Pirates rush to torrent leaked Fallout 3
Xbox code is spreading across illegal fileshare sites.
Fallout 3, Bethesda's eagerly-awaited post-apocalyptic RPG, has been leaked onto file-sharing sites less than 24 hours after going gold. Impatient gamers have rushed to download the ripped Xbox 360 version, with one site claiming that over 800 people are now sharing a complete set of files.
It doesn't stop there. One cocky gamer has even gone so far as to post a live streaming video of their first experiences with the game. Presumably they don't have a problem with advertising the fact that they're breaking the law.
We have contacted Bethesda, but so far they've declined to comment on the situation. While we're sure they're not too happy about the leak, they can at least take heart from the positive response most people seem to be giving the game. Early reactions to Fallout 3 have included, "Sweeeeet!" "Yay!" and "I want to **** this game so hard!"
User Comments
lolzer
Wowzer
If a game winds up on the BIG pirated list somewhere, then they are doing something right. Everyone wants to "knock" ppl who use pirated copies of games, but nobody thinks about all the games that get stolen from stores.
S0LACE
All the PS3,XBOX360, and even the Wii are is a glammed up PC that always sapports a controler! All the games can be pirated!
Keep this is mind: EVERY GAME that hits a shelf has a start and a finish price. ya know the price of a game that sits on a shelf for a few months? Yeah thats the finish price. When a game in the US starts at $50-60 then a month or so later gets marked down...yeah to like $25-20. If more people would stop paying the $60 freakin' bucks for a damn game and make them understand that the $20 they are willing to except a month later is much more reasonable...MAYBE they can win over me and get my morals back on track. Untill then...TO DAMN BAD!!!!!!
I'll be hittin my torrent program up now thanks!
dreamhunk
http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-216497.aspx
dreamhunk
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55395
Today's NPD numbers left out sales for PC games, as is typical, but this month the market research firm decided to take a look at PC game sales anyway to see how they would fare.
"Although PC games sales are not included in these numbers, there were two that should be pointed out," wrote NPD analyst Anita Frazier in a press release accompanying September's sales data.
"Spore realized sales of 406,000 units and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning sold 274,000 which would put them both in the top 10 list of combined console, portable and PC games sales for the month," Frazier continued.
In fact, Spore's numbers would place it squarely in third place for September, just below the explosive launch of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3, PS2, 360, Wii, DS, PSP) and perpetual best-seller Wii Fit. Warhammer Online, on the other hand, would take eighth in a combined PC-and-console sales chart.
If Warhammer's sales look at odds with the 500,000 players the game picked up in the days after its September 18 launch, it's because NPD only looks at United States retail sales whereas Warhammer's subscriber base is a worldwide number.
dreamhunk@ WEED
http://play.tm/news/5345/console-piracy-on-the-rise/
WEED
PC'S FOREVER!
dreamhunk@ RecoN
http://www.firingsquad.com/news/news...searchid=20405
RecoN
You dont need DL dvds, a basic external hdd (for mobile access), iso image on your pc (continous use), or even shirnk the files to a normal size dvd. You can use Dl, but i have never had to use them to back up my windows or my own games. If i wanted to, i can give my neighbour 20 top games and have they all working within 2 hours max.
As for torrent users, most of them dont have there rig setup to handle such installs and files etc. Me i honestly never had a prbolem running my backup games or files. Il swear to that aswell :)
But its not clever doing piracy. People think yes i saved 60 quid on games, when you actually have cost a company thousands and probably a sequel to that top end game you like so much. I mean yea it was kool at first but now its getting serious and from my own experience i plead to anyone who does DL games to think twice about the effects to the industry.
Woolworths, ASDA, Morrisons, Tesco, and even WHSmith have stopped selling PC games int he actual shops now. I had to drive 14 miles to the nearest GAME shop. Its damaging the gaming scene far to quickly.
Necros
And no, pirating on the PC isn't a lot easier, just visit a torrent site and read all the whining comments about how to make the game work, it's pretty amusing. :)
Rip Off
Oh Really?
http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45491
Stealth
Stealth
RecoN
PC is alot easier to pirate than the 360. With pc you download an iso fil and then mount it using software, the game rips supply all the s**t to make it work. But the 360 pirating may not be cheaper either, For exmaple Dual layer dvds are still quite expensive
Either way this is wrong. I think it is about time that devs event something by now to tackle this problem. If pirates can find a way then im sure hired programmers can.