Can you back it up though? I also don't understand your reasoning that a pirate can never be a consumer. We'd also have to assume not every pirate is the same, of course, as some buy some of their games, some pirate all their games and some pirate a fraction of their games.
Because bad experiences resulting in bad sales doesn't affect piracy rates. People still pirated their game drm be damned and they still pirated competitive titles like say crysis 2. I already pointed out that drm is a problem for a legitimate consumer, the pirate trackers are just as popular as ever.
I was posting those stats in response that You were using that argument saying that multiplayer games are pirated less than singleplayer games. Those games that I posted are highly focused on the multiplayer; the singleplayer aspect being an aside; yet they were also highly pirated, which rejects the idea that…
Because no amount of price cuts, ease of delivery, steam bundles affected piracy in any significant manner. How many times can I say it??? You say price cuts will result in less piracy... How do you figure? Is it the 25% that still pirated humble indie bundle instead of paying a penny? It also doesn't include pirates who…
Noodle read the post you quoted thoroughly. As for pirates... Pirates can become consumers as soon as they pay for their entertainment. But at the point of piracy they are not a consumer and shouldn't be included in lost sales or in the sales formula at all. In IL's case the damage has already been done. I used to pirate,…
drm that only soured the Pirate's experience!!!! How can you not understand the root of the problem. You are being dismissive and ignorant to the plight of a game developer. I'll tell you this much. The horseshit theory that drm directly results in piracy is passed around ironically by actual legit consumers. There is no…
yup. And the funny thing is, the players in those countries DO buy games - many do not pirate themselves. Except they buy them from pirates who offer them at prices suitable for those economies. Funnily enough, here in China are still many people who do not even KNOW that the $5 USD game/DVD they just bought is NOT the…
One of the splinter cells went over a hundred days without being pirated, and the deterrent wasnt DRM, can't remember what it was but I dunno why they don't just use that. AC2 was also pirate proof for ages, but I think that was DRM based. Either way Ubi are doing something right.
So you are proving my point exactly, no amount of pricecuts, better distribution models, wider consumer appeal or marketing stopped you from pirating until you made a moral choice to simply stop. So what on earth are you talking about then. I am not passing judgement I am simply making a distinction between a possible…