I think the biggest win is all the free advertising. Not from pirating, but from the media coverage of it and what not. No one knew about this game before. And I dont agree that priating is good for advertising, and i hate when people use that as an excuse to pirate. But, look at all the people talking about it now. And…
People believe you when talk about art because you're artists. People believe you when you talk about getting hired in the game industry because you've been employed in the game industry. Now, you're not a statistical researcher nor in any other scientific profession, as far as I know, but you expect me to take your word…
No, I don't believe it would have sold that much but I'd believe there are that many players. There are sources out there, I figure you're so worked up about it you can go do the research yourself. I'm sure you aren't going to see public companies talk about it, they want their investors to think it's a problem they have…