OoSnap said:
DM235 said:
I think the effect of piracy is highly overrated.
Take a look at the Others region. The PS3 is yet to be hacked, while the XBox 360 was hacked just after it was released. Right now there are roughly 15.3 million each of XBox 360s and PS3s sold in this region. And the software sales? 94 million for PS3 and 91 million for the 360.
Even if you discount the 3 million in sales the 360 had before the PS3 was even released, that would put the numbers at 94 million and 88 million.
That puts the difference at 6 million or 6.8% over 3 years. I know that may have been the difference between losing money and making money on some games but I think for the most part it would not have mattered.
I also know that this isn't a very scientific comparison, so if anyone knows of a better one, please share... |
It could be that 360 games could have sold much more if it wasn't hacked. I guarantee you softwares sales would up dramatically for Wii, DS, 360, and PSP if piracy didn't exist. I mean you seriously believe the virtually non existence PSP sales have nothing to do with piracy?
It's baffiling people say piracy doesn't effect sales. That's the same thing many people said (including pirates) about the music industry and we all know how that turned out.
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Virtually non-existant PSP software sales? Daxter, GTA, Ratchet and Clank, God of War and Monster Hunter each have sold millions of copies on the PSP. It just goes to show you that if you make a game people like to play on the PSP, they will buy it.
The PS3 cannot be pirated, so why aren't it's software sales higher than the Wii's, if piracy has such a dramatic effect?
And just like the music industry, the effects of piracy were highly overstated.
