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<blockquote data-quote="best_fullback" data-source="post: 391274" data-attributes="member: 15318">Ah now you&#039;re missing the point. HB are losing money for every copy that is pirated as it would have been money they would have had made were they not pirated.Think about it:For example: HB sell 100,000 copies of Rugby 08 for Â£10 each. That year 50,000 copies are pirated. If pirating wasn&#039;t an option then these people would only be able to acquire the game if they buy it. Therefore HB has reached 150,000 gamers but only got return from 100,000 of those people. The copies that are paid for would be Â£1m. The pirated games, if they were bought would have been Â£500,000. Therefore HB have lost up to Â£500,000 of profit (because you have to account for the fact that some pirate gamers wouldn&#039;t have bought the game if they couldn&#039;t download it). It doesn&#039;t matter if it isn&#039;t money being taken from their account because they should be receiving money for every copy sold.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="best_fullback, post: 391274, member: 15318"] Ah now you're missing the point. HB [B]are[/B] losing money for every copy that is pirated as it would have been money they would have had made were they not pirated. Think about it: For example: HB sell 100,000 copies of Rugby 08 for Â£10 each. That year 50,000 copies are pirated. If pirating wasn't an option then these people would only be able to acquire the game if they buy it. Therefore HB has reached 150,000 gamers but only got return from 100,000 of those people. The copies that are paid for would be Â£1m. The pirated games, if they were bought would have been Â£500,000. Therefore HB have lost up to Â£500,000 of profit (because you have to account for the fact that some pirate gamers wouldn't have bought the game if they couldn't download it). It doesn't matter if it isn't money being taken from their account because they should be receiving money for every copy sold. [/QUOTE]

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