Piracy - Is it time to give up on PC gamers with no internet?

  Piracy on the PC is crippling PC video game development. Most of my favorite game playing experiences were on the PC (fallout 1&2, half-life, baldur's gate series, starcraft, and countless more) and now because there are groups of people who are cracking and sometimes distributing games before they even come out, development on the PC is being hindered. I'm not going to say the PC is dead like many have because we're not at that point yet but it's not even close to what it was in terms of number of quality games. I'm not going to lie I used to pirate when I was younger and didn't have a job but now I realize how much it is hurting the industry and causing invasive methods of DRM to be made. I buy all my PC games on steam now and I think all PC games should have to be registered with a steam like service whether that be created by the developer or by a third party like steam. You can play your steam games offline but a unique game key has to be registered to your account. Steam's method of unlimited downloads, update support, and community support are things all developers could put into place to make their method of anti-piracy seem unobtrusive and even beneficial. Developers need not provide the level of support of support steam does but they should do more then simply force cd-key registration. Those people who do not have internet will be left out but this may be necessary to save the industry as a whole. What do you all think about this? Also if you are an avid game pirate are you one of those people who justify it by saying that you are doing it because of the DRM? With game studios closing left and right what makes you think it is okay to pirate?