12 Ways Consoles Are Hurting PC Gaming

[vlad321]

Mr Puggsly said:

vlad321 said:

So the validity of the studies is in question? Let's see what we have here:

Unbiased (as in, not RIAA, MPAA,etc. funded) researchers:

http://torrentfreak.com/game-changing-study-puts-piracy-in-perspective-110311/

US Government:

http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-recognizes-benefits-of-piracy-100413/

Dutch government, they actually noticed the economy profits from piracy:

http://torrentfreak.com/economy-profits-from-file-sharing-report-concludes-090119/

A bit unrelated to games, but this concerns anime piracy which is still piracy, Japanese government:

http://torrentfreak.com/internet-piracy-boosts-anime-sales-study-concludes-110203/

 

To sum it up. You are wrong, I am right. Good day. Your overall point of view on piracy is just fallacious in the face of these studies, and if you wanna argue against these, then you will just end up looking more like a fool.

Great job, now find articles that show how piracy actually helps the PC gaming industry. In case you forgot, this was about PC gaming.

I'm looking a fool? You can't even stay on topic.

"Other industries, such as gaming software, have fared well too. Entertainment software sales have gone through the roof in recent years and surpassed that of movie ticket sales and CD sales, the report explains. The researchers further note that games such as World of Warcraft are immune to piracy because of their business model, and that game consumers are often very loyal to game developers, and on average more hesitant to pirate."

I am fairly sure that "owned" applies best here. Also, piracy affects all mediums the same way.