{"id":102345,"date":"2016-08-30T09:03:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T07:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=102345"},"modified":"2016-08-30T09:04:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T07:04:16","slug":"the-massive-number-of-pc-gamers-that-pirate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/102345-the-massive-number-of-pc-gamers-that-pirate","title":{"rendered":"The massive number of PC gamers that pirate"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new survey <\/a><\/strong>released by PC Gamer has revealed the startling number of PC gamers that pirate their games.<\/p>\n

The survey which looked at over 50,000 respondents from around the world found that over 35% of PC gamers are active pirates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other startling results from the survey include the fact\u00a0that at some point in their lives, 90% of PC gamers have pirated a game<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In addition, almost 25% of PC gamers have pirated more than 50 games<\/strong> in their lifetimes.<\/p>\n

So why do these gamers pirate?<\/p>\n

“From their 20s to mid-30s, almost 60% of gamers said they pirated games to demo them. The ‘can’t afford’ justification fell off from a high of nearly 60% at 16-20 to less than 30% at older than 50.”<\/p>\n

“Complaints about DRM or specific publishers, though common online, weren’t too often cited as reasons to pirate. Those reasons never rose above 20%.”<\/p>\n

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