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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 02:12:27 JST Ars Technica

   The true cost of game piracy: 20 percent of revenue, according to a new study

   Analysis of Denuvo DRM cracking shows significant impacts on publishers' bottom lines.

   https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/10/the-true-cost-of-game-piracy-20-percent-of-revenue-according-to-a-new-study/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Pomax (therealpomax@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 02:18:30 JST Pomax

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     @arstechnica this study seems to forget to look at a giant elephant in the room: how much did Denuvo cost over those periods, and was that more than the revenue lost from piracy?

     Because Denuvo isn't exactly cheap and is charged not "per game" but "per month, per game".

   • Markus Fritze (sarnau@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2024 17:31:27 JST Markus Fritze

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     @arstechnica just 20%? I remember piracy rates of 10:1 and MUCH MUCH higher than that. With 20% they expect just 1 out of 5 people not paying? Well, “revenue”. But close enough. Once we did hit this value we did stop wasting any thoughts about piracy, that number is not worth thinking about it.