Video Game Piracy costs the industry as much as it makes!

[LuckyTrouble]

KLAMarine said:

LuckyTrouble said:

Theoretically, yes. I'm not going to say piracy has absolutely zero impact on sales.

Hmm, I'd argue your previous post:

LuckyTrouble said:
*sigh* Once again: piracy does not equal lost sales. Every person that pirates did not intend to buy. The vast, vast majority of them would never spend their money on the game, for one reason or another

would suggest otherwise.

 

LuckyTrouble said:

I simply argue that we can't quantify the impact in any meaningful way, and trying to argue situations where demand would act differently is fairly pointless overall as there is no definitive way to contradict the reality we experience.

I agree we can't really come up with solid numbers. Be that as it may, I can't just sneak into a movie theater to watch a movie and claim "well I wasn't going to buy a ticket anyways" when the theater staff ask me to leave.

I don't feel like breaking this down the long way, so here's the version that requires me to deal with less code:

1. You clearly missed the following sentence that qualified my previous statement when I said "the vast, vast majority of them would never spend their money on the game, for one reason or another". That implies that there is some sales impact, even if it would just be from a negligible minority. I never completely dismiss the idea that there is some kind of sales impact on some level.

2. Although the relevance of your movie theater example is fairly shaky, I can easily say that you could claim just that if you were asked to leave. I've snuck into a couple movies before that I legitimately did not intend on paying for and would have had no issue claiming as such if I were asked.