DRM in todays PC games

[Cavernio]

I understand what you mean now Devonin, and I almost agree with you. The PC game is becoming extinct, and I think that is partially because of the design of the games made for it and that you can't try them out. But the most important reason for that is that I think that consoles, particularly the xbox 360, have done just about everything right in terms of getting people to buy them and games for them.
As I mentioned earlier, creating a game that must be used specifically on a console is itself DRM. The only console where I wouldn't consider it being so is actually the Wii, because the hardware and that the gameplay necessarily requires a TV (or a screen that's fairly large). Well, that and I suppose portable 'consoles' like a DS or PSP. Xbox's and PS's offer nothing new that a computer doesn't already have. It merely offers a specific piece of expensive hardware whose purpose is to solely run games which must be made specifically for it, instead of using a piece of hardware that everyone in their household has. You don't need to worry about pirated games for consoles. However, the expensive 600$, 400$ or 200$ is cheaper than getting an entirely new computer. Consoles also free play tests of just about every game, as well as offering cheaper, smaller games on the console itself, for a reasonable price.
Consoles have also always come out with a huge hype surrounding them; they're something novel, exciting, and once you have the console, you're going to have to buy games for it. Computers just don't have that going for them.

Games prices? Well, I don't have a Target or gamespot near me to rely on. I have EB games, Walmart and ToysRUs. Newer games I see are around 60$. Older games that aren't used are all of 5$ cheaper than they were new (I bought diablo II a year ago or so for something way too expensive), used games are all of 10$ cheaper and are, well, used, and unpopular games, contrary to what vendetta says, simply aren't available for purchase after the first, small shipment sent to store is gone. The only games I see for 30$ are Wii games, and there are few of them.