Friday, March 4, 2011

Persson: "Piracy is theft"

Markus Notch Persson, creator of the sensational Minecraft, is convinced that piracy is not comparable to a theft. "They are two completely different things," said Persson during GDC, "if you steal a car that will not be anyone's forever, but if it duplicates a game, simply there will be an extra copy in the world." "They say that piracy contributes to reducing sales.

But then even a bad review or a release date not contribute to the same thing." According to Persson real solutions are another "make games that last more than a week" or "consider the development of a videogame as a service". "You can not hack into your online accounts, and look what a coincidence, a game like that Minecraft checking accounts at each login is not among the phenomena of piracy." For the record, just Minecraft last night took home three prizes including the GDC's prestigious "Best Debut."

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