| averyblund said: While I understand MS's position I hope they also understand mine. Instead of getting $50 from me off a retail PC copy, they will get to split the $7 it will cost me to rent it from Blockbuster. They lose me a full customer, and I get a game with inferior control and dumbed down graphics. Its just too bad really. Gaming keeps a lot of people tied to Windows and away from stuff like the Mac and Linux. I wonder if they realize that? Locking people into their OS is worth more in the long run than anything else. Even piracy helps cement Windows as the de facto standard. |
Seems someone said the magic word...piracy...
Blockbuster and every renting store pais MS or Sony for a full copy of the game and then the store rents that copy to many people.
A day 1 purchase/rent means full price and more copies sold,so more money.
A day 1 Pc leak/crack of a game means nothing to anyone but a missed profit and a money loss.
And don`t worry,Windows will live on because of WoW,Starcraft 2,Diablo 3,Crysis,Stalker and many more multyplat...trust me.
So i think MS is very smart as a company...a corporation actually. And the 5 people with quad-core Pc and high-priced video cards that will BUY Alan Wake will be very dissapointed that the Pc version is cancelled and will just have to buy a cheap 360 with exclusive games and console only games...the Horror...The Horror I tell`ya...
