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Re:EU court rules no EULA can forbid decompilation, if you w... by sillysaurusx on Saturday October 09, 2021 @12:58PM (#28811429)
Out of curiosity, is there any data to support this mindset? It's probably true, but Curiosity(TM).
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Re:EU court rules no EULA can forbid decompilation, if you w... by pnt12 on Saturday October 09, 2021 @01:26PM (#28811625)
I don't have sources, but I believe that half the sales happen around the first few weeks.
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Re:EU court rules no EULA can forbid decompilation, if you w... by zamalek on Saturday October 09, 2021 @03:35PM (#28812570)
A closely related topic is "the tail of game sales." You will probably find game developers talking about it if you search for that. Honestly, though, the (frankly ridiculous) propensity for pre-order success radically upsets this argument.
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