World of Goo's developers decided to release the game without any DRM, a welcome move for those of us irritated by punishments for legitimate users. How did that work out for them? Not so well. According to Joystiq, 90% of installations are pirated. World of Goo was developed by Ron Carmel and Kyle Gabler, and Carmel claims to have seen one torrent with 500 seeders and 300 leechers.
It's not all bad news though. Carmel has received some positive e-mails from those that pirated the game before going on to buy it, and sales are high for the WiiWare and Steam versions. The issue still remains though that by giving the consumers what they want (DRM removed), a small up-and-coming pair of game developers are being punished. With such a fantastically original idea behind the game, it would be a shame to see them fade into obscurity because their fans didn't want to buy the game.
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