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."
Call me a PC Gamer with low standards, but I still think PC Gaming is just fine, if not better than ever. I am playing Oblivion again right now. Console port, right? Not so fast scooter! There are enough UI mods, Graphics mods, Game system mods, and Script mods installed to make it look like it was designed for PC from the get-go. XBox what? This is the ONLY way to play Oblivion. I'm playing my 20th or so game of Sins of a Solar Empire - it has me by the short and curlies and just won't let go. Bioshock is still calling me to play it again; I can only resist its siren song for so long before I give in. Slag it all you want - it's the next best thing to a System Shock 3, and it is brilliant. (And yes, there are difficulty mods and AI mods that make it a smarter and more challenging game. Again, this is the ONLY way to play Bioshock, baby. And despite all of the negativity, Assassins Creed looks like a new Thief on Steroids; I can't wait to be a medieval Parkour master, flying over rooftops with the greatest of ease. I also can't wait to see what mods come out that make it superior in every way to the console version. I still haven't picked up the Witcher. All in due time.
PC Gaming dying? I'm too busy having a blast playing great games to notice.
PC Gaming dying? I'm too busy having a blast playing great games to notice.
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