Yeah, well as a server you cheated on your taxes because you felt the system was broken and that was how you worked around it.
I know I'm part of the problem. I stated that.
I think the savior of PC gaming will be making the games worth the cost. Gal Civ II as a game was barely worth it out of the box, but needing a key to get the upgrades and bonus content made it worth it.
It becomes a harsh market where you *gasp* need to make a decent product and out-smart the hundreds of thousands of people trying to steal your product (like me) in order to turn a profit. Gal Civ II did both of those things in spades. So does Steam (as you mentioned) with the online verification.
The market has to adapt. Or die, as you seem to think it already has.
I should restate... I think the ONLY way PC Gaming will survive is if they can outsmart people like me or make us believe it's worth buying the game because you need to authenticate online in order to download the patches and bonus content.
I should also mention that Gal Civ II was excellent in that it allowed me to play the 1.0 release for free before deciding if it was worth it to buy the game for the bonus content and upgrades.
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Last edited by Ace_O_Spades; 02-19-2008 at 01:33 PM..
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