Hello Humanoids . This year witnessed some of the best games for consoles , GTA IV being titled as Game Of the Year, But there were few for the P.C Gamers , some of them were - Fall Out 3, PES 09 ,etc . Even games like Spore created a lot of buzz with PC gamers. But, there are hundreds and thousands of people who stay away from buying these games, instead they switch to Torrents .
Torrents are immensely useful when we want to have a look at the demand of people , for example - Fifa series from EA Sports this year was blown away by PES 09, According to the number of downloads from Gizmolio ( Skullptura ) on popular Torrent website Mininova . This shows how people are tired of the same old early 21st century game play form EA Sports .
Torrents have significant impact on the sales of the video games and companies face huge losses as most of the gamers download the games instead of buying it , to tackle piracy Ea Games added a DRM system SecuROM in the game Spore, which later angered the fans but this didn't affect the number of pirated version of this game : Spore was the most pirated PC game of 2008 ! But GTA IV is around the corner , though its been priced pretty less to attract more buyers than pirates it can have an effect on 10 Most pirated Games of 2008 list could be affected ,
Anyways, Here is the list of Ten Most Pirated Games of 2008 , acc. to TorrentFreak :
If you are an active torrent download : Are you surprised by the list ?
What do you think of the list and according to you how does Torrent affect the gaming industry ?
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Torrents are immensely useful when we want to have a look at the demand of people , for example - Fifa series from EA Sports this year was blown away by PES 09, According to the number of downloads from Gizmolio ( Skullptura ) on popular Torrent website Mininova . This shows how people are tired of the same old early 21st century game play form EA Sports .
Torrents have significant impact on the sales of the video games and companies face huge losses as most of the gamers download the games instead of buying it , to tackle piracy Ea Games added a DRM system SecuROM in the game Spore, which later angered the fans but this didn't affect the number of pirated version of this game : Spore was the most pirated PC game of 2008 ! But GTA IV is around the corner , though its been priced pretty less to attract more buyers than pirates it can have an effect on 10 Most pirated Games of 2008 list could be affected ,
Anyways, Here is the list of Ten Most Pirated Games of 2008 , acc. to TorrentFreak :
- 1. Spore (1,700,000, released Sept. 2008)
- 2. The Sims 2 (1,150,000, Sept. 2004)
- 3. Assassins Creed (1,070,000, Nov. 2007)
- 4. Crysis (940,000, Nov. 2007)
- 5. Command & Conquer 3 (860,000, March 2007)
- 6. Call of Duty 4 (830,000, Nov. 2007)
- 7. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (740,000, June 2005)
- 8. Fallout 3 (645,000, Oct. 2008)
- 9. Far Cry 2 (585,000, Oct. 2008)
- 10. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (470,000, Oct. 2008)
If you are an active torrent download : Are you surprised by the list ?
What do you think of the list and according to you how does Torrent affect the gaming industry ?
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Take Care ,
