Zachary, you made my day.
Well, Greg has CEO-speak down pretty well. Not a lot was said in that interview, unfortunately, and even less about what is coming up for the future.
I stand disappointed.
This is what they need to do.
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I still say BS.
The only reason they had firm numbers of downloads with PHB2 was because some idiots uploaded it to Scribd, and Scribd provides information on numbers downloaded. Comparing those numbers to actual numbers of pdf's sold gives a ratio. If several thousand were downloaded from Scribd and several hundred sold, you get a ratio of 90%. However, I doubt you can track torrents, Limewire type services, and just plain old emailing or swapping on usb drives.