Torchlight, an example of a major problem with PC gaming

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Procrastinato said:
Torchlight is awesome because its nothing more than a facelift on the age-old awesomeness of Nethack/Moria/etc. (Rogue derivatives)

Its cheapness to develop, and purchase price, has nothing to do with consoles vs PC development costs, and everything to do with stamping out an age-old formula that publishers are too slow to take up the slack on when there are no modern versions of it available (see: Diablo II, release year).

That said... I'm gonna score Torchlight on disc, come Jan 5th... because I can't stand the idea of DRM on the PC, even though I'm fine with it on consoles. Wierd I know.

it's interesting that you mention DRM, I have found out that you have a limited number activations if you buy it DIRECTLY from Runic Games, while the Steam version doesn't have any of that nonsense. but I suppose people are more annoyed by third-party software that is installed without telling you, if I wasn't browsing Runic's forums I wouldn't even know about that.