[raarky]

I wonder if any game companies have secretly released their own pirate version, complete with money making dodgy-ware, to try and get some money back.

[loup-vaillant]

Back? That's assuming the pirate would have otherwise bough the game. This is only partially true. Without piracy, most pirates would play fewer games.

And by the way, it appears some did: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2738447