Game Publishers Could Learn from Game of Thrones

[Scott Tortorice]

Piracy is the doom of all IPs!!!!! Or is it?

[h=1]Game of Thrones breaks BitTorrent records[/h]

Game of Thrones director David Petrarca has previously said that he didn't worry about the piracy of his show (a position he quickly reversed when the statement drew a lot of media attention). More recently, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo told Entertainment Weekly something quite similar, even noting that piracy doesn't seem to affect sales figures on the DVDs.

I probably shouldn't be saying this, but it is a compliment of sorts. [Piracy is] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network. The demand is there and it certainly didn't negatively impact the DVD sales.

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Hmm....

 

[sarfs]

Local cable company had a "catchup" weekend. All the subscription series were free on on demand.

 

['Ol Fezziwig]

Local cable company had a "catchup" weekend. All the subscription series were free on on demand.

Yeah, but all us cheap putzes who still don't subscribe to HBO are once again screwed......arrrr, Matey! :bandit:

 

[Scott Tortorice]

An unexpected chuckle.

[video=youtube;P38EG97zlOg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P38EG97zlOg[/video]

 

[Nexus6]

Yeah, ha ha, the video is pretty funny.

BTW, I have one serious complaint about GoT. The show and books are so wildly popular that I don't feel especially, well, special for being a fan. I mean, I really like it, but so does everyone else. Absolutely zero cult/snob appeal. On a related note, in the mmo's I've been playing, I see a lot of people naming their avatars after GoT characters. How original (not).

 

[Scott Tortorice]

Yeah, ha ha, the video is pretty funny.

BTW, I have one serious complaint about GoT. The show and books are so wildly popular that I don't feel especially, well, special for being a fan. I mean, I really like it, but so does everyone else. Absolutely zero cult/snob appeal.

It's true! I hate it when some bit of sci-fi or fantasy goes ultra mainstream. Guess I can be guilty of a cosa nostra mentality at times, too.

On a related note, in the mmo's I've been playing, I see a lot of people naming their avatars after GoT characters. How original (not).

And you hit the other annoying thing!

Eh, it is all good. Anything that makes adult fantasy or sci-fi super popular is fine in my book.