Piracy Killing PC Gaming?

1up reports on comments from Kevin Cloud, co-owner of id, saying that piracy is killing the PC games business. He says that, in most markets, it's hard to sell official products because pirates can beat them to market. From the article: "'It's the primary reason retailers are moving to the console,' Cloud said, continuing on to say that ways to reduce piracy are in the forefront of every PC developer's mind, and citing World of Warcraft's subscription-based nature as an example of a possible solution to the problem."

Old news.

[mhazen]

Man, I read this on BitTorrent like, two weeks ago.

Re:Uh, no.

[Minwee]

"Make a good game, and people will buy it."

I think you misspelled "people will download it for free". Which brings us back to the original problem that Kevin was talking about.

Re:Nah. Crappy games and HW requirements

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

> Not if you're wearing >250 in fire resist.
> School that girl of yours with crappy games,
> this is important information!

Tell ya what. Put on the best body armor you can find, and I'll stand there with a gatling gun like from Superman Returns. We'll see if ya do just as well.

While you're at it, let's see how you do vs. a real flamethrower, too. Somebody forgot to flip the "easy" switch on reality, my friend. And not many people are leaving for other games, I would like to point out...

Re:Uh, no.

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

That would totally suck. Where's the hack to disable that?

On the positive side...

[jolyonr]

... surely an increase in piracy will help reverse global warming?

Jolyon

Re:WoW is the solution?

[Morlark]

Mmm, it's true... people keep saying that piracy is killing the game industry. No... just no... Piracy isn't killing the game industry, EA is.