Re:Our Pirate Game is Getting Owned By App Store Pirates
by jcl on Thursday October 01, 2009 @01:58PM
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It's interesting that they claim that piracy was largely responsible for an increase in sales... I wonder if this is more because people are using piracy to sample the games before they buy or because the pirating users are increasing the buzz behind the game?
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Re:Our Pirate Game is Getting Owned By App Store Pirates
by Scriptor on Thursday October 01, 2009 @02:13PM
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According to him, the pirate users only sampled a little bit of the game before moving on. As the OP states, pirates are more interested in the novelty of it.
Re:Our Pirate Game is Getting Owned By App Store Pirates
by borism on Thursday October 01, 2009 @02:58PM
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That's an interesting point - pirates mostly don't actually use their stuff!
Essentially pirating is a way to try the app out, then I guess the percentage of pirates who buy it is pretty high. So why not make trying apps more convenient?