How convenient that their alternative to Flash is to have the user buy movie rentals and games in the itunes store.

There is a reason to not use the JVM: security. The JRE is widely distributed and has surpassed Flash when it comes to exploits.

Yawn, pc gamer elitism bullshit. Black Ops was the top pirated pc game last year. Get over yourself already, they're just video games. Besides the PSP has had more involved RPGs than the PC in the last few years. I know because I play RPGs on all systems.

How do you explain $1 Android games that have piracy rates of 80%? Piracy exists because people don't want to pay. The solution for the pc is server side processing. For consoles it is better DRM and proprietary media. If you think game prices are high then find another form of entertainment.

Very true. But the comments at the local bar are even less interesting.

Looks like Rockstar is losing their interest in the pc anyways.

Well from your post it sounded like you were downloading them illegally. If you are using Netflix then I commend you for voting with your wallet.

Most piracy is driven by avoidance of payment as seen by the heavy piracy of DRM free indy games like world of goo. If everyone was like you then DRM wouldn't exist but sadly that isn't the case. When it comes to the pc there are plenty of people that can afford the games (and high end gaming rig) but choose not to pay for them.

http://www.binplay.com/2011/03/comments-from-crysis-2-pirates.html

You put the game in the console and play it. What is the problem?

I play on the couch anyways so saying goodbyte to pc gaming wasn't a big deal. A combination of Steam/GFWL annoyances and developers focusing on consoles made me switch over.

lol because paying for Blu-rays defeats his real reason for piracy. Linux is just an excuse.

So how do you explain $1 Android games that have piracy rates of over 50%? People pirate because they don't want to pay......anything.

As for game price $50 is a good deal compared to other forms of entertainment like movies and live theater.

The $0 price is the underlying motivation.

But most pirates don't go on to buy the game as seen by piracy rates. For example the sales of Crysis never caught up to the number of torrents from the first year.

XBLA has an indy section. Trust me, they allow some really crappy games so I don't think anyone is shut out.