Piracy Makes CoD4 Devs Sad

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naznatips said:

Bark said:
The problem with PC games is that you won't know for sure that your PC can handle a game until you try it. Yes, there are minimum requirements, but sometimes a game is unplayable even if you are above the minimums. If a game seems too slow or you don't like it for any other reason, you can't take it back. Most stores won't allow you to return opened PC software. This is due to piracy of course. This also LEADS to more piracy as you can't try games that don't have demos before you buy them.

That's bullshit. http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

That will check minimum and recommended. It will show you how far above minimum your system is. It's even more bullshit an excuse because CoD4 (like most PC games today) has a freaking demo! There is no excuse for stealing a game. Maybe if it didn't have a demo and you just wanted to see if it ran, but how many people actually do that? Certainly none of the ones playing online.

 As much as I agree about the negative effects of piracy on the PC gaming market I have to point out that that systemrequirements tool isn't that great.  

Aside from the fact that it marks you down for using XP (when it is actually a noticeble boost to performance) It also has issues with varying VRAM and Processors.  Its far from completely useless but it really has a hard time when it comes to precisly categorizing.  It will get you in the ballpark and thats about all its good for.