Up until my teenage years, I was a dirty stinkin' pirate.
My family was never fond of videogames, although it was because of my family that I grew so fond of them (my grandfather bought me a Mega Drive when I was 4, without knowing what it was).
Aside from the Mega Drive, I received a GBC when I was 8, a PSX when I was 10 and a PS2 when I was around 16 (it was a used system and the PS3 had already been released).
Other than those I wound up buying most of my own games and consoles with part time money. The first console I purchased with my own money was a used Nintendo DS, I bought an R4 with it and I pirated all I could. Heck, I joined the temp around that time, although I was a long time lurker.
After playing hundreds of games, I realised I no longer had that much fun with games, since they were free, all I had to do was change games if I didn't like it that much at the start. The result, I stopped pirating altogether. I am now 28 and the last game I pirated was over 10 years ago.
I don't regret it.
By buying a game I give it more value and I end up enjoying it more.
My family was never fond of videogames, although it was because of my family that I grew so fond of them (my grandfather bought me a Mega Drive when I was 4, without knowing what it was).
Aside from the Mega Drive, I received a GBC when I was 8, a PSX when I was 10 and a PS2 when I was around 16 (it was a used system and the PS3 had already been released).
Other than those I wound up buying most of my own games and consoles with part time money. The first console I purchased with my own money was a used Nintendo DS, I bought an R4 with it and I pirated all I could. Heck, I joined the temp around that time, although I was a long time lurker.
After playing hundreds of games, I realised I no longer had that much fun with games, since they were free, all I had to do was change games if I didn't like it that much at the start. The result, I stopped pirating altogether. I am now 28 and the last game I pirated was over 10 years ago.
I don't regret it.
By buying a game I give it more value and I end up enjoying it more.