Do you think pirating is killing the PC gaming genre?

Question

Do you think pirating is killing the PC gaming genre?
Ive been reading a lot of articles lately mostly on tomshardware.com and legitreviews.com and they seem to be indicating that the PC gaming industry is declining because of costs of development, computer upgrade costs for consumers, but most of all pirating. This last year the PC industry declined so much that LucasArts and Crytek have stated that they will no longer make PC exclusives and that they will focus more on releasing console only games. I know im party responsible but I only pirate games if im unsure about the content of the game, if im going to pay a nice chunk of cash for a teen for a game it better be good so I might as well try the game and if it is good I will support the company that made it.

Answer

If they stopped making lousy games at inflated prices, maybe there wouldnt be so much of a problem. In Australia new releases are always like freakin bucks, its ridiculous. Like someone else said, games are so focused on graphics these days, alot of gamers are really skeptical if the gameplay is any good. Personally I have pirated, but only to see if the games actually any good, and to see whether or not its actually worth bloody dollars. If think its good, Ill buy it out of my own pocket and support the company. Like Bioware for example, they always make great RPGs and I always buy their games.