[Danipenn]

Yes...IMO the majority of the ppl who download pirated copies never planned to buy the original in the first place...many of these ppl, however, are likely to buy the original version sooner or later.

Of course this does not make it right...it is illegal...end of story...but...

Lets take Dom3 as an example...a persona might download the demo, play with it, and decide to buy it...HOWEVER, the price they ask for Dom3 for some ppl is really too much regardless the game quality, the small dev team and so on...it is still too much no matter the reason.

People earn their money in this World so they choose carefully where to allocate them...they are called customers...u can ask as much money as u want for a game but have to face the consequence of ppl not buying it because it is too much.

I don't know what kind of market research they have carried out but still...for many potential cutomers it is still too much no matter what kind of arguments anyone is going to put through.
And also the point which states that there are worse games aout there, that the game is worth the money...bla...bla...bla...it's still not enough.

For a lot of potential customer it will still be too much.

Said that...a lot of this potential customers who are not willing to buy the game they tried are probably going to download the game illegally...this is inevitable.

I was going to be one of those potential customer because i seriously wanted to buy...but when i saw the price i just decided that it is really too much for me.
Of course i'm not going to download it because i think that it is not good for the two ppl who developed the game...HOWEVER, how many ppl are going to be honest?

So, the price of the product helps againsta pirates IMO.