PC Port of Persona 5 Positively Improbable

[Michelasso]

RenCutypoison said:

Michelasso said:

Piracy is rarely a loss? Are we going from an extreme to the other? Obviously the lost sales due to piracy are much lower than the total value in dollars of the games illegally downloaded. But sure it is also way above zero. If piracy was impossible I woldn't be surprised if at least a 20% of the pirated games turned into sales.

But piracy also has benefits, like making people play more, and play games they wouldn't have otherwise bought, thus having a marketing effect. Pirates are also a part of the word of mouth.

Which is why the games on console sell more? Please. The word of mouth works no matter what. Demon's Souls became an hit in the West stil being available only in Asia. Word of mouth has all to do with the games being good. Like with Rocket League. Plenty of games are free on PS+, but only Rocket League became a very popular game. Piracy is bad for developers, especially if a game is also for consoles. People with both a decent PC and in this case a PS4 (or PS3) could decide to play it for free instead of buying it. Indeed I am really curious to see what will happen with Tomb Raider.