I think GPG an SD have made a lot of mistakes in publishing these game
1. EURO-RELEASE 1 MONTH AFTER US-RELEASE ??!! so there are a lot of europeans who dont want to wait and choose pirating this game.
2. WHY IS THERE NO MULTIPLAYER DEMO ?? a simple demo with 1 playable map and 2 demigods (assasin+general) would give a small look into the great multiplayer experience (for interested gamers).....and because its great...they want MORE !
but without these demo many gamers choose to use the pirat version to get a "first look" and because the singleplayer sucks, they'll loose their interest in the game und wont buy it ....