Even a 4 to 1 ratio is a huge loss of IMAGINARY money, no wonder these companies are trying various schemes to get us to buy legit copies.

For this reason I can't complain about DRM.

FTFY. Please stop trying to suggest or in any way imply that DRM is somehow effective at making a pirate, aka a thief, choose to walk into a store and pay for a game. It doesn't happen.

It's like stealing cars from car lots at night. Those guys are NEVER going to come into the dealership and buy a car. NEVER. Adding security to your lot at night might stop them from stealing but it won't make them come buy a car. One has nothing to do with the other. Luckily with PC software when someone steals it you don't actually lose any money because it cost you nothing to make a copy.

So in conclusion DRM does not make pirates pay for software. Pirates dont' pay for software...that is why we call them pirates...cause they steal stuff without paying for it...hence the lack of any potential profit. No money. Ever. None.