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?????
Vehicular combat games? Space sims? Mech sims? cRPGs? Shooters with depth (like DX or SS2) or incredibly quick, high-flying action (Quake, UT, Tribes)? How about actual tactical shooters?
Sure, there are still European developers that support some of these genres. Unfortunately, the majority of their games suck while the good ones suffer from low production values and lack of polish.
The problem isn't that PC gaming isn't getting enough games. The problem is that its games are becoming multiplatform filth. So many once great PC franchises have been consolized and brought to ruin while new PC franchises are growing increasingly rare. This is why PC gaming is in decline.
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