sales2099 said:
RenCutypoison said:
sales2099 said:
Hmm, piracy leads to more console sales...pirating a Xbox game means little if you don't have the console.
MS cracks down on any pirated console connecting to Live....basically you'd have to buy another one.
PC doesn't get bad hype that third world internet impacts its gaming, when Xbox is in the same league as it. Interesting.
With DRM, theoretically, MS can do steam sales of its own.
So DRM = rich people. Got it 
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No, DRM developped because of the piracy, and piracy is the best marketing for games.
The console and PC markets are too different, and well, gamers are proud of this difference.
Plus everyone I know here in belgium that does have a 360 bought the 360 because it was easier to crack.
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lol im starting to see why MS is doing this, since piracy will enable it to sell the console internationally, and DRM will keep actual physical sales high enough to make profit at the same time (while profiting on used game resales too).
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Don't put too much expectations on this. Pirates are the most unpredictable people. Plus there are starting to become meaner (Element4l dev was sad they didn't put the "Support the devs if you like the game" in the nfo of the game)
Plus, knowing MS, piracy will never become part of their strategy (windows store, game for windows)
And there are DRMs that actually counter piracy (Everyone is still waiting for Simcity 5 crack)
