According to Kotaku, the PC version of Crysis 2 has been leaked online, or at least a development version, despite not being due for release for over a month yet.
The news first surfaced here, with the version of the game fifty days early but apparently still fully playable from start to finish and including the multiplayer portion.
EA responded with the following:
Crytek has been alerted that an early incomplete, unfinished build of Crysis 2 has appeared on Torrent sites. Crytek and EA are deeply disappointed by the news.
We encourage fans to support the game and the development team by waiting and purchasing the final, polished game on March 22.
They also reiterated the fact that piracy is “continuing to damage the PC market” and confirmed that the game is still in development.
It’s not clear who leaked this particular version, but we’re wondering how they sleep at night.
aphex187
Again we see the dreaded use of the words ‘damaging the PC market’ or it’s ‘killing PC gaming’ etc etc! Steam is a testament to the fact that PC gaming is in an amazing healthy state, one wonders why no one ever mentions the XBOX or the recently hacked PS3 which should also be brought into the equation for pirated games?
bunimomike
You are wrong about PC gaming being in an amazingly healthy state. Piracy is rampant on the PC for a multitude of reasons and makes piracy on the consoles look inconsequential in comparison.
Steam is a great platform but when you look at the biggest selling titles, PC sales make up a poor fraction of what the HD consoles achieve.
aphex187
Ya think? i don’t and i blame the dominance of consoles. People in this day and age are lazy in not wanting to make their own rigs or are strapped for cash so the easiest option is a Console meaning that the already dwindling PC community goes down even more.
Steam sold 1 million virtual copies of Crysis when it first came out and they made 1 billion in sales in 2010 which IMO ain’t bad. BO made $98.2 million, obviously consoles made more because that user base is higher but let’s not all jump on the band wagon and claim it’s the pirates killing PC gaming, it’s the people who bought into this cosy lazy console lifestyle that are to blame.
We could harp on about the pirating of music tapes, cd’s, Film’s, PsOne games, Dreamcast, PS2, XBOX etc etc ;)
skibadee
its not just piracy not as many people care for PC gaming any more.
jonny_bolton
With it being a console release also I can see that it not being a massive dint on sales. I know that PC will still be the main focus for sales but I think that there’s plenty who’ll be buying it on 360 and PS3.
aphex187
Oh and can i say one thing, word on the pirate front says that the game that’s out is buggy as hell.
colmshan1990
Probably because this is not actually the game, but a buggy version which isn’t finished yet!
topgear
We deserve it because we have had hardly any info or screenshots so at least they would give us a demo of some sort. Surely they could have released beta’s for PC/PS3/360 simultaneously instead of staying exclusive to one platform.
Yeah people want to see the graphics of the consoles but if you look at the cfg files of the 360/ps3 then they both play the game at medium settings.
Lymmusic
erm, this thread has gone from usual tsa intellect and tact, to ignorant fanboy self demeaning ineptitude usually associated with other lesser communities…
there really is no need to get worked up over a game that is likely to have as much impact as the last medal of honour game… pc version will look better yes, and it will be less impressive than the 1st crysis, not because of consoles, but because the 1st engine was overambitious. like trying to sell a bugatti veyron to the masses. you don’t need 200mph behemoths to go to tesco to get your weekly shop of pot noodle, wagon wheels and relentless…
Armonster9000
Edit – let’s try to avoid personal insults, please ~ cb
The people who made the game deserve some sort of pay for all the hard work they put in.
PiRat
Morally, P2P comes down to sharing information, it isn’t theft as the original owner is deprived of the original item.
Law, I don’t respect laws that violate freedom, enforcing copyright violates the 4th amendment.
colossalblue
Without wishing to enter into another fruitless argument with someone keen on justifying theft, piracy is stealing the opportunity of making a sale from someone who created something. If you find it morally acceptable to take away the rights of creative individuals to earn a living then that’s your own business. I disagree with you but support your right to hold an opinion.
If you actively participate in that removal of a creative individual’s right to earn a living then you’re committing a criminal act. Regardless of whether you think it /should/ be a law or not. There are ways and means of changing laws, just ignoring them is as undemocratic as many pirates would like to claim that digital rights protections are.
colmshan1990
Sharing information?
It’s at the very least receiving stolen goods, and nobody can deny that. However, I would just call it plain old stealing.
PiRat
Edit to last comment: isn’t deprived.
Hint: COPY-right (dictionary may also help you if this isn’t clear enough).
Copy =/= Theft.
And you’re the editor of this site…
colossalblue
So now your entire argument is boiling down to a misunderstanding of what laws software piracy breaks and some semantics? Bizarre.
Copying something is not theft. You’re not stealing a game (by definition, a game is impossible to steal because it is mostly concept, you can steal something physical like the disc but having a disc does not bestow legal rights to make use of its contents). You are, however, impinging on the rights of the creators of that game to make money from it.
When you buy a game on disc or download you are not buying that game (this is most likely the concept you have difficulty comprehending, it’s where most piracy defenders trip up). You’re buying the rights to use that game in the ways set out by the laws of the country in which you purchase it. Usually those laws prohibit the replication and distribution of the data which goes into making that creative work. Stealing an idea, whether it physically removes that idea from its current place of existence or not, is still (I would argue, for the sake of expediency) stealing.
So in a completely irrelevant way you’re right, “copy” does not have the same literal definition as “theft” but for the purposes of swiftly describing the removal of rights to own a creative work and the limitation of a creator’s rights to earn money from their creations, it serves as a useful shorthand. If you’d prefer I’ll try to stop thinking of the people you defend as “thieves” and just cut right to “criminals”? Either way, what they do is irrefutably illegal in most countries and I believe there is absolutely no way to describe it as moral either.
Ultimately, I’ve had this discussion enough times to be cynical enough that I doubt you’ll actually respond to a reasoned argument, rather trying to force the issue down another irrelevant cul-de-sac. I’d like it if you’d prove me wrong though.
PiRat
In the UK it comes under civil law, so the term “criminal” would be incorrect in my case.
I am not arguing what the laws say, but challenging them from a logical and moral point of view.
Like I said before, I think IPR violates basic freedom and that it imposes a tyranny in order to create a monopoly on distribution.
colmshan1990
Just going by his name, and the fact he only signed up to post here, I’m now going to have to say, let’s not feed the troll CB.
I already have made one valid point, you’ve made several, time to ignore him I think.
topgear
dude, put yourself in crytek’s shoes, they are working their arses off making this game, and then people like you download it for free and not pay them anything is morally wrong.
nemesisND1derboy
What the fuck do you mean, “people like you”? I’m not defending the tool but you are the exact person who said yesterday they did the same thing! Fucking hell, hypocrisy at its fucking finest right here.
topgear
I am going to pay for the fucking game, whereas he is not. nuff said
topgear
I am going to pay for the fucking game, whereas he is not. nuff said
aphex187
@philbert I don’t think most retailers would take back a PC game m8 because of the key inside, once it’s opened then it’s yours but i could be wrong there! Plus you mention the PC sections of gaming stores being non existent which we can easily pin down to Steam, EA and D2D taking the sales away.
AG2297
True, GAME don’t allow you to return a PC game.
nofi
My finger. Is on the button.
dirtyhabit
World, the time has come to…
Crazyfrog23
galvanize
nemesisND1derboy
This is sorry news, I feel for the dudes at Crytek.
aerobes
Pretty much what I would say, nemesis. First and foremost it’s terrible news for the guys and girls for who this is their baby.
How do these conflictive style posts always turn up on Saturdays … weird.
nemesisND1derboy
Exactly mate, it really is terrible. They probably haven’t even finished the game and they are already losing sales.
uber-BARBIE
1st of all the servers fpr crysis2 mp should be inactive.2ndly with todays technology and pinpointing ip adresses it shouldnt be too hard to arrest these theives. why isnt n e thing done about this in this manor. not rocket science
Kitch
Most people hide behind proxy servers or change there I.P. That is why the current sledgehammer law hasn’t been tested in a uk court. It is flimsy at best and at worst could be described as drakonian.
topgear
Yeah everyone uses proxies or VPN’s, secondly multiplayer works, you just gotta host your own server via hamachi
aphex187
Don’t worry Crytek i’ll be buying this for PC, PS3 and 360 so your sales are gonna be ace!
Kitch
Why? Why would you buy a game on all 3 formats? I will be renting the PS3 version and buying the P.C version. Thanks to the pirates PC gaming is always cheaper! ;)