sorry to call you on this, but that's utter horse shit. to make an argument that you've lost 71.2% of your playerbase by having an un-piratable platform is just wrong, flat out. he even got the response from someone "we pirate because we can". now, if you were to say you'd lose SOME of your playerbase due to having an…
Eh, not really because you're assuming everyone who pirates a game 1. Likes it and 2. plays it to completion or worth the price of the game. Trust, turning the game on isn't worth $60. I highly doubt a developer cares if someone pirated their game, played it for 5 minutes and never again. I know people who download games…
This, being a celebrity is a pretty stable job, the game industry isnt, people loose jobs all the time and have to move around the country looking for another. Pirating from the RIAA isn't the same as pirating from an indy label.
It doesn't have to be a game company, all it takes is any group or individual who is trying to be a vigilante for the game industry. And its true, if there was more risk involved when pirating then it will definitely deter a large number of pirates. Most of the time they'll go for whatever has the most positive comments or…
But I think there's a strawman being built here. If you look not at piracy as a whole, but at an individual doing the pirating for instance. You can't prove that the person would have bought the game had he not pirated. It's just as likely that he wouldn't have. And that he pirated the game didn't reduce that game's…
Play semantics all day and call it whatever you want. You're using a product you did not pay for, with no intention of purchasing it. Arguing with a "Software Pirate" is like arguing with a troll. There's no sense in it. They will not see it your way. You won't win. They won't stop. It's despicable and and it's immoral. I…
make entertainment government subsidized, and raise taxes? :P i wonder if the 30% buy, 70% pirate figure is the norm. in that puzzle tap game there was 70% freeloaders on the scoreboards, and in minecraft there's also 70% freeloaders. if this figure holds true for the general population, that 70% of the population are…