DRM, all the rage these days...? I can tell you guys that this is just the beginning. To combat piracy and protect their digital property, companies will employ the use of the most secure DRM for PC's, consoles...Maybe...
Cloud computing will save PC gaming as such, as you would pay to play a game located on a server, and would not have the game physically(on you're C:\), therefore the only way to "pirate" the game would be to hack the server, and it has 7 proxies...