[lelandbatey]

In all honesty, I gave the %1 number based purely on my own experience. When I was a kid/teenager, I didn't have much money and I certainly didn't have a way to buy things digitally (debit or credit card). So I pirated games that I wanted because that was the only way I could get access to them. And so did the people I knew and interacted with.

If we couldn't pirate something, we just didn't ever end up playing. It seems like the amount of money any one person will spend on games/gaming is very stable. So what game devs are really trying to do is to be a part of each of their customers game-spending pie. I know that's how it is for me and the people I interact with.