Reasonable said:
Ultimately in a monetary society creators, be them producing a game, making a film or recording music need to be guaranteed a certain degree of income. People tend to focus on the hugely successful creators and forget the majority of media can struggle already to make money in the face of current piracy levels. |
I would argue you are being somewhat shortsighted however in your depiction of what would happen.
If I tipping point were reached, such works WOULDN'T disapear, instead they would simply go back an older system for such works.
Afterall demand would still be there. Just not at the prices offered by the market, so either things would need to get cheaper or we would return to an age of patronage somewhat how early artists and playwriters worked.
A good example is the first Mount & Blade which was created based on beta keys being sold.
