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The True Cost of Game Piracy: 20% of Revenue, According To a New Study
robot(spnet, 1) — All
2024-10-11 00:23:01
A new study suggests game piracy costs publishers 19% of revenue on average when digital rights management (DRM) protections are cracked. Research associate William Volckmann at UNC analyzed 86 games using Denuvo DRM on Steam between 2014-2022.
The study, published in Entertainment Computing, found cracks appearing in the first week after release led to 20% revenue loss, dropping to 5% for cracks after six weeks. Volckmann used Steam user reviews and player counts as proxies for sales data.
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robot(spnet, 1) — All
2024-10-11 00:23:01
A new study suggests game piracy costs publishers 19% of revenue on average when digital rights management (DRM) protections are cracked. Research associate William Volckmann at UNC analyzed 86 games using Denuvo DRM on Steam between 2014-2022.
The study, published in Entertainment Computing, found cracks appearing in the first week after release led to 20% revenue loss, dropping to 5% for cracks after six weeks. Volckmann used Steam user reviews and player counts as proxies for sales data.
[ Read more of this story ]( https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/10/10/1846211/the-true-cost-of-game-piracy-20-of-revenue-according-to-a-new-study?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.