[Lynk Former]

that's true, is ridiculous to the point that if you buy software you're considered an idiot. But I don't believe that's the reason PC's are popular, consoles can get pirated too.

You're right, it is possible to pirate console games, but it's a lot harder to do it than it is to pirate a PC games. Plus, it's a lot more difficult to pirate games for the current generation of consoles. The number of pirated 360/PS3 and Wii games compared to the number of pirated DC/PS2/Xbox games of the last generation is much lower. This is because console manufacturers have implemented various ways to try to stop people from pirating their videogames on their consoles... that, and the fact that the expanded audience of console gamers isn't even aware of the fact that you are able to pirate videogames or have any interest in piracy in the first place.

A good example of anti-piracy measures which have been implemented in consoles starts with the Nintendo GameCube. That system is notoriously difficult to pirate games for... it is entirely possible, but requires way too much effort to pull off which defeats the purpose of pirating games for it in the first place...

Also, emulators for last generation consoles aren't very good at the moment... they'll be perfected in the future, but by that time it won't matter because there won't be any real way of making any real profit from those old games anyway... well that's not entirely true.... Wii Virtual Console is doing extremely well, though it's hasn't cost developers a cent to get their retro games onto WiiVC, so it's more like an extra bonus for them.

I don't think PC devs fear piracy as much as you think, at the very least they don't act like the RIAA or MPAA

That's because when it comes to videogames, especially PC games, developers don't have anywhere near as much power over their products as the RIAA and MPAA empowers music and movie studios... in fact, videogames don't have any kind of central organisations that act in that manner for them. Console manufacturers on the other hand have more power to protect their products.