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<blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 4762389" data-attributes="member: 64209">That's only half the story, though. &nbsp;I don't know anything about Demigod/Stardock, so I'll assume all of your numbers are unequivocably correct. (and instead of 100,000+ I'll ignore the &quot;+&quot; and just go with 100,000).&nbsp;20,000 people paid for the game legitimately on launch day. 80,000 did not. We know that based on our assumptions.&nbsp;&nbsp;Possible impacts regarding pirating:&nbsp;1. a percentage of the 80,000 wanted to play and never paid.2. a percentage of the 80,000 wanted to play and after testing it on launch day, started paying.3. a percentage of the 80,000 tried it out and left, never to return.&nbsp;That's the impact of the pirates. If #1&gt;#2 net loss. If #2&gt;#1 net gain.&nbsp;&nbsp;What about the 20,000 paying customers? (Again, my ignorance is hurting me here). Were there leaks ahead of time? Any chance that this number could have been a much smaller number without pirating?&nbsp;&nbsp;I guess what I'm saying is that I agree with you and your point is valid, but it is one point of many, and stating just the one point leaves a lopsided perspective.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aberzanzorax, post: 4762389, member: 64209"] That's only half the story, though. I don't know anything about Demigod/Stardock, so I'll assume all of your numbers are unequivocably correct. (and instead of 100,000+ I'll ignore the "+" and just go with 100,000). 20,000 people paid for the game legitimately on launch day. 80,000 did not. We know that based on our assumptions. Possible impacts regarding pirating: 1. a percentage of the 80,000 wanted to play and never paid. 2. a percentage of the 80,000 wanted to play and after testing it on launch day, started paying. 3. a percentage of the 80,000 tried it out and left, never to return. That's the impact of the pirates. If #1>#2 net loss. If #2>#1 net gain. What about the 20,000 paying customers? (Again, my ignorance is hurting me here). Were there leaks ahead of time? Any chance that this number could have been a much smaller number without pirating? I guess what I'm saying is that I agree with you and your point is valid, but it is one point of many, and stating just the one point leaves a lopsided perspective. [/QUOTE]

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