That ratio is not so bad in the first week as the game is DRM free. There are probably a lot of people who are treating it as a demo. It's like free advertising. If the game is good, some of those pirated copies will turn into sales.

Are you implying that oversea regions have lower piracy rates, or that is where most of the copies are being run from as they don't have a legitimate purchase option yet?

The latter. And I agree with your demo thng. I'm actually downloading it now with the full intention of grabbing a copy if it's what I think it is. If it's not then tough luck for Stardock. I won't be swindeled into buying shitty games. That time is behind me.

exactly, and most of the pirated copies are in regions that the game hasnt been released. This is why I do expect the number of users who have pirated the game to purchase the game if they liked it.

Still the DRM issue isnt really much of an argument unless we are talking games with SecuROM. The Witcher was insanely successful and sold beyond expectations and it has no DRM.

Heh I just read pc gaming magazine with beta test of it which said it won't be available for at least several weeks.

But with launch fucked up like that no suprise with those numbers when you compare WW piracy to small part of retail market only.

to think how many DS games have suffered due to how easy they are to copy.

Alot of people I know don't buy DS games anymore since they got an R4. Really sad but true :(

same could be said for wii and 360 games. They all should of gone for bluray lol

the only way to beat piracy is to charge appropriately. Expecting asian and some european gamers to shell $60-90 for a game is ludicrous. Price your game at $40 throughout the world and watch your sales quadruple. Its as simple as that. Same for Music labels. Stop ripping ppl off if you expect them to pay.

The problem is most pirates don't care about the cherry when they can take the rest of the cake for free.

this and come up with a media format that is hard to copy. and make laws to prevent companies making blanks of it. a special format for game consoles.

I have yet to see any proof that a game pirated is later a game sold. If you pirate a game you are way less likely to purchase that game.