Video Game Piracy costs the industry as much as it makes!

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ZhugeEX said:

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. 

Disagree.  One could 'think' that, but with no real evidence to support it other than the amount of times a game is pirated, it's really only drawing a conclusion without the bare minimum of necessary facts.