If piracy were to end alltogether, game companies might make... 3% more profits. Most of the time, when someone downloads a game, copies a game, or steals a game, they never had any intention of actually paying for it in the first place. That means that if piracy were to end there would be little to no increased profit for the game producers.

Also, I don't want anyone stealing the games I make. That's why I said that it would be my responsibility to put safeguards against it. There are so many ways to prevent it. While it's true that there are no widespread measures that are flawless, game producers are being paid. It's their job to program. Why is it that the hackers, the people who sit around at home and don't get paid for it, are able to over-program them? It's because the game makers don't care enough.

What is it they say about silence being golden?