Agreed - especially given the stated belief that the pirates are in it for novelty, many will presumably delete the game after cycling through it. As such, pira

Agreed - especially given the stated belief that the pirates are in it for novelty, many will presumably delete the game after cycling through it. As such, piracy rates go down over time (a trend noted by the OP), even if sales figures (which are more important) don't change much at all. Of course, doesn't take away from how great it is for them to share this information at all.