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Hond, you agreed to this, just letting you know.
Anyhow, yeah, piracy hurts sales, you are a moron if you don't realize that. There AREN'T hard facts on losses, who is going to go around asking all the pirates if they would buy the game. No, they systems aren't going to die. Yes, they could do better if everyone had to buy the games. The end.