EU Commission Says Piracy Increases Legitimate Game Sales

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Zoombael said:

Leadified said:
Some people are too quick to demonise piracy without understanding why people pirate. Some people will always pirate because they can. But how about the people who pirate because of economic reasons or because there is no legal alternative?

Start offering regional pricing for poorer countries , offer options like the Virtual Console, PS Classics, Xbox BC and some of your pirates will become customers. Piracy is never going to go away, instead the focus should be on how to convince pirates to become customers.

Some people should stop acting like video games are a human right and a basic need. Games are less costly in "poorer countries". Even in "not poorer countries" (Germany <-> UK). And generally gaming has become very inexpensive when compared to a decade ago. Stop acting as if games cost 60$/€ forever and legitimise illegal copying.

Who said games are human rights? This is a solution to turn lost profit into profit.