Scott Steinberg Talks Piracy at Festival of Games

December 23, 2010

Journalist Scott Steinberg is set to speak at the upcoming Festival of Games April 28 & 29, 2011 in the Netherlands. He will be talking about how piracy may be a good thing for the video game industry and how new platforms such as Facebook and online distribution may naturally stamp out game copying.

"Instead of selling a €50 console game, the free-to-play model, where gamers play for free and pay as they go for virtual goods such as better weapons, may actually make more money in the end, while also helping stamp out game copying – and competition," says Steinberg."

Scott Steinberg is the CEO of video game consulting firm TechSavvy Global, and founder of GameExec magazine and Game Industry TV.

The Festival of Games takes place on April 28-29, 2011, at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht (the Netherlands). The 2010 event attracted over 2000 visitors, with 180 companies from 25 countries.

For more information, check out www.festivalofgames.org.

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Re: Scott Steinberg Talks Piracy at Festival of Games

Submitted by greevar on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 13:25.

I think it's a mistake trying to make a transaction with each and every person who wishes to play your game and trying to "stamp out game copying" is going to blow up in your face. Copying and sharing information freely is imbedded in human nature. It's part of what brought us to the level of development we enjoy today. It makes me sad that every once in a while, some "expert" comes along and acts like he might have the solution for getting people to stop sharing and copying. Let me be quite frank. It's impossible to get people to go against their nature. Instead of trying to fight nature, the industry needs to start embracing it. They need to learn to use people's impulse to share as a tool for making money. They pound their chests talking about innovation ad naseum, let's see some.

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