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A comment on Fox’s 8-Day Delay on Hulu Triggers Piracy Surge. Parent comment

Re:Fox’s 8-Day Delay on Hulu Triggers Piracy Surge by drivingmenuts on Monday August 22, 2011 @03:01PM (#2913636)
The studios are terrified because the moment someone figures out an effective metric, they're toast. Physical unit sales are easy - one CD sold, X dollars received, with corresponding breakdown to show what value they actually add (lying about their value-add is another thing entirely). One digital download - it's not so clear.
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Re:Fox’s 8-Day Delay on Hulu Triggers Piracy Surge by klipt on Monday August 22, 2011 @07:28PM (#2914612)
Steam makes tons of cash from (relatively) cheap digital downloads. The studios are just way behind.

(In fact Steam probably makes most of their money from sales where hoarder-type personalities buy hundreds of games they never even play.)

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