
If a Steam edition is approved, you'll even get a code for that platform thrown in. It is DRM-free, and you get three copies for your $8 which you can use across devices. Game Dev Tycoon is available now from the Greenheart Games website.

Not fair." Oh, the irony.Īfter just one day of going on sale, Greenheart Games' statistics were that only 6.4 per cent of Game Dev Tycoon players were playing the bought version. I had $5 million and then people suddenly started pirating everything I made, even if I got really good ratings (that I usually get). One user even posted: "Why are there so many people who pirate? It ruins me.
#GAME DEV TYCOON TORRENT GAME FAIL CRACKED#
The saddest part for Greenheart Games is that, once the cracked copy had hit online, forums started to fill with users moaning about the piracy mode, as if it was a feature in the final game. Surely, for most of these players, the $8 wouldn’t hurt them but it makes a huge difference to our future."

The post focused on pointing out that for a small developer the choice to pirate a game has real consequences. They even admit to having downloaded games themselves illegally. "A s the developer, who spent over a year creating this game and hasn’t drawn a salary yet, I wanted to cry. The dev specifically say they have no quarrel with people who literally cannot afford the game or otherwise can't legitimatly aquire it.

" Initially, we thought about telling them their copy was an illegal copy, but instead we didn’t want to pass up the unique opportunity of holding a mirror in front of them and showing them what piracy can do to game developers," said Patrick Klug.
