41% of all PC software is pirated

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steven787 said:

1200p|is|FullHD said:
u can't say indusry lost so and so many $, especially the people from the 90 % + countries would have NEVER bought the stuff they pirated, so i estimate the pure LOSS for the industry is 10 % at a maximum.
but i do think that hardware sales profit from piracy, but thats just my opinion

 

Disclaimer: I am 100% anti-piracy.

 

It's all economic, when people can afford stuff there's two reasons why they buy it.  1. They can buy it and it's usually easier and faster just to buy it.  2.  People with something, have something to lose if they get caught pirating - this is scaled, large profitable corporations are most likely to buy legitimate software and most likely to be targeted by law enforcement if they do not.

You are right, this is not "lost" money.  What they need to do is come out with a different business model for the third world.  More "Lite" versions, more creative marketing partnerships locally, etc.

as far as i know microsoft has a teared down Windows version for the third world, for example it just can open free windows at the same time.

the problem is if you do the same with games how do the  companies make sure that europeans or americans cant just import those games if they cost like 5 $.

and who wants 'teared down' games.

you can't solve it through special languages, as many african countries for example speak french...