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>2012 has definitely been a good year for us here at MangaGamer. The number of fans registered with our website has continued to grow, not to mention our overall sales and income. And that’s just on the digital side of our business. Between this increase in overall sales and the expansion of our hard-copy lineup, a lot more of our games are starting to turn a profit, and that means more opportunities for us in the coming years. Speaking of which, guess what the 10 most popular games were in total overall 2012 sales on our website? (Note: This ranking does not include any hard-copy sales.)
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>1. Boob Wars
>2. Dengeki Stryker
>3. Magical Teacher
>4. DEARDROPS
>5. Otoboku
>6. Shuffle!
>7. Koihime Musou
>8. Sexy Demon Transformation
>9. Harem Party
>10. ef -the first tale.

(Source: http://blog.mangagamer.org/2013/01/04/the-worlds-not-over/))

So there's our confirmation that we're not getting more story games because MangaGamer is doing badly and they just can't afford them at the moment.

http://mangagamer.blackss.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1048

>It is kinda sad that on the first day of VN release you can already see download links floating around different blogs/forums, while MG is still losing money over all. I am wondering if MG can at least talk to some of the main distributors, ask them to slow down the pirate release at least. Note that I say 'slow down' because I am not optimistic enough that piracy will disappear just like that, but I think delaying that will definitely turn in a few sales.

>I have heard one miracle like that before. There was a new company release a certain eroge outside of Japan, and since the community was so excited (that was the first official licensing since a long time has past) they promoted on the forums to delay the piracy for as long as possible. And in the end the piracy was delayed for 1 month, and legit buyers all laughed at those who asked for a download on the forums.

>There was also an extreme case that a gaming company in China paying a top game cracking site money to not crack their game, which actually worked (not sure for how long though).

>It is also understandable that for MG being a small company there is not enough man-power to do that. I am wondering if we the legit buyers can do something about it instead, like leaving a comment on pirating blogs just before the release date~ any thoughts?

Any thoughts?