Can piracy be a good thing?

[Zucas]

Picko said:

Zucas said:
No not at all and there is no opinion otherwise that can change my opinion. Piracy causes prices in the market to be higher so no.

 

Piracy doesn't cause prices to go up.

Think of it this way. People start pirating software, software prices go up, therefore piracy is more appealing, which leads to more piracy, which leads to software prices going up, which leads to more piracy, which leads to higher software prices, which leads to more piracy etc etc etc. In short, you are claiming that piracy causes a never ending price spiral for software.

Piracy is competition for the in store product. Competition lowers prices. Piracy lowers the in store prices. Raising the in store cost simply makes piracy a more appealing option for gamers. It is as simple as that.

Either ignorance is abroad or you simply think you bullshit well.  That makes no sense and if you understood what you were saying you'd see why it makes no sense.  The market has never competed with piracy which alreayd makes that look like heresy.  Not to mention they don't have to.

The FACT of the matter is that piracy causes publishers to up the security either on their disks or within the game which ultimately costs more money.  And they also have to spend more time and money stopping piracy which we ultimately feel in video game prices.  Competition affects prices within the market not from some punk kids who want something for free and then sell it.  That doesn't cause the inflation of prices just the other things I mentioned. 

If piracy wasn't here then they'd spend less money on all those things meaning they can compete with the other publishers and or retailers for lower prices within that medium instead of one with piracy.