What does cracking a single-player game mean?

The cracked version of a stand-alone game means that you can enter the game through abnormal means.

Cracking refers to the act of copying and redistributing works and publications without the consent of the copyright owner, as well as the infringing products made by this act. In many countries and regions, this kind of behavior is defined as an illegal act of infringing on intellectual property rights, or even a criminal act, and will be punished by the country where it is located.

Cracking usually does not require product research and development, so the price is often cheaper than legal publications. Sometimes it is provided for free (such as some stand-alone games), so it is often affected by people who do not have strong copyright awareness (such as " Welcomed by the "Handout Party").

On the surface, cracked games limit the monopoly of commercial software giants on the software market to a certain extent, but they are also a means for software industry oligarchs to compete unfairly and suppress competitors, hurting the software industry. The fair competition pattern has seriously affected the product competitiveness of enterprises.

Cracking pirated games usually involves cracking the original version, changing the original functions, and then copying and publishing it, completely ignoring copyright, so you can create profits at very low (or even no) cost.

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About the reasons for cracking——

In fact, in order to protect their own interests, software developers add various restrictive measures to the software to prevent It is normal for users to abuse software developed by themselves. However, some developers charge too high prices and have low software functions. They do not upgrade new functions for a long time, causing damage to the consumption interests of users, a "vulnerable group".

For example: a certain software can only be installed and used on one computer and costs several thousand yuan. However, if the customer needs to install and use it on several computers or even a dozen computers, then the expenditure will be very huge. , which is extremely disproportionate to our country’s economic situation and software development level. Therefore, we provide services at the lowest cost to achieve your maximum profit;

China’s software industry is changing rapidly. The genuine version you buy may lose service support due to changes in developers, but The software requires you to enter a new registration code; what's more, some professional software is developed by foreigners. Even if you want to register it as genuine, there is no way to do so. All the above reasons have given rise to the emergence of cracked versions.

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