Unlike the current situation with piracy where pirated copies are for all to see and get only hours before the official release. The piracy while a legitimate

Unlike the current situation with piracy where pirated copies are for all to see and get only hours before the official release. The piracy while a legitimate problem is a relatively minor one. The first is visibility, the second is quality. Getting to the point where someone bothers to pirate your stuff and the majority of people that download it install it and play trough it is a mark of success - doing something right. And with sizable proportion of the gaming community in their 30s - you will be surprised how many people have desire to support the studios. We learned our lessons with Shadow of the colossus, Psychonauts and the fate of Black Isle.