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From: dvljhg@cs.umu.se (J|rgen Holmberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Pirating CD-ROMS
Keywords: CD-ROM
Message-ID: <1990Dec12.070719.23148@cs.umu.se>
Date: 12 Dec 90 07:07:19 GMT
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In article <1990Dec11.205920.12986@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> pochron@cat52.cs.wisc.edu (David Pochron) writes:
>Perhaps one of the reasons game developers are so hot on CD-ROM technology
>is it is impossible to pirate a CD-ROM - too much inforation stored there,
>even for a hard drive.
>
>IC ROMs can, and have been, pirated.  I suspect by 1995 (if the game industry
>doesn't go bust again) every game on the market will use a CD-ROM - 0% loss
>of sales to piracy.  Only "borrowing" can hurt sales then...
>

And boy, will they be surprised when they notice how few games people will buy.
Children that are used to having a plethora of poor games to discard will stop
buying new ones as they notice that they spend maybe 2 hours on a game that
will cost more than games do today. The games will, in the beginning at least,
be larger, prettier and with as much playability as my left shoe.

/Jorgen
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