And something else it would be one thing to say that more copies of games sell used than games that are pirated. That could be true. However try taking things to the extreme to see how little the argument makes sense. What happens if almost everyone buys the game used vs what happens if almost everyone downloads the game?
If it was mostly the used games. It would take a very long time for most people to get the game since there aren't that many used copies going around. What would likely happen? People would have to decide if it was worth more to them to play the game now and buy new or if they felt it was more worthwhile to wait. If the publisher saw the game wasn't selling they would lower the price and make more people be willing to pay for it new instead of waiting for it used.
If most people just pirate the game once it was available online they wouldn't have to wait for other people to play the game they could have it right now. The publisher could lover the price but a lower price is still so much more than free.
Yes one can't say that all the copies downloaded would have been actual sales of the game. But you can't say that all the used sales would have been a new sale for the game either. At least not at full price.
