id's Kevin Cloud hated the idea of doing Doom 3. Obviously, history's vindicated him on that one. So perhaps history will also vindicate his confusing thoughts on piracy.

"Piracy is hard," Cloud said, in a response to an audience member's question about the issue. "It's really, from my opinion, destroying the PC market." He said concerns over piracy were the biggest factor in PC gaming's shrinking presence in many retail stores. However, he maintained that he felt the PC gaming market as a whole was not in any danger. "I don't think the PC market is shrinking at all," he said. "I think there're tons of people playing games on the PC. I think World of Warcraft is a good example."

Got that? Piracy's both destroying the PC market, yet the PC market isn't in any danger at all. Ostensibly a confusing statement, but he's obviously seeing the future of PC Gaming going more in the direction of Steam and MMORPGs. Of course, with the Pirates to Buyers Ratio for Steam title SiN Episode 1 being 5:1, it looks like the only thing any of us might be playing before long will have a monthly fee attached. Florian Eckhardt

id co-owner says piracy killing PC gaming [Ars Technica]

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