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by john_strinlai 17 days ago
right. that is because most people would rather buy the game than take the risk of downloading it illegally. if you remove the risk, the math changes.

publishers also have legal recourse. remove that and the publisher's math changes.

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people pay for convenience. when was the last time you heard about someone being prosecuted for pirating something?
Just yesterday when I saw the Leonhart French video about the NVIDIA piracy case.