>, but I work in the games industry and I can confirm this level of piracy. How do you confirm it? Word of mouth at the water cooler? Am I the only rube who p

>, but I work in the games industry and I can confirm this level of piracy. How do you confirm it? Word of mouth at the water cooler? Am I the only rube who pays for games? Hell, because of the way Steam manages family sharing, there are dozens of games on that platform which I own multiple copies of. Caveat: if it weren't for the low prices in Steam sales I probably wouldn't own a second or third or fourth copy of any of these games. As far as the subject of OP's post, I expect this to encourage more piracy, since the anti-piracy measure also affects paying users.