THQ Director Blames Piracy for Iron Lore Closure [Mar 03, 2008, 10:06 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
GamesIndustry.biz reports on a post on the
Quarter
To Three Forums by THQ director of creative management Michael Fitch venting
his frustrations with the state of PC gaming following the closure of Iron Lore
Entertainment (story). The lengthy post outlines concerns about
rampant piracy, how Titan Quest's reputation suffered when pirates reported
crashes (which were caused by failure to properly crack the game's DRM),
complaints about hardware vendors creating compatibility issues, stupid users
and bad reviewers. He concludes trying to look at the bright side: "Alright, I'm
done. Making PC products is not all fun and games. It's an uphill slog,
definitely. I'm a lifelong PC gamer, and hope to continue to work on PC games in
the future, but man, they sure don't make it easy."
So apart from the endless stream of WWII shooters and thoose oh so stunning need for speed games what exactly has pc gaming lost?????
Nothing. I always wonder, why someone thinks, the pc as a gaming plattform is dead? It might be less attractive to the big budget productions, because you can sell more on a console, and you HAVE TO sell more with production costs in the millions, but besides that? Last six months i spend more money on some beautiful indie games, than i have spend for AAA titles in the last two years. And yes, you can pirate these games too. Like everything, which consists of Ones and Zeros!
And, btw., Starcraft 2 will rock my world on my PC! Sure, pc gaming is dead! *bruhahahahahaha*
Nothing. I always wonder, why someone thinks, the pc as a gaming plattform is dead? It might be less attractive to the big budget productions, because you can sell more on a console, and you HAVE TO sell more with production costs in the millions, but besides that? Last six months i spend more money on some beautiful indie games, than i have spend for AAA titles in the last two years. And yes, you can pirate these games too. Like everything, which consists of Ones and Zeros!
And, btw., Starcraft 2 will rock my world on my PC! Sure, pc gaming is dead! *bruhahahahahaha*
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