Could those of you who think 30% (not sure where this number came from, but anyway) isn't something to worry about post your addresses? I'd like to come and take 30% of the stuff in your house.
In any case, 30% could easily be the difference between having the money to finance the next project or not (probably not a problem for this game).
On the other hand it is certainly true that many if not most of the people who pirate would not buy the game if they could not pirate it, so the number of pirated copies certainly greater that the loss of sales. If fact some pirated copies might lead to sales later due to friends seeing it and liking it etc.
Regardless of the real effect of pirating, there is no deigning that the people who do it are stealing. Those of you who do it should stop trying to justify it, and just accept that you are a theif (or stop doing it).
All the new games branded with "games for windows" will have to support it. Lego Star Wars II for example works great with it, although I can't get it to mix a wireless 360 controller with an old USB sidewinder gamepad (when the sidewinder is plugged in, the game doesn't recognize the 360 controller).
