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[Merline]

This is exactly why PC day1 releases are a bad idea.


The PS5 version needs to arrive fast or Playground Games is in serious trouble

 

[yet_another_alt]

I thought piracy didn't hurt sales?

 

[Sticks]

Most will play it with GP. Best deal in gaming.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Pay 120, play at release
Pay 70, play 4 days after release
Pay 0, play 10 5 days before release

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Could you play cracked games on Helix? Asha said it was going to be an affordable platform.

 

[Three]

I thought piracy didn't hurt sales?

Those people are right, publishers pay Denuvo $25k per month for the hell of it. Did you also know GP increases sales?

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Isn't most of the game online anyhow, you just going to drive around by yourself?

 

[kpopSuperstar]

Fucking pirates.

 

[willothedog]

The PS5 version needs to arrive fast or Playground Games is in serious trouble

why are they in 'serious trouble'? Still sitting at the best-selling game on Steam plus a service game with constant updates. Not like you'd risk going online as it's tied to an ms account.

 

[forsakkenSoul]

Forza Horizon 6 was uploaded to Steam ten days before launch and not encrypted by Playground Games.

 

[MMaRsu]

Forza Horizon 6 was uploaded to Steam ten days before launch and not encrypted by Playground Games.

Playground Intern:

 

[nemiroff]

Still buying it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Cumulus]

This is exactly why PC day1 releases are a bad idea.


The PS5 version needs to arrive fast or Playground Games is in serious trouble

are we still going to pretend that more than ~5% of the potential userbase even know about this stuff, let alone would have definitely bought the game otherwise?

 

[salva]

 

[Saber]

Maybe thats what Asha meant with open stuff. Shes ahead in terms of losing.

 

[Topher]

Leaked content reveals.....

Spoiler

It is a racing game

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Preorder cancelled

 

[falconhoof]

Leaked content reveals.....

Spoiler

It is a racing game

When will this woke curse end?

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

are we still going to pretend that more than ~5% of the potential userbase even know about this stuff, let alone would have definitely bought the game otherwise?

I think this is and has always been the laziest argument for piracy.

 

[squallbr]

Rockstar is right

 

[tkminus]

Does that even matter? The entire point of Forza is the online aspect.

 

[KyoZz]

This is exactly why PC day1 releases are a bad idea.

I thought piracy didn't hurt sales?

Read after the headline, it's Playground's fault.

And yes piracy is completely negligible, but that's not the point of this thread.

 

[adamsapple]

Leaked content reveals.....

Spoiler

It is a racing game

 

[willothedog]

Must be easy to do as Kojima/Sony did the same a couple of months ago

News Drama  Thread 'Steam build of Death Stranding 2 leaks via preload two days ahead of launch'

Mar 18, 2026

Steam build of Death Stranding 2 leaks two days ahead of launch

Something went wrong with the Death Stranding 2 preload process.

www.pcgamer.com

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Death Stranding 2 is now available to preload on Steam, but someone got more than a bundle of encrypted files early Tuesday—a pre-release version of Kojima Productions' delivery sim has leaked, and is now making the rounds on piracy websites two days before release.

According to a piracy-focused subreddit, the leak came via Steam, where unencrypted versions of the game files were seemingly made available by mistake. It's unclear how long the files were available, but...

• LectureMaster
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[Puscifer]

Fucking pirates.

Bro they uploaded the game without encryption lol

 

[BennyBlanco]

This is exactly why PC day1 releases are a bad idea.

because these retards uploaded their entire game with no encryption?

 

[CLW]

 

[kpopSuperstar]

Bro they uploaded the game without encryption lol

 

[GrayChild]

This is exactly why PC day1 releases are a bad idea.

No, this is why you encrypt your friggin' game before putting it for preload.

I know a lot of you want everything to be PS5-only as it makes you and your overpriced plastic toy feel more special, but the industry does not work that way.

 

[Zacfoldor]

At least it isn't star fox yet.

Feels good for this to happen to a non Nintendo game.

 

[AJUMP23]

I read they uploaded unencrypted files to steam for the preload.

What fools.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

What is the normal course for uploading preloaded games? Full game and encrypted? Or they purposely uploaded like 99% of it where launch day downloads a key or some executable file to play it?

Either way, what fools. And these gaming employees get big bucks to make games. You'd think piracy and secure software would be a top priority. Guess not.

 

[Ironman_Bad]

People really bashing them for not encrypted and not the thieves lmao im opposite of white knight but this equivalent to bashing a girl in a mini skirt for getting raped

 

[nikos]

RAISE THE ANCHOR AND SET THE SAIL

 

[StereoVsn]

because these retards uploaded their entire game with no encryption?

I am imaging something like this went down:

MS Suite: "Jenkins, let's get the game released for the suckers paying extra for 4 days early release".

MS Suite 2: "Smith, Big Boss said release the Hounds! I mean Fortra".

Smith: "Mr. Anderson, get the damn Forza early start out"

Anderson : "Mr. Smith, you laid off the QA and security team".

Smith: "Anderson, cut the crap, you still got couple interns on the team and Copilot subs for all!"

Anderson:" Alright you two, release the game, make sure to ask Copilot how to encrypt before full release".

Interns: "Copilot, what's encryption".

 

[zabegan34]

same happened with Pragmata, Death Stranding 2, hypervisor method rise and now this.
i highly doubt pirates would buy it anyway.
either they will stop releasing pc games, or go full server-drm

 

[Arachnid]

Isn't most of the game online anyhow, you just going to drive around by yourself?

Yeah, same thing I thought. This is a social game. I feel like I'd be bored just going against CPU

 

[Bodom78]

They probably have some crazy automated AI setup for building and releasing... But forgot to add "and make sure you encrypt the files before uploading" to one of their prompts.

 

[Zamana]

Forza is no fun offline. You'll miss player races, screenshot sharing, battle royale events, liveries and so much more are online only.

Still I think many gamers who can't afford the game or even gamepass will be quite happy this week.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Getting to a festival 10 days early sounds like hell.

 

[//DEVIL//]

can you play online or go to the auction house to buy and sell cars ? if not, then useless.

 

[Autistic_Pancake]

> shit got leaked
> RRRREEEEEEE PC BAD

Maybe start firing the rats off from your dev team, rather than blaming everyone else for taking what was given away for free?

 

[Seomel]

If xbox nee Ceo wanna keep right with players. They should unlock premium ed now for people and Standard for friday

 

[Seomel]

What is the normal course for uploading preloaded games? Full game and encrypted? Or they purposely uploaded like 99% of it where launch day downloads a key or some executable file to play it?

Either way, what fools. And these gaming employees get big bucks to make games. You'd think piracy and secure software would be a top priority. Guess not.

Exclude game executables which would get added for release with anything else missing.

 

[IFireflyl]

Forza is no fun offline. You'll miss player races, screenshot sharing, battle royale events, liveries and so much more are online only.

I promise you that I will not miss anything you said.

 

[Ozzie666]

This is an interesting marketting strategy and leak by Microsoft.


#HEARYOU

 

[Puscifer]

Am I crazy for thinking that pre-loading used to have a handful of necessary files requiring downloading when it was available? I haven't seen leaks like this on PC in years.

No, this is why you encrypt your friggin' game before putting it for preload.

I know a lot of you want everything to be PS5-only as it makes you and your overpriced plastic toy feel more special, but the industry does not work that way.

I got curious and did "Sony PC" with his username and wasn't shocked he's one of those guys worried about Sony's finance's like he's balancing the books.

 

[nikos]

Three body types in this game lol

 

[Seomel]

Am I crazy for thinking that pre-loading used to have a handful of necessary files requiring downloading when it was available? I haven't seen leaks like this on PC in years.

DS2 got leaked like this without drm just recently. Dragons dogma 2 too

 

[Gamezone]

The people who pirate it wouldn't have bought it to begin with, OP. CDPR release their highly anticipated PC titles without any DRM on PC, and they seem to be doing fine, and that's offline games. And if the pirated version is without any online functionality, it's basically worthless.