Some of these analogies are whack.
All I gotta say is
1. Most consumers are too inconvenienced by pirating. Yes they don't have to pay. Though the counter argument is that they have to apply software or take apart machines. For the average person this is a pain in the rear. The fact that companies still make money in the face of easy pirating is due to personal ethics, lazy, tech savvy. If any of these are questioned then they buy it. The number of piraters in a stable economy is very small compared to the buyers. Again that's why PC development is going strong.
2. I will agree with many. Number of copies != sales.
Squilliam: On Vgcharts its a commonly accepted practice to twist the bounds of plausibility in order to support your argument or agenda so I think its pretty cool that this gives me the precedent to say whatever I damn well please.
