Piracy Makes CoD4 Devs Sad

[NJ5]

johntonsoup said:

NJ5 said:

The real question is, how many of those pirated copies belong to people who would have bought the game if they didn't pirate it? Piracy is not a problem unless it actually reduces the sales of the game.

 

Disagree strongly. If you do not believe that there is such a thing as intellectual property, and therefore you think "stealing" intellectual property is a victimless crime, great for you. Unfortunately, you are incorrect. It harms every one of us here who want good games. The more profit a company or industry makes, the better the diversity of product.

Economically speaking, I am not incorrect. My point is that the two following actions are the same, in regards to profitability:

- pirating a game

- not buying it

Either way, the company is not going to get any money from that person. I was thinking about the economical perspective only.