Self-study
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Summarize Argument
The president concludes that Ditalgame’s sales will increase significantly once the new copy protection feature is added. This is because Ditalgame's games are frequently pirated, so they are implementing a new feature to help prevent piracy.
Notable Assumptions
The president assumes that the feature will directly boost sales without explaining how. He assumes piracy significantly affects sales, rather than other factors like poor game quality. He also seems to assume that some pirates will buy Ditalgame’s games when piracy is no longer an option, rather than choosing other games to pirate or buy.
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a
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This suggests that Ditalgame needs more sales in order to make an overall profit. But the president’s conclusion is only about whether Ditalgame will increase its sales. (A) fails to address the connection between reduced piracy and increased sales.
b
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The fact that Ditalgame’s share of the game market has shrunk doesn’t tell us whether the copy protection feature will increase sales. (B) fails to address the connection between reduced piracy and increased sales.
c
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This provides one explanation for how the copy protection feature could cause a significant increase in sales: by leading some pirates to buy the game.
Causal mechanism
Causal mechanism
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d
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This might help explain why Ditalgame’s games are subject to widespread illegal copying, but it doesn’t help explain how the new copy protection feature will increase sales. (D) fails to address the connection between reduced piracy and increased sales.
e
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We already know that Ditalgame’s games “are subject to widespread illegal copying.” It doesn’t matter if they’re copied more than their competitors’ games. (E) fails to address the connection between reduced piracy and increased sales.