14 DAY TRIAL // Writing the title above seems like a big deja vu for me, since I've practically used the same words a couple of months ago plus the word "demo". Yesterday, the Silent Hill fans got a special treat, as the PSP game Silent Hill Origins got officially released. Only a couple of hours later the latest horror survival masterpiece in the series surfaced on torrent sites, being made available illegally.
If you've played the demo you'll surely be part of the queue in front of the game store right now, waiting for your copy of Origins. In case you got it yesterday, I can assume that you've had a rough night and no sleep at all. I'm curious to see if this issue will once again generate a conflict, like the one started back in August, when the game's demo was leaked online just a couple of days before being shown to the public at the Leipzig Games Convention.
An investigation was started by the game developers and it seems that one of Konami's employees had been the source of the leak. Congrats for at least allowing the game to be launched this time! I bet that this time the source of the illegal downloadable version of the title is one of its buyers. Almost all of the major titles this year were plagued by the leaking issue, from Manhunt 2, probably the most banned game ever, to Halo 3, which was also "leaked" in a couple of stores.
I have an idea! What if some day every game developer in the world released infected virtual copies of famous titles? The illegal downloaders would probably kill their gaming devices or destroy their PCs, being punished for their action. However, this is a drastic measure that uses malware and we can't fight illegality with illegality. Any peaceful way of stopping leaks folks?