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Comment by afiori

1 day ago

If someone pirates 100 60$ games it does not mean that had piracy been impossible they would have spent 6000$ on those games

They might spend $600 on 10 of those games, though. It's not all-or-nothing.

  • They might still spend $600 on 10 more games though. Or spend it on a subset of the games they pirated because they want to support the developer. Who knows.

    • If somebody spends $60 on a game but doesn't play it should they get automatic refund?

      If the deal is providing entertainment for a price then why the publisher feels entitled to keeping the money if the entertainment didn't happen?

      That's the basis of most of the Steam's business.