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[–] 1 point 3 months ago (5 children)

That's not exactly what it's saying. It's specific to denuvo games which generally means AAA publishers, it's a small sample size, and it's about the impact DRM has on sales, not piracy. It's not an arbitrary distinction. I'll grant it definitely implies piracy has a net negative effect on sales but that's not at all what it's actually saying.

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    That's not how data works. It doesn't say anything but what it says. You're making inferences, which sure fair but until there's data specific to your inferences (there isn't) you can't say that. You can say denuvo cracks in the first week in the case of some 90 games resulted in up to a maximum of twenty percent loss of sales. It is an important distinction. And the massive success of DRM free titles also goes against your assertion.

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