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Piracy Killing PC Gaming?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the arrrr dept.

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."

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  1. Old news. by mhazen · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  2. Re:Uh, no. by Minwee · · Score: 3, Funny

    "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.

  3. Re:Uh, no. by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  4. On the positive side... by jolyonr · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    Jolyon

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