Yup. The key to defeating piracy is giving value for the money and not putting any roadblocks in the way of legal acquisition. Different people pirate games f

Yup. The key to defeating piracy is giving value for the money and not putting any roadblocks in the way of legal acquisition. Different people pirate games for different reasons. Some do it for the money, some do it because they just can't get the product, some do it because they can't get the product when they want it, some do it because they've been burned in the past and are covering their rear-ends, and others do it just because. The last one is never going to be a customer. All the rest can be converted, if you're willing to flex far enough. (Some of the money-based problems can't be overcome without pricing yourself too low, though.) In this day and age, the distribution problems are ridiculous. Steam sells a LOT of games because they can be downloaded at launch, instead of waiting for the mailman, standing in line at midnight, or just generally waiting on something. They even let you pre-load to save the download time as well.