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."
yawn, another Blues topic full of morons trying to justify piracy
I bought and paid for Titan Quest asshole. I however did not buy the expansion. Why? Because they didn't support their product properly. They put things into the expansion that should have been released free to existing owners, things that existing owners had been asking for since day one. The game was buggy, and the multiplayer options were crap. As a single player game, it was fun...for awhile.
Piracy while it certainly exists, it's a very tired excuse. Consoles suffer from piracy too. The PS2...you know how easy that is to get modded and play pirated games? When console developers games fail their first excuse is to blame secondary markets for used games. It's a joke how they will never accept that it's because they didn't make a good enough game.
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