to counter all that, most have something right about them.
dropping prices does help remove those who aren't getting games because they're too expensive. there's a reason steam has been a success, and price is for an overwhelming amount of people the biggest issue. convinience is the other, which is part of why steam's such a success as it gets both done. if you fix both those problems, the excuses shrink dramatically. that also means that less drm is an answer to help the problem because the end user utterly hates that kind of stuff and it's a hassle. if pirated copies are straight 'here you go have fun' and the others are 'here you go, jump through these hoops that have timers on them' then you make the former simply better than the latter. it's not an individual solution, but increasing causes more problems. the only truth in that is that for some reason companies insist on it. ...and more demos works out if they don't just give you a crappy part or something not too in it, but the actual game. demos have to evolve more and some anti-piracy measures actually do it. creative stuff like Batman AA was pretty slick, basically games where sure you can go through part of it, but you're never gonna complete even half are a pretty cool idea. that kind of stuff has legs on it.
if you achieve all 3 main points there - keep things easy for the user, keep the price low, and let people play to see if they want to pay - then you'll have an all around solution. and giving up is the only thing they can do in terms of fighting against piracy, because that's not what you need to do anymore. piracy, gamefly, and the used game market all have too much overlap and too much in common. the answer is you need to compete against it, like a business. that's what the 3 main goals all hit upon, and that's the only thing that'll help. you accept that it's a legitimate choice and convince people that you are the overall better one.
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