Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | 12:22 BST
Free games will beat piracy, says Perry
Speaking after collecting an honourary doctorate in Belfast, Dave Perry has claimed that piracy can be beaten through making games free.
“The next big thing will be free games,” he said, citing Asian success for the model.
“They had so much piracy that they decided to stop charging for the games. Instead, there’ll be a charge for things you might want to use in the game,” he said.
“Your character might have a plain white T-shirt. If you wanted a nicer one you could have it for a dollar. Or perhaps you could buy a magic sword for a knight for a dollar.”
Perry added: “It’s going to turn our industry on its head and I want to see the same thing happening in the USA and Europe.”
More on the BBC.
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Posted in: Acclaim, PC, Trade
Tags: dave perry, david perry
8 comments
#1
G1GAHURTZ
09/07/08, 12:35 pm
Yeah right!
LOL… The only way to beat piracy is to give your stuff to pirates for free, then charge them for content!?
Why won’t they just start hacking the premium content then??
duh…
#2
Quiiick
09/07/08, 12:55 pm
… they will, as soon as this “new” business-model is established on a wider scale.
#3
pjmaybe
09/07/08, 3:13 pm
Perhaps if he gave away one of his bandanas, people would like him more.
Oh, wrong DP…
#4
ecu
09/07/08, 3:29 pm
Surely free games is an admission that piracy has won?
#5
Tiger Walts
09/07/08, 3:33 pm
Sins of a Solar Empire. No copy protection. CD Key required for updates. Sells 100k in the US on week one.
piracylol
#6
pjmaybe
09/07/08, 4:21 pm
50 lashes of the cat, and a spell in the brig is the only way to beat piracy. Yarr.
#7
Wadey
09/07/08, 6:13 pm
“Speaking after collecting an honourary doctorate in Belfast, Dave Perry has claimed that piracy can be beaten through making games free.”
Haha, wonder how long it took him to come up with that one
#8
patlike
09/07/08, 6:25 pm
Wadey: He’s well into his free games, innit. Bit on free-to-play MMO stuff