Two developers advertise with a unusual experience for their first PC game and criticize downloading cracked games: Patrick and Daniel Klug have fed a cracked (and content altered) version of their game Game Dev Tycoon itself into a file-Exchange.
Patrick Klug reported the cracked version spread around the world within minutes. After the first day, this version was played by at least 3100 users. Only 214 players had bought the original version for eight dollars.
Tycoon Game Dev it comes to building a successful game studio. By the widespread variant of the file sharing is impossible: After a few hours the message: “boss, too many players download the cracked version of our new game down instead of making it legal to buy.” The bankruptcy follows inevitably.
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The manipulated version of” Game Dev Tycoon “: pirates want to know how it feels when your game is pirated. 
relish quoted Patrick Klug desperate players who complain on forums about pirates, although they played the cracked version of Game Dev Tycoon itself. At the same time frustrate him the results of his experiment, writes Klug. Finally, he had worked for over a year on Tycoon Game Dev, without salary.
Against DRM Despite this experience, he was not a fan of digital rights management, writes Klug. DRM makes life difficult for the honest buyers, but also can not prevent that, ultimately, all without coercion online games are cracked. (cwo)
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