PC gaming is simply getting increasingly left in the dust compared to consoles because: A) PC games are not nearly as high-profile or as abundant as console titles in stores–less availability = lower sales. B) The constant pushing of hardware limits continues to (and always has, really) kept the cutting-edge PC gaming market limited to those people who want to constantly upgrade their computers in order to run new titles.

Conclusion: PC gaming is pushing on with the same inflated budgets as consoles but has FAR less of a potential market base to turn a profit off of. THIS, I wager is much more to fault for poor performance of the PC gaming market than piracy. The internet (and all the piracy which comes with it) existed in tandem with the -rise- of PC (and gaming in general) many years ago. So while it may be easier to pirate things now it is, to me, utterly ludicrous to lay the folly of the industry at the pirates’ doorstep–you’re giving them too much credit.

You never see people making illegal copies of a great video card or processor. Except maybe in China, but they don’t get sold here for the most part and certainly not for free.

Piracy is easy, that is why thieves do it. Thieves are lazy.

Go Marlins!!!!

@Killmur – That’s because there IS a lot of problems with PC gaming. Personally I think they’ve raised valid points. And I don’t see how this comes off as complaining at all. It’s a simple statement saying that hardware manufacturers are not being affected by piracy while those who actually make the games get screwed left and right. It’s essentially stating the obvious. Besides, be careful of what you wish for. Just look what happened with Epic.