Eli5 why with digital console gaming becoming more and more popular, why haven’t we seen an explosion in the piracy market for them?
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Because game piracy has always been primarily a supply issue, not a ease-of-piracy or financial issue.
If you’re able to download a game in a few minutes, then you’re going to do that. Why would you want to steal it? It’s only when it’s not easily available that people resort to finding alternatives.
Though nowadays seems like developers are pining for the heyday of piracy by including shitty DRM or limited releases, so maybe it’ll come back because of that. ¯ _(ツ)_ / ¯
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