sonicmerlin

I can only laugh at all the anti-piracy talk here. You've all been brainwashed so easily. Can any of you cite one legitimate, independent study that has found piracy negatively affects sales in any entertainment industry? On the contrary, I can find a few studies covered in ArsTechnica that do the exact opposite: they found negligible to slightly positive effects, and articles pointing out the complete fabrication that are the entertainment industry's piracy stats.

The people screaming bloody murder over the "theft" of copyright infringement of these games are being ridiculous. If piracy keeps a suburban kid engaged with a series or the game industry in general, until he gets a job out of college, starts earning money and buys his own games, do you tally that as "piracy increased sales?" Or what about a poor inner city kid who is torrenting video games that let him escape his dreary life, avoiding the more chaotic lifestyles many inner city kids experience these days? Would you prefer he go out and join a gang or take drugs "for kicks", just so he can't "steal" your product?

Jesus. Get over yourselves. If you want to decrease piracy, then advocate for higher taxes on the rich and higher salaries for the poor and middle class. Then everyone will have more money to spend on entertainment.