Crytek: Piracy ratio is about 20:1, may impact our PC exclusivity
Crytek's CEO has expressed huge concern at the amount of piracy within the PC games industry. He remarked its crazy how the ratio between sales to piracy is probably 1 to 20 right now, that means for every one sale, there are around 20 pirated versions. He remarked that this may have an impact on their PC exclusivity on the future.
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The other critique outside Crytek was the fact that the PC industry is really, at the moment, I would say the most intensely pirated market ever. It's crazy how the ratio between sales to piracy is probably 1 to 15 to 1 to 20 right now. For one sale there are 15 to 20 pirates and pirate versions, and that's a big shame for the PC industry. I hope with Warhead I hope we improve the situation, but at the same time it may have an impact on [our] PC exclusivity in the future.
