Piracy or Used Games. Which one do you think hurts Developers more?

[Jumpin]

Kasz216 said:

Jumpin said:

thetonestarr said:

Anybody saying piracy is most likely biased and/or uneducated on the matter. 

People who pirate the games would probably not have purchased it if the game wasn't available to be pirated. 

This point has already been refuted with a simple comparison to the collapse of the music industry due to piracy. perhaps you're the one who needs the education.

Except you know... your chart actually lacks al context... because it's revenue.

CD prices have been STEADILY declining, and Digital media prices songs individually.

The "Collapse" of industry is because you can pay 99 cents a piece for a few songs you like instead of having to dole out 25.99 for a CD with 15 tracks on it.

Most people only ever wanted the hits, but were forced to buy entire albums. 

Now people can JUST get the hits, and cut out the other 10-13 songs.

In otherwords, people are buying the 3 Katie Perry Singles instead of the entire Katie Perry.

Not counting things like Spotify.

 

Of course my chart showed a decline in revenue. The very DEFINITION of a market collapse IS a sharp decline in revenue.

If CD prices were declining, it was because piracy undermined their existing market value - and therefore piracy damaged their market value.

If piracy was not a factor in the collapse of the music industry, then explain why the market collapse began at the moment napster was introduced?

Piracy was at the core of the market collapse. Piracy did a great deal of harm to the music industry.