Why Gears of War 2 isn’t on PC? PIRACY!

30 Sep

Posted by Rajiv Ashrafi as Action, PC, Xbox 360

x360-gears-of-war-2-500 Piracy, piracy and piracy. That’s all developers seem to talk about these days. And that’s also the reason they are abandoning the PC as a viable platform for video games.

Talking to Total Video Games, Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski discussed the absence of a PC version of Gears of War 2, citing piracy as one of their problems.

"Right now, it makes sense for us to focus on Xbox 360 for a number of reasons,” he explained. “Not least PCs with multiple configurations and piracy."

He elaborates on the matter, saying how anyone who is “savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a person who is savvy enough to know bit torrent to know all the elements so they can pirate software.”

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5 Responses

Bill Johnson

September 30th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
1

Its not like there are ways to pirate console games these people are just a bunch of lazy retards.
The Wicker Man

October 1st, 2008 at 6:50 am
2

You’re the retard Bill. PS3 is still isn’t hack yet. The Wii takes good skills at soldering mod chips and etc (which most people don’t want to do, the 360 is a risk too if you flash the drive wrong *which a lot of people don’t understand * it’s tougher.

Where as PC, all you have to do is go to RS or Torrents or Newzgroups and download the iso. Get a virtual drive, key and then go to a site (most of the time) the download comes with the key and crack. You just install the game with the V’Drive and put the crack in the main folder.

Now, that’s a lot easier (most of the time : No Risk) then opening up a console (which most people don’t like) and soldering chips, then putting cables to the drive and etc. The PC is far easier to pirate then consoles, also they’re more console gamers = cheaper = more people = very few know how to do it = who cares about them? Where as PC is more for the middle class - High Class gamers with a good income. It cost money to buy 300-500 cards, 200-300 processors, 100-200 memory and etc.

So with fewer pc gamers and etc and having a good share of them pirating single player games like Gears of War 2 is known for, well they have a valid point. Now, games like World Of Warcraft don’t get pirated as easily because you need to go online and play.
Phil

October 2nd, 2008 at 6:51 pm
3

What a joke, what about the people that DO pay for all their PC game? To the developers, a big **** YOU!!
Ray

November 7th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
4

I wouldn’t worry about it too much since the gaming console won’t last for much longer. Soon, the PC will run your entire entertainment system providing a single source for TV, Movies, Music, gaming, web surfing and computing. I give the gaming console 5 more years at most and then they’ll fade into oblivion. Then ALL games will be PC based. (and yes I said PC not Mac, the Mac will never be considered a “gaming” system the way the PC is)
Thomo

February 18th, 2009 at 2:10 am
5

Ray, Macs are PCs. Apple tried to split the market and so they said, “Microsoft makes PCs, Apple makes Macs,” whereas in actual fact they are one and the same! although you do have a point. Apple computers aren’t exactly “gaming” systems, they are more for making movies and editing photos.