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Shacknews has posted up an interview with Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell in which they discuss game piracy, and a possible solution to the problem.
According to a GamesIndustry report, Bushnell said "There is a stealth encryption chip called a TPM that is going on the motherboards of most of the computers that are coming out now."
"What that says is that in the games business we will be able to encrypt with an absolutely verifiable private key in the encryption world--which is uncrackable by people on the internet and by giving away passwords--which will allow for a huge market to develop in some of the areas where piracy has been a real problem." Bushnell added.
Video Game piracy has been particularly highlighted recently with id, Crytek and Epic all claiming that because of internet-based piracy, they have been forced to put games onto consoles, where piracy is less rampant and harder to use. Bushnell went on to suggest that movie and music piracy will likely continue, game markets made previously inaccessible due to piracy issues will begin to flourish as the chip's install base grows.
However, the industry has heard such promises before, and determined 'pirates' always seem to find away around it. Could this be the death sentence of Video Game Piracy or is the man who created Pong and Chuck E. Cheese just spinning lines?
You can read other TGN articles on software piracy here and here.
"What that says is that in the games business we will be able to encrypt with an absolutely verifiable private key in the encryption world--which is uncrackable by people on the internet and by giving away passwords--which will allow for a huge market to develop in some of the areas where piracy has been a real problem." Bushnell added.
Video Game piracy has been particularly highlighted recently with id, Crytek and Epic all claiming that because of internet-based piracy, they have been forced to put games onto consoles, where piracy is less rampant and harder to use. Bushnell went on to suggest that movie and music piracy will likely continue, game markets made previously inaccessible due to piracy issues will begin to flourish as the chip's install base grows.
However, the industry has heard such promises before, and determined 'pirates' always seem to find away around it. Could this be the death sentence of Video Game Piracy or is the man who created Pong and Chuck E. Cheese just spinning lines?
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