Are game developers avoiding the PC platform to avoid losing money to piracy?<\/p>\n
No, says Christopher Sundberg, co-founder of Sweden based Avalanche Studios and creator of “Just Cause” and the newly released “Just Cause 2″. <\/span><\/p>\n However, the latter, unlike the former, will not be released for the PC.<\/p>\n Sundberg released a statement last week saying: “We always recommend the publisher to avoid a PC SKU as PC gamers are PC gamers and console gamers are console gamers.”<\/p>\n Contrary to this statement, as previously stated, the first “Just Cause” was indeed released for the PC platform. As was a previous game released by the studio, “Hunter”, which was exclusively for the PC. <\/p>\n Confusion prevails here at FreakBits, as we were under the impression that gamers are gamers no matter what they use to game.<\/p>\n The problem here is that such a question would even have to be presented in this day and age. Christopher may indeed be telling the truth, but how long before some other less-than-scrupulous game developer forsakes the Windows platform in order to cut out the issue of piracy altogether? <\/p>\n It could be next week… or tomorrow. Stay tuned, as the good people here at Freakbits will not rest until this happens somewhere and we are the first to report on it. That is, if it hasn’t already.<\/p>\n Thanks go out to Jim at Destructoid<\/a> and Greg at The Escapist<\/a> for raising my paranoia on this subject to all-time high levels. <\/p>\n