for you either, buddy. Whether or not piracy drops in Iran is a moot point when you aren't selling your game there anyway. The piracy rate can drop to zero and you still won't be making a single fucking dime. Even if the dude's right, he still looks like an idiot for suggesting a drop in piracy justifies a total loss of profit.
This is why black markets exist dagnabit. Fuck you drug war! Using my money so some assclown can't get his stuff legally makes for poorly written sentences, by me, on destructoid....also fuck Iran, command economies people, that shit is terrible.
Wow. Companies hate piracy so much that they don't care if they make no money as long as piracy goes down to zero. Also, EA is thinking ass backwards about this because a lot of PC game piracy happens in countries that never see an official release. Hence they pirate it because they have no other way to play it. That EA rep sounds really friggin' dumb now.
You boobs who keep saying it'll just increase piracy, keep in mind that this isn't the US/UK we're talking about; it's the Middle East, where they cut first and ask questions second.
If it's banned by the Iranian government and you're caught with it, they'll cut your damn head off right there in your cave's living room.
If it's banned by the Iranian government and you're caught with it, they'll cut your damn head off right there in your cave's living room.
@Ray Tarded
which makes the reasoning behind this EA's comment even more disturbing...
I wonder what they'd say if the game was banned in Australia or Germany
which makes the reasoning behind this EA's comment even more disturbing...
I wonder what they'd say if the game was banned in Australia or Germany
I'm pretty sure this means that the chairmen at EA are all officially insane. Lets put them in an asylum and finnaly get the old EA back that were'nt massive dicks.
@Matt Welch:
No because selling pirated games is the legal thing to do in Iran. Banning it means that you just have to use your own measly bandwidth to pirate things which not many people can do that easily. The only games that aren't sold pirated in Iran are the PS3 games and for obvious reasons. That's basically the reason why PS3 gamers are very rare in Iran and people mainly have Xbox 360s because they buy them with modchips from the start. The idea of paying 50$ or more for one game as an idea completely alien to Iranians because they buy their pirated games for 2-5$ each.
No because selling pirated games is the legal thing to do in Iran. Banning it means that you just have to use your own measly bandwidth to pirate things which not many people can do that easily. The only games that aren't sold pirated in Iran are the PS3 games and for obvious reasons. That's basically the reason why PS3 gamers are very rare in Iran and people mainly have Xbox 360s because they buy them with modchips from the start. The idea of paying 50$ or more for one game as an idea completely alien to Iranians because they buy their pirated games for 2-5$ each.
I don't understand all the laughing at this quote. It's actually really sad as someone pointed out. They're just being very spiteful since their game got banned. I just hope Gabe Newell takes over and becomes our new developer overlord.
"Considering Iranian stores openly sell pirated software, EA is actually using a little logic here."
Oh, well if you put it that way then yeah.. I can see how it'd work out like that.. But even still, does EA not think pirates will take the more traditional route? Or are they expecting the ban to encompass Iran watching over its internet traffic too?
Oh, well if you put it that way then yeah.. I can see how it'd work out like that.. But even still, does EA not think pirates will take the more traditional route? Or are they expecting the ban to encompass Iran watching over its internet traffic too?
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