Publishers and developers argue that repacks directly cannibalize sales. If a user downloads a Fluxy repack of a new release, that represents a lost sale (in the industry's economic modeling). The counter-argument, often cited by the repack community, is one of "try before you buy" or the "no lost sale" theory—the idea that a person who cannot afford a $70 game or the internet bandwidth to download it legitimately was never a potential customer to begin with.
: Most repacked games will trigger antivirus software because they contain "cracked" files. While many of these are harmless false positives, distinguishing them from actual malware requires significant technical knowledge. Pros and Cons fluxy repacks