Indie development sim Game Dev Tycoon gives pirates a taste of their own torrenting

[Anaximander]

Yeah it's funny, there are a few games like that that won't let you progress past a certain stage or won't let you save your game when/if pirated.

That being said, the media industry have a poor grasp on piracy, how much they actually lose in sales and so on; and the price on games is too steep in general. Moreover, a lot of games suck a whole lot more than what the developers and publishers promise. I think I can only come up with 5 or so games that are actually worth the full retail price to me. I buy those games, and other games I like when I find them on sale. Also it seems that in most cases (not counting indie games, where the developer is very vulnerable) the lost profit doesn't affect the devs themselves, but rather publishing companies that are already rolling in money.

In Sweden, there's a new religion that got acknowledged that swears to media piracy. Their faith is that knowledge is poorly governed by the capitalistic system, as there is an inherent interest in keeping knowledge in the hands of the few (basic supply/demand theory), whereas this religion believes that knowledge is worth more to mankind overall in the hands of the many. That's true when you think about it.