This is just yet another one of his yearly statements. It's in the same category as; "This year I'm gonna hire help to increase development speed.".
Billion dollar franchises with their AAA developers and hundreds if not thousands of employees are unable to make their games pirate-proof, but L&P is obviously better. He's the best, and every single one of his statements has turned out to be the truth. He would never lie, and this statement of his is totally not him being salty. It's all real and true.
The latest $45 "teaser" was totally worth it, no? Dylan vs. Ellie in a staring contest. HOLY MOLY!