"3.2 million downloads" ... "caused the estimated loss of 170 million"
170 million / 3.2 million dowloads = $53.12
Oh please... only a tiny fraction of software pirates would have purchased the game, and only a tiny fraction of those at full price, and a chunk of those are going to purchase the game on some steam sale in the future anyway.
Your looking at a dollar of losses for each download at best.
only a tiny fraction of software pirates would have purchased the game
This is the big one I've always tried to point out. There's no reason to think someone who downloaded a free game would have also purchased the game if the free download wasn't available. That's basic economics.
"3.2 million downloads" ... "caused the estimated loss of 170 million"
170 million / 3.2 million dowloads = $53.12
Oh please... only a tiny fraction of software pirates would have purchased the game, and only a tiny fraction of those at full price, and a chunk of those are going to purchase the game on some steam sale in the future anyway.
Your looking at a dollar of losses for each download at best.
This is the big one I've always tried to point out. There's no reason to think someone who downloaded a free game would have also purchased the game if the free download wasn't available. That's basic economics.
Free isn't enough to get me to install Origin. The amount of humble bundle unredeemed games I could theoretically own is a testament to that fact.
If buying isn't owning, pirating isn't stealing