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Comment Lack of PC development is PC gamers' own fault. (Score 1) 375

PC gaming is it's own worst enemy. I doubt the percentage is very high of PC games who have not pirated at least one game in their life time. PC gamers I know pirate almost all of their games (except for MMORPGs), and rely on hacking sites to provide the necessary work-a-rounds. And, when developers try to protect their property with DRM, they get crucified in the internet world for being overly protective.

Games cost millions upon millions of dollars to create today - far too much of an investment to leave in the hands of a dishonest gaming community. Are all PC gamers pirates? No. But, there are too many game pirates out there to make the PC a lucrative gamer market - unless you (the developer) include draconian security techniques or your are producing an MMORPG.

On the otehr hand, you really don't have that issues like above with console gaming. You sell a 5 million copies, there are pretty much only 5 million users (there is still some piracy, but far less than PC). Form an economic stand point, what do you expect game studios to do?

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