They don’t even “lose money” in either scenario. They just don’t make new money.
Businesses consider those the same thing unfortunately :/
They don’t even lose money, they just don’t earn any.
This is why pirating games that aren’t available to be bought anymore is never wrong
big imo: pirating AAA games at all is never wrong
Yeah, say I want an old need for speed game, either buy a disk for a high price that I can’t put in my disk drive-less PC or pirate it…
Hmm I wonder which one I will choose
Pirating as an alternative to paying as often as one can, even when the product is on offer by Nintendo or whoever, is usually very easy. It’s the least we can all do in terms of class struggle.
That’s why Steam’s business mindset is to get you the game as easily as possible. If it’s easier to buy than to not most people will buy it.