Indie dev promotes game through piracy - Kill Screen - Previously

Anindie developer has found an interesting approach to the marketing and price problem in videogames. The collection of irreverent minigames, McPixel, by SOS is promoting itself through the Pirate Bay, inviting those who can’t afford the game to pirate it this weekend. The idea is that more people will advertise the game through word of mouth and that some of these people will want to pay for the game. I doubt the Pirate Bay promotion was free though, so it’s not much of a solution to the “no marketing budget” problem. 

Indie dev promotes game through piracy - Kill Screen - Previously

Video Game Piracy: A Low Blow for Game Development

What video game anti-piracy measures were utterly genius? - Quora

Content – Content Cafe Australia

Soapbox: Nintendo's Maddening Stance On Retro Gaming Is Driving Me

03/09/23: Former Riot execs launch game studio; Microsoft nears

What are some of the best anti-piracy tactics used in video games

5 Favorite Indie Video Games : NPR

Is piracy killing the game industry? - Quora

Which games did amusing things when they detected you were playing