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[Holdfing]

The report is about piracy in general, but this is the interesting bit:

For games, the estimated effect of illegal online transactions on sales is positive – implying that illegal consumption leads to increased legal consumption. This positive effect of illegal downloads and streams on the sales of games may be explained by the industry being successful in converting illegal users to paying users.

Page 14-15.

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+24%

https://cdn.netzpolitik.org/wp-upload/2017/09/displacement_study.pdf

 

[mugwhump]

Methinks there are some Japanese publishers who need to see this.

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Who'd you have to make this thread right after talk like a pirate day ended

 

[Mass_Pincup]

There's another thread on this report.

The take on it is different though.

 

[Holdfing]

Oh shoot... I searched and only some valve/Germany thing came up. Sorry.

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