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World of Goo has 90% piracy rate

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Joystiq received a tip pointing to the comments section of a recent RockPaperShotgun post, in which World of Goo designer Ron Carmel mentioned the game had a staggering 90% piracy rate. They contacted Carmel directly, who confirmed the figure was "about right."
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Smacktard - 407 days 12 hours ago
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That's goddamn atrocious. I'm more glad than ever now that I bought this game. Those who pirated and didn't end up buying it ought to be ashamed.
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Swarm - 407 days 11 hours ago
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Agreed.

The game had a great indepth demo, wasn't that expensive, and was a indie title with great gameplay..... what the hell else do people want?!?!
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y0haN - 407 days 11 hours ago
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They don't have souls, they are the leechers of the gaming world and I hope they all die.
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Tony P - 407 days 10 hours ago
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So goes the great experiment in ethics. Would you steal the game if there were no penalties and you couldn't get caught? A resounding affirmative.

"We’re going to experiment with no DRM for copies purchased from this site. There are many reasons for this, but we like to think people will be good, and we want to give the best user experience possible." -2D Boy

Sorry to disappoint you. :/

Anyway, I suppose we can look for DRM in 2D Boy's next release thanks to this situation.
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zagibu - 406 days 15 hours ago
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Yeah, they might add DRM, and yeah, their piracy rate might go down. But their sales figure won't go up. Less pirates is not equivalent to more sales.
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Gun_Senshi - 407 days 11 hours ago
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Thats what you get for releasing on Wii :P

Wii-Key is cheap
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chasuk08 - 407 days 11 hours ago
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To be honest i dont find it a laughing matter, games like this will soon be a thing of the past due to morons pirating them.
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Gun_Senshi - 407 days 11 hours ago
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Maybe they should release it on stuff that actually sells games and has low piracy rate.

check below
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Smacktard - 407 days 11 hours ago
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PS3 fanboys. Pathetic.
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ICUP - 407 days 11 hours ago
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Release it on PS3

problem solve.
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chasuk08 - 407 days 11 hours ago
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True, and i would buy this game if it was on ps3.
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Smacktard - 407 days 11 hours ago
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PS3 fanboy alert. This game would not work with analog sticks. It's not precise or fast enough. You have to be seriously disillusioned to not know that.
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ICUP - 407 days 11 hours ago
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PS3 support mouse and keyboard.
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Cheeseknight28 - 407 days 9 hours ago
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I'm fairly sure developers are not allowed to make a PS3 game that can only use an addon.

That'd be like releasing Starcraft on the PS3, but you couldn't play it unless you doled out more cash for a mouse. I have a good feeling you have to have controller support.
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steveg2564 - 407 days 6 hours ago
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@ICUP Stay in school
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Yi-Long - 407 days 11 hours ago
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4 - Not every download equals a (potential) sale.
... Many people also download games they're vaguely interested in, just to take a quick glance if it's something they like, and when they don't, they download something else again.

Maybe bad marketing is the reason this game isnt selling as well as it should?

I'm not really keeping up with the DS/Wii software coming out (mainly because it's not much), but this is pretty much the first I heard about the game.
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Cheeseknight28 - 407 days 9 hours ago
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How do you expect a team of 2 to market a game that much? I have seen ads for it on Gamespot, they probably couldn't afford much more.
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Immortal Kaim - 407 days 11 hours ago
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Damn pirates ruining this amazing industry, and people wonder why companies are resorting to draconian DRM, here is your answer... such a shame.
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Smacktard - 407 days 11 hours ago
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I have to wonder who the morons are that are disagreeing with every rational comment posted here.
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Immortal Kaim - 407 days 10 hours ago
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Of course we know who these people are, ignorant fanboys with no idea of the implications piracy on this scale does to the industry. You people who a claiming the game should just have been made for the PS3 to combat piracy are kidding right... so your brilliant idea is to just stop making games for other systems....
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Smacktard - 407 days 6 hours ago
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Especially since the version of this game that was pirated the most was the PC version. If there were a rational solution, it would've been just to not release it on the PC at all.
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ape007 - 407 days 11 hours ago
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omg,why

it's a great game,am really pissed

it's one unique game on wii
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Imallvol7 - 407 days 10 hours ago
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While I do NOT have the game, this figure has to be right. I know 7 people in my class alone who play it. NONE of them bought it. They all passed a CD around.
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M_Prime - 407 days 9 hours ago
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yeah.. they have it on the PC..

I play it on my 50" tv.. old school 4:3 but still the game looks awsome on my wii and i am proud to own a game that is SO MUCH FUN..

i didn't bother to get it on the PC cause its made so well for the wii.
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Product - 407 days 8 hours ago
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sad just sad.........the 2 guys who made this game are losing money to cheap a$$es. People will think twice about things like this when the gaming industry wont be able to allow a small team like this to do creative games on a game console.
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zagibu - 406 days 15 hours ago
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They do not lose money, because those who pirated it wouldn't buy it, if piracy was no option.
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Probably 60% of the people those stole this game woulndt have bought it anyways.. I know I wouldnt. Not saying the game sucks its just..I think buying that game would be like buying flash game someone could have made for free on newgrounds (kinda like castle crashers)
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bama - 406 days 15 hours ago
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Its being pirated on the PC not Wii you idiots.
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