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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic pc games <pcgame...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I declare this thread closed (being the original author I think I have
> this right)

This is usenet.  You have no rights.

> The time for "talking" is over, OVER!
> We are wasting our time and we no longer can afford it

Who's this "we"?  You're the only one wasting your time here.

> Developers are threatening abandoning the PC
> I repeat, developers are threatening abandoning the PC and doing games
> for consoles cause PIRACY IS KILLING PC GAMES

Piracy is hardly a new problem.  DOOM was probably one of the most pirated 
games in PC gaming history and yet, iD went on to do DOOM2, Quake, Quake 
2, Quake 3, DOOM 3...  DOOM is still one of the most famous (or infamous) 
games around.  Piracy is a problem, but it's not the only problem facing 
the PC game industry. 

> PC Games is now in RED ALERT!
> RED ALERT!
> No more talk! talk doesn't do shit! Action! ACTION! We need Action,
> and the only action is FIGHTING PIRACY!
> FIGHTING PIRACY!
> FIGHTING PIRACY!
> FIGHTING PIRACY!

Yeah, OK, you keep saying this saying this saying this, but you don't 
actually give any feasible solutions.  Other companies are trying 
different solutions to the copy protection problem, and you brand them 
as the anti-christ or something.

If developers are saying they want to go multiplatform and release games 
for consoles, or even drop the PC altogether, IT ISN'T BECAUSE OF PIRACY.

Piracy on the consoles is even MORE rampant.  Then again, when even the 
crappiest console game can easily sell hundreds of thousands of units at 
$50 or more each, it's a hard market to ignore, no? 

In other words, WAKE UP DUMMY!  It's not piracy, that's making the 
companies consider consoles!  It's REVENUE!  You know, MONEY.  

> --
> "8 hrs of gameplay ? When ?  Around Christmas 2008 ?
> Joining DNF on the never-never merry-go-round ? The hold-up is
> probably because Valve is still figuring where to put the in-game ads.
> On Alyx's rear-end ?"
> John Lewis (About upcoming ridiculously delayed Half-Life 2 Episode 2)
> in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action March 9, 2007

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