PC Gamers: Second Class Citizens??

[Scisca]

Tachikoma said:

Scisca said:

Seriously? Every single past console was pirated, so I can't see this being any reason whatsoever. I know many people who don't own a single original X360 game, despite owning and enjoying the console for years. The same with Wii, DS and PSP, even PS3. So no, there is no such elephant in the room and never was.

 

Also guys, don't forget that the prices of console games are higher from the start because they have to cover the cut that Sony/MS/Nintendo gets (20%?), while there is no such cut on PC to pay.

Seriously, because console piracy, even on the most pirated consoles of all time, is still considerably lower than the level of piracy on PC.

Lower? Yes (except for PSP, which puts PC to shame), but in your post you made it sound like console piracy was non-existant, which is completely false. Over here many shops sell brand new consoles with pirate chips already intalled in them, so you get a shop guarantee on the whole set.

I guess piracy is less common on consoles because people choose consoles out of conveniece/laziness in the first place and in the West/Japan they don't bother getting through the hassle of pirating their consoles, since games are very cheap when compared to their earning either way.