""If implemented correctly, DRM can convince PC players to buy the original game rather than an illegitimate copy." I fail to see any sort of logic in this statement, if anything it will only lead to an increase in games being pirated, pirates being able to justify what they're doing due to the DRM, and with legitimate players that actually buy the software now having to download the less restrictive cracked version just so they don't have to deal with the DRM at all" You aren't thinking of the "quiet DRM" this article talked about on the first page. Using steam as an example and in particular valve games like Counter-strike,Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead you are far better off purchasing these games then downloading them. However for single player games i agree, DRM is going to turn players away.