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No it wasn't. The best that could be done until few months ago were illegal emulators written for Linux that ended with it's removal. Actually no it isn't. That may be the case now but not long ago it was possible to switch PS3 into factory/developer mode and run games from hard drive. That method required no changes to the console and IIRC enabled further development of custom firmware leading which enabled piracy until firmware patches.

Not really. Most do it publically, just to get money from people who want their console modified. Which are a lot in Europe. I meant those that develop tools and methods to hack the hardware.

Hackers made many grandiose claims over their PS3 "cracking". Reality is they enabled piracy for most of games out by then but soon got locked out with firmware revisions. It's not that good of a example as the need was simply not there due to 360 but the my point still stands - sufficiently advanced hardware can make cracking too hard or at least too annoying for a homebrew piracy.

It's absurd. Everything may be cracked. But that takes serious skills and commitment. Most crackers are in it for the glory and when faced with real challenge they go for easier targets. Just look as PS3 - it remains uncracked and piracy on it was impossible for years. And that's despite the fact that Sony was embarrassingly lax with their security.

Or it may turn out that next generation consoles won't be cracked. This generation console piracy wasn't treated very seriously by the designers but that may change.

The point isn't that there isn't console piracy but that it's not worth it for many people. There is also no guarantee that it will even be still possible next console generation.

We discussed this before - console piracy is not on the same scale as PC piracy. And that's largely because it's far more complicated and carries greater consequences.

That's pretty much the case with majority of activation-based DRM. Change enough components and you need to reactivate.

From what I understand the problem was that SOPA allowed blacklisting sites for a mere suspicion of copyright infringement. But I agree that the opposition to it makes a poor impression. Not only are they in vast majority interested parties but also seem to value petty insults over meritorical discussion.

that's easy to explain. the majority of "pirates" are schoolkids that don't have the means to pay for a game online. they buy games in stores from time to time but the realization that they can get any game for free, for 12-16 year-old kids... anyway, the point about pirating demos is also correct. it's habitual. they tend to check their favorite torrent trackers for all gaming news. so as soon as something pops up, they only need to press the DL button This is a biggie, more importantly the part of them having no means to pay for a game online. I suppose the sellers could start promoting kids to start stealing their parents Credit Cards and using that, but I think that would create more problems then are already in existence. Honestly I'm quite surprised that this is still a problem. I know a lot of local services that can be used without any real age-checks by cell phone transactions. Then again maybe expecting the youth to sacrifice so many SMSes is unreasonable.

All game reviewers should in theory rate at least graphics objectively. In practice they just decide on the overall score and then write made-up nonsense in all the categories that were supposed to be the 'objective' basis for it.

What games would be canceled if true? IIRC they were working on 40k/WoD MMOs and publishing everything made by Volition/Relic. And how dose the South Park game look in light of this?

You can find the rulebook free on the internet. (including GW own site) Dose this legendary edition force a 3rd party DRM? I remember that the first edition did that and it didn't have the best reputation for reliability.

That claim is false. No it's not. Of course they would. In fact they would seek ways to make even more of them. Mind you - right now they don't need to. But then they had no idea how much money licensing tournaments would bring. About the sales figure - keep in mind half of it is Korea. Anything Starcraft could sell at least a million there. Compared to other high profile exclusives Starcraft 2 sold below expectations. Blizzard is simply smart about their games and looks for profit outside direct sales - hence trading wow mounts or taking a cut from Diablo 3 auction house.

Not sure how seriously you meant this but Stracraft II did fail to meet sales expectations.

Yup. Just trivial differences like lack of multiplayer.

And you think that 75% of a game will sell fine? Can't say I agree.

But it's done by point and click. Controls tend to be kinda important for the design of action games. For instance how do you single out a boss in the middle of trash mobs when all you have is a gamepad?

And it's already retracted.

Blizzard's made a lot of console games in their time. Even Diablo was on PSOne. I imagine they'll refine that old scheme a bit. What worked a decade ago doesn't matter - today the design pattern is clearly to go from PC-oriented design to console-oriented one. The standards have changed too much and I can't see how blizzard can get away with point and click menus in a console version.

So Blizzard is finally making the transition? Wonder how many adjustments it'll take to make it playable on a pad.

What the term was originally meant for is irrelevant. For most modern historians it has no such connotation and is used to underline the scarcity of written sources.

Yes there were. The name is just mistakenly attributed to the supposed lack of intellectual achievements while the real reasons should be the scale of population collapse and political breakdown.

Are really suggesting that works have been transcribed for almost a thousand years in the Christian world without understanding their content? I know Christian institutions are not highly regarded in popular understanding but this is going a bit too far.