Franklin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoRevenue effects of Denuvo digital rights management on PC video gameswww.sciencedirect.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkRevenue effects of Denuvo digital rights management on PC video gameswww.sciencedirect.comFranklin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 month agoI can’t really speak to games, but in other industries it’s been pretty much proven that piracy increases sales: https://www.theticketingbusiness.com/2020/08/07/post-release-piracy-can-boost-movie-box-office-sales-study-shows/ https://librarylearningspace.com/online-piracy-can-boost-comic-book-sales-research-finds/
minus-squareFranklin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoSee, that was what I’d always heard, and this study seemed to condradict that. I tried to read through some of its sources and understand the strength of their assertions but statistics was never my best subject.
I can’t really speak to games, but in other industries it’s been pretty much proven that piracy increases sales:
https://www.theticketingbusiness.com/2020/08/07/post-release-piracy-can-boost-movie-box-office-sales-study-shows/
https://librarylearningspace.com/online-piracy-can-boost-comic-book-sales-research-finds/
See, that was what I’d always heard, and this study seemed to condradict that.
I tried to read through some of its sources and understand the strength of their assertions but statistics was never my best subject.