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minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoDo you think people don’t pirate indie games?
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoPiracy ≠ lost sales. If they pirate it helps the creator gain a wider audience. Piracy helps creatives, it only harms IP copyright trolls
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoIf piracy didn’t exist at all, do you really think sales numbers would be the same?
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months agoNope. There are studies out there that show they’d have fewer sales. Look at what happened in Japan.
Do you think people don’t pirate indie games?
Piracy ≠ lost sales. If they pirate it helps the creator gain a wider audience. Piracy helps creatives, it only harms IP copyright trolls
If piracy didn’t exist at all, do you really think sales numbers would be the same?
Nope. There are studies out there that show they’d have fewer sales. Look at what happened in Japan.