You don't think it's weird that no publisher can link piracy to a game's failing(or even a notable loss of sales)? You don't think it's weird that publishers(and other big media corporations) go to such ludicrous measures to stop piracy and push their agendas? You don't think it's weird that publishers know that pirates are some of their most reliable customers, and yet they still try and stop them? You don't think it's weird that now they're hardly even mentioning piracy, and now it's "USED GAEMS R KILLING MUH INDUSTRY"? It's painfully obvious to see what they're doing; and on the off chance that they're right, there's no way you can defend the ham handed means they've used to enforce their views.

[quote]You don't think it's weird that no publisher can link piracy to a game's failing(or even a notable loss of sales)?[/quote][url=http://www.greenheartgames.com/2013/04/29/what-happens-when-pirates-play-a-game-development-simulator-and-then-go-bankrupt-because-of-piracy/]Lol.[/url]

I love how you conveniently ignored what the word "publisher" means. And how the game wasn't marketed at all And how the game is oddly reminiscent of another [url=https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=game+dev+tycoon&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=944&bih=902&sei=4r6zUYaBHe2viQec_ICYDA#um=1&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=game+dev+story&oq=game+dev+story&gs_l=img.3..0l10.16008.16951.0.17239.5.5.0.0.0.0.275.842.1j2j2.5.0...0.0...1c.1.16.img.Gc1yDUGJR-M&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47534661,d.aGc&fp=a1fcfd8619209a1b&biw=944&bih=902] game[/url] And [b]all of the other variables that can lead to a game not selling[/b] And you ignored all that just to cherry pick a single point (a point that could pretty easily be considered an outlier) that isn't even relevant to the point I made. LOL

So Piracy is a good thing for the game industry?