A couple of days ago an independant developer posted an open question to software pirates why they copy software. Now a few days later a small report is posted of the response he got to the open question. It’s a well worth read and even though I hardly think the major developers will change their strategy concerning pricing and DRM-systems it’s refreashing to read that someone is thinking about it. The conclusion in short was that while semi-political anti intellectual property and “pure theft” (ie I know I steal but I can get away with it) only accounted for a minor part of the replies. The main concerns where pricing, quality, availability and obtrusive DRMs. People complained about not being able to sponteneously being able to buy a game since pricing for console games is very high.
With downloadable games from some major developers maybe some of these concerns will be lifted.
