[bluesign]

> Trust me when I say people who pirate are usually the ones who never ever buy video games.

It is not like black and white. There are a lot of people in between pirate and pre-order player.

[shmde]

> It is not like black and white. There are a lot of people in between pirate and pre-order player.

I can tell with confidence its not the case with my country. People who are well off, who are desperate enough to play it do pre-order vidya. And the other half don't spend money on video games because they think its a waste of money, why ? because its gonna get cracked anyway why pay for it now ? People are willing to wait for a few months for it to get cracked if it means that they can save that money. I know it sounds strange but when it comes to piracy its quite black and white over here.

[lostcolony]

I mean, "never ever" is extreme. But the point is "does leaving a game easy to pirate, vs making it hard to pirate, actually decrease sales".

And unfortunately it's kind of impossible to test that.