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The amount of piracy of console games is minuscule compared to piracy of movies , MP3s and PC games. If you force people to jailbreak or hardware mod their equi
by jiggy2011 14y ago
The amount of piracy of console games is minuscule compared to piracy of movies , MP3s and PC games. If you force people to jailbreak or hardware mod their equipment it drops the rate dramatically.
The issue is that the lower price point in the case of piracy appears to be free. People still pirate $1 iphone apps.
- chii 14y ago> If you force people to jailbreak or hardware mod their equipment it drops the rate dramatically. this is a very key quote - it indeed drops the rate of piracy. But does it increase the profits earned correspondingly? that is, did the anti-piracy measures contribute positively to profit? I am unsure what the case is in reality, since its so hard to compare. Most pirate's intuition is that anti-piracy measures don't increase the profits (or unit sold, so as not to complicate currency+accounting issues). Companies that use anti-piracy measures seem to think the exact opposite.