"those two to three months when pirated versions were unavailable must have reduced the overall level and impact of piracy" - (referring to game sales of Spyro)

"those two to three months when pirated versions were unavailable must have reduced the overall level and impact of piracy" - (referring to game sales of Spyro) I think that is a pretty big assumption to make. Pirates that can't afford the game at all will just wait the 2 months. And people who are die-hard Spyro fans will pre-order or buy in-store so they don't have to wait the 1 week to a few days for the game to be released on torrent sites, or deal with any bugs caused by the crack. There are people who are in the middle of those two groups, who are good at pirating, have enough money to buy the game if it's not available on torrent sites, and don't mind the inconvenience / moral-dilemma caused by pirating. But I wonder if the sales to those people are large enough to offset the performance and technical cost of advanced DRM.