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According to the LA Examiner , Demigod developer Stardock has announced that of the 120,000 users that have tried to play the game online in the past week, only 18,000 users have actually purchased the game.

While we have to feel sorry for Stardock, we are also not surprised. Considering that Demigod is largely aimed at DOTA fans, which for the most part do not own a legitimate copy of Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, we can’t help but feel that Stardock walked into this one.

Aiming your product at an audience with a proven track record when it comes to piracy is not a good way to sell games.

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SpoOkie

on 19/04/2009 18:57:08

102000 people are idiots for trying to play a pirated game online.

dare_delete_me_bitch

on 21/04/2009 09:47:38

All i can say is Pirates damage the PC gaming culture, next time DG2(If there will be one after this debacle) will probably be on console.

RIP PC.

JazzyJ

on 28/04/2009 05:56:17

I agree with the above post. Piracy is just gonna keep getting worse and could well kill off the PC gaming market. You can't really blame development houses if the decide to focus purely on consoles as a more reliable revenue stream.