Artists don’t get paid for the amount of copies sold, that’s executives and shareholders

Sales numbers are the telemetry execs use when deciding what games to green-light.

Why do you think suddenly everybody was making live-service games? Battle Royale first, then hero shooters, and now extraction shooters? These games are reporting great income because it’s not possible to pirate them. Add MTX on top and suddenly everybody and their mother wants a cut.

Why do you think even GTA became a live-service game, even when it has a single-player story?

Why do you think more and more games have launchers that require people signing in to some accounts to verify if they made the purchase?

All the crap you people are mostly moaning about are a direct result of piracy.