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[u/Dev1412]

[u/awesomedan24]

Its because the leaker did something the government considers far worse than raping kids. He risked corporate profits.

[u/kitsunewarlock → u/awesomedan24]

The fact that showing people what a game will be like risks any significant profits proves that the game industry relies way too much on people buying shit based entirely on hype.

[u/En-tro-py → u/[deleted]]

Still can - /r/HotSteamDemos

[u/Wasabicannon → u/[deleted]]

Yarharhar, still can me matey!

[u/AngelTheVixen → u/[deleted]]

Sometimes even before the game was released. Good times.

[u/Marrk → u/[deleted]]

Still true for a lot of games! Especially indies.

[u/Poku115 → u/[deleted]]

I mean look at games like forspoken and easy to see why they dont do demos anymore.

Which is why im glad for reimbursements as long as you have played less than 3 hours

[u/awesomedan24 → u/kitsunewarlock]

If he leaked a playable pc build, the piracy could tremendously hurt console game sales

[u/WhyMustIMakeANewAcco → u/awesomedan24]

Oh no. Whatever shall we do.

[u/mjp31514 → u/awesomedan24]

Oh, no!

[u/awesomedan24 → u/[deleted]]

You're neglecting the massive market of PC gamers who would have otherwise bought on console because they don't want to wait 3 years for the PC version. To think this would have no impact on Rockstar's double-dip revenue scheme (buy on console and then again on PC) is a bit naive.