About piracy you're just making random excuses that don't make sense (it's a fact that a lot of people play their games, when you look in any place, apparently everyone experienced most of their games, but for some unknown reasons all that happens contradicts the money they make from their games, might not be 95%, but it's at least 60% on both PC and Xbox), what I said is not relevant was the part where you say "it's not piracy because other companies make money".
As I said in my previous post with that example, it's a naive thing ro say or probably you don't understand how the world works. Here's another example, this time easier to understand, just because Bill Gates has billions in shares and hundreds of millions in his pocket, it doesn't mean that you'll make even 1 million $ in your entire life.
DanielDust
I'm not sure if your just trolling me or if you intentionally or ignoring my point, but i get the feeling it's the former so this will be my last attempt to explain.
Ubi blames piracy for the reason their PC games don't make a profit. The fact is they have no way to know whether that's true because every pirated games doesn't represent a lost sale. Many pirates would never spend a dime on a game while others may buy a game even after they pirate it. There is simply no way to know how many sales are actually lost. More to the point, Ubi has no way to track every copy of their games being pirated. The only thing Ubi can state with certainty is they are not profitable on PCs; everything else is speculation on their part.
On the other hand, almost every game ever made has been pirated, yet many devs are still profitable. This includes games with no DRM or multiplayer components. So obviously there are more factors than just piracy at work that determine why a PC game is or isn't profitable.
Could it be that in Ubisofts case that it is only due to piracy? Yes, anything is possible. However, based on the backlash against their always online DRM and the complaints about the changes they have made to some of their games, there is a strong likelyhood there are more plausible reasons for their lack of profits.
Finally, your Bill Gates analogy simply doesn't work as I am not in the same position as Mr. Gates. On the other hand, comparing Ubisoft to other devs such as EA, Activision, Valve, Capcom, etc. makes sense because they are in the same fields, share the same audience, have comparable resources, and have the same obstacles (namely piracy).
However, in the event this doesn't sway you, rather than continue a pointless argument I think it best that we simply agree to disagree.
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