Another Look At Piracy

[vlad321]

Ail said:

Kasz216 said:

 

That isn't a clear relation between the number of pirated copies and the number of sold copies at all.

Afterall, he's saying if something chagned.  IE, Price or Quality.

Not "If piracy stopped."

 

If it was a better game more people who didn't pirate the game would sell it.  The same is true with it was cheaper.  However by studying your piracy vs sales numbers... it can tell you a LOT about the product.

Not really , you and Vlad are both saying that those pirates under different conditions could be potential buyers...

So if piracy was not possible isn't it reasonnable to consider that some of those pirates could translate as buyers ?

It seems so to me. So just by its existence, piracy does indeed affect sales....

 

There is a study that shows that for every 1000 stopped pirates, only 1 sale is made. You assume the sale is not made because of piracy. When in fact the sale is not made because of the quality/price and convinience, and piracy follows from that.