...combating software piracy is in the interests of the gaming community because it will get us better games. Simply put: more money = better games. A company that has more money can afford to pay highly-skilled and creative workers. It can also afford to invest in potentially rewarding but risky game designs.
And what, exactly, makes you think that given the choice between:
1) Taking a risk / paying more money to deserving dev teams (Black Isle, anyone?)
2) Pumping out the same old schlock marketed to the lowest common (hardware or population) denominator, and thereby increasing profit margins
any mainstream company is going to pick #1?
Read this.
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=105062&cid=8942533Naivite simply CANNOT apply to today's capitalist society. Question motivations a little more, pal, before the idealism overwhelms your common sense.
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This comment was edited on Apr 22, 18:34.