🚀 go-pugleaf

You're actually forgetting a few other toppings on the proverbial pizza 
such as:

4) Bad retail products that can increase skepticism from sellers and 
customers (ie Big Rigs Over the Road Racing, FBI Hostage Rescue and Midway 
Arcade Treasure Deluxe, for starters)

5) Modifications for existing titles that can increase their longetivity 
and 'reduce' the sales of 'inferior products'
(Baldur's Gate 2 vs Planescape could be considered an example)

6) Freeware titles (either from hobbyists or the original programmers and 
publishers) that are as good as or better than their retail competition

Not to mention things like cookie cutter sequels, poor development and/or 
marketing decisions (ie EA charging for cheats and patches; no [reset] key 
in Sega's 'Smash Packs'), player mistreatment *cough*SWG*cough* and 
aggressive copy protection methods.

In fact, I've supported so many companies and game series through my 
purchases (ah, the wonders of shopping around) that I'd say I can do 
without the latest and greatest for a while.  If that makes me a 'pirate' 
in your eyes then I'd say you need yours checked.  I've got better things 
to do with my time than waste it listening to another round of lies from 
some facist pundit/mouthpiece.

Signed,
Warewolf
who wonders when botched DVD sets and (emulated) game compilations will be 
a thing of the past.