ZhugeEX on 20 August 2015
LuckyTrouble said: *sigh* Once again: piracy does not equal lost sales. Every person that pirates did not intend to buy. The vast, vast majority of them would never spend their money on the game, for one reason or another. Demand for a product and demand for a paid product are two very different things. |
Very true, but also very false.
It's clear that piracy doesn't actually cost the industry anything in real terms.
But it's also clear that piracy does impact total sales.