nightsurge on 11 November 2009
| jefforange89 said: And I'll say it again: you seem to be working under the false assumption that a pirate copy equals a lost sale. Which, in truth, it's typically the opposite - most pirates wouldn't buy the game it that were their only choice. Thus, it doesn't actually affect the publisher or developer in the slightest. |
You gave a very weak example of this argument. I think it is actually the reverse. A pirated copy (or download) equals more than one lost sale. If it's been pirated, it can be spread to any friends, family, etc. without any of them having to buy it themselves. If one friend pirates it, then other friends play it and want to play with him, that friend can just burn them a disc with the cracked game and have instant free gaming. Most people don't even see PC game pirating as a bad thing, just like song downloads.
