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It's a big lie that piracy has caused any drops in sale. I guess those who make such hollow claims, consider the whole planet earth population their potential paid customers.
Exactly if piracy didn't exist a lot of resources on the internet would just be inaccessible for a lot of people , especially those in third world countries. You think people in third world countries are going to pay 70$(a considereable part of their monthly income) to play the new mario game. They have important stuff they could spend that money on like food or health care.
Just speaking personally, I still buy what I would buy without piracy as an option. Piracy just gives me more options.
As much as I complain about denuvo I still do buy the games even if they do get cracked. I don't pirate any PC games, since exes are just not something I want to risk. I've got a collection of legal games that surpasses the availability of gamepass. PC gamepass advertisement says 'Play over 100 high-quality games on Windows PC.' That's a baby collection compared to what I got in my legal library of games. That's not even bringing GOG into the mix.
The whole concept of getting things without paying for them being equivalent to losing a sale is stupid. I remember reading a while back that a man stole 800,000 worth of iPhones. But the thing is Apple didn't lose 800,000 in sales. They lost whatever it cost to manufacture those iPhones.