Chapter 20 Countermeasures
Yuki Ono is the leader of the Resident Evil game development team and one of the veterans of Capcom. He looks about 40 years old and is gentle.
He held up the glasses on his nose and said, "I believe everyone has heard about the general situation before. This PC version of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" was uploaded to the Internet at around 2 pm this afternoon. After our employees discovered it, we spent about six hours to test it. The results show that this game is completely developed based on our original 3DS version, but in terms of picture, sound effect and playability, it is a top-notch game, which is no worse than works like "Crisis Island". Moreover, it also uses verification code charges and costs only 1,000 yen."
The conference room became quiet and everyone gasped. As a well-known company that had been immersed in the game industry for many years, these Capcom executives knew very well how much it would cost to develop such a game.
Unit price 1,000 yen?
Which rich man is looking for trouble and spending money to play with when he has nothing to do!
Even according to the sales volume of the genuine Resident Evil: Apocalypse, the unit price of 1,000 yen may not even be recovered, not to mention that it will face anti-pirated lawsuits from Capcom.
Marketing Director Fujiwara Noka said: "Where are we currently using PC version, can we surpass it?"
Ono Yuki's face showed a hint of embarrassment, and shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult!"
Fujiwara Nika's eyebrows frowned.
When the 3DS version of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" was launched, Capcom was ready to develop XBOX, PS3, PC, WiiU and other versions.
Now the development of various versions is in full swing, but this sudden PC version of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" suddenly disrupted the rhythm of Capcom.
Even if the police finally seized the download link for the pirated PC version of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse", it has already had an impact in the circle of game fans. If the PC version launched by Capcom is not as good as this copycat, it would be a slap in the face.
Capcom's legal director Moriburn Rio asked: "Can you find out which studio developed it now?"
Ono Yuki shook his head and said, "We are sending people to investigate. Studios that can crack and transplant such a game are only a handful of internationally. Perhaps skidrow, reloaded, and razor1911, the world's top cracking teams have such capabilities. But what about their motivation? This kind of job is clearly thankless, and it is not like these cracking teams who are tempted by money!"
Morio nodded, turned his head to President Joe Ben Hiroshu and said, "President, I suggest reporting to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department immediately, let the police contact major forums and network disk suppliers, and delete the download link of the pirated game. At the same time, the company must issue an announcement to clarify to players the fact that the game is pirated by 3DS "Resident Evil" apocalypse."
Qiao Benhongshu nodded and said, "Yes!"
"Wait!" Ono Yuki said: "President, this may not be enough."
"Why?" Everyone present focused their attention on Ono Yoshiyuki.
Ono said: "These download links are not limited to our Japanese, American and Chinese websites, and there are special patches in Chinese and English! So we must propose copyright protection to the copyright departments of China and the United States. The United States is fine. At worst, it can only take the program, and it will take only ten days and half a month. The problem is China..."
Speaking of China, everyone present suddenly changed their faces.
China's stand-alone game market is not small, but for various reasons, the Chinese government has always been quite cold to the copyright protection issues of foreign stand-alone games.
Even though China's domestic stand-alone game has been sluggish in recent years, major foreign game manufacturers still have no way to deal with Chinese pirated merchants.
In the past, they didn’t care about China’s pirated game industry. After all, over the years, Japanese, European and American gamers have developed the habit of buying genuine products, and they have enough markets to digest their games.
But this PC version of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" is different. It is simply a modified copycat product. If you don't compete with it, then there will naturally be fanatical game fans going to Chinese websites to download this game.
In this case, I'm afraid this game will not be able to be circulated among players.
Marketing Director Fujiwara Noka interrupted: "President, I have a way. We must find out who did this game as soon as possible, and then contact the studio behind the scenes to cooperate with them."
Legal Affairs Director Morio said: "What if they don't?"
Fujiwara Kika smiled coldly and said, "Since they can't play cracking, can't we? At worst, we won't do our own PC version of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse". We will find someone to crack this pirated game and improve it slightly, and then bring it to the market!"
Everyone in the conference room couldn't help but look at each other. This trick was ruthless. Anyway, the copyright of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" is in the hands of Capcom. They cracked the PC version of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse", so there is no need to worry about infringement.
Using genuine versions to deal with piracy is awesome.
Qiao Benhongshu's face then calmed down a little, and he said, "Then let's go together and do what Morimoto and Miss Kika said."
"Hi!"
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An hour later, Capcom issued an announcement on the homepage of the company's website, saying that the PC version of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" that appeared on the Internet today has nothing to do with Capcom! Capcom also claimed in the announcement that the PC version of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" has infringed on their company's 3DS version of the game. They have called the police to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and asked major game websites to delete the download link of the game.
Although the announcement was issued late at night, it was soon discovered by Night Owl Game fans. Then the announcement was reposted to major forums in Japan, which immediately caused an uproar in the Japanese gaming circle.
You should know that although this game has just come out, it has attracted the attention of a lot of game enthusiasts.
Especially the praise from many well-known players such as Hiroichi Miyamoto has made this new game quite popular.
No one expected that such a product that seems to be less different from the genuine one is actually a copycat.
Now, some players who didn't play this type of game are also interested.
Chapter completed!