Quote Originally Posted by Xanatos View Post
Piracy is not an issue as long as you make a proper PC game worth it's money, how come Valve, Blizzard, id, or CD Project never mentioned piracy. Instead for the most part we get Über shity unoptimized console ports such as GTA IV or Saints Row 2 and we should buy that shit. Another flawed assumption is that every copy is 60$ out of developers pockets when in truth people who pirate games don't tend to buy them in the first place.
I agree with that last point about developers acting like they are losing money from people who wouldn't buy it anyways. Its not just the video game industry, but the movies, music, and tv also. I figure the numbers they say are losing are overstated and really only 20% of that.

They do make some crappy PC versions of games (GTA IV) but the issue of piracy effects even those who make good versions. It just doesn't have the impact that they claim. Funny thing is that they spend all this Money copy protecting these games and they still get broken. They would be better off using that money to develop better games.

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