Those studios depend on residuals to some extent, just like most novelists don't build careers from individual releases and book advances, they build them from paperback residuals. Wise man once said, sure go ahead pirate, but don't pretend you're not being a dick when you pirate shit.
We shouldn't pretend that the vast majority of fan translated VN players are playing non-cracked games. Presumably this means not the eroges.īut yeah, West should see quite a few less games if everyone in Japan gets this, and the West probably has to deal with it. I'd imagine they'll do Steam releases of certain games that they think will find a market on Steam though, just like the rest of the Japanese game industry.
