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Re: Developers are considering abandoning the PC due to PIRACY!

#709959
From: JAB
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:19
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Walter Mitty wrote:
> JAB <noch...@nohope.com> writes:
> 
>> Walter Mitty wrote:
>>> Doug Jacobs <dja...@shell.rawbw.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic Walter Mitty <mitt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Where did you get that statistic? MOST console gamers I know dont have a
>>>>> PC - thats why they bought a console.
>>>> All my friends who have a console have at least 1 PC in the house.
>>> A different set then obviously.
>>>
>>>> Or, do you mean PC they use for gaming - that's a different question.
>>>
>> My experience is that console gamers do have a PC it's just not one
>> that's good enough to play modern games.
> 
> And if thats the case then frequently not supporting or having DVD
> burning capabilities IMO.
> 

They tend to be good enough for this it's more on the graphics front and 
plain old grunt where the problem lies. If you only need a PC for 
internet access and some office applications then you don't need a top 
end PC but a DVD burner is useful.

> I have found PC game piracy to be far more prevalent than console game
> piracy. *shrug*.

Can't say I know much about console game piracy but from what I've seen 
the "entry" level to be able to do it is much higher than for PC games. 
  Like all these types of questions it's difficult to separate the 
people we know from what is generally true. For example if you just took 
group you would think that high end PCs where the norm as is upgrading 
them but the reality is far from that for the average user.
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