Game publishers don't like to talk about Piracy!

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Game publishers don't like to talk about Piracy!

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Seems to me according to that article, they are complacent about PC piracy because they view it as a "Dying" platform for gamers. Console game profits are so high, they are at least for now - overlooking PC piracy for the most part.

Just think, if they all switched to Starforce, PC game industry might suddenly look profitable again. :P
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Kobra wrote: Just think, if they all switched to Starforce, PC game industry might suddenly look profitable again. :P
Or the industry could go bankrupt because no one's computer would work correctly anymore. :P
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So instead of Godwin's Law we need to recognize Kobra's Law.

Starforce is the new Nazi.
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at least the guys from id realize there is a problem with starforce AND its counterparts in causing performance issues all for the sake of piracy. I know they lose money on piracy but they lose more by alienating their paying customers to stop pirates.

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there i got the first pirate pic in the thread.
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Kobra wrote:Seems to me according to that article, they are complacent about PC piracy because they view it as a "Dying" platform for gamers. Console game profits are so high, they are at least for now - overlooking PC piracy for the most part.

Just think, if they all switched to Starforce, PC game industry might suddenly look profitable again. :P
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