Your reason for being a pirate

[tyrran]

I was an innocent kid.

Then I saw this. And everything changed.

 

[CheeseCake]

For me, I started pirating some GBA and GBC games here and there, mostly bought cartridges because the quality of the ROMs were somewhat questionable back in 2005. Didn't go full on PIRATE ALL THE STUFF until 2010 when I got into PSP hacking.

Nowadays I just pirate because some stuff are just too expensive.
I still do buy games from companies that I've long supported like Game Freak, Namco Bandai (Tales, Katamari, Digimon), and Nintendo, and some more recent like XSEED if they're good. (Square Enix never again)

If I find a game I was planning to purchase already that I can be pirate (for example, PS3 or PC), I try it first for a second opinion and if I like it, I delete all of it and purchase it.

Most of my digital purchases are from sales/bundles.
My physical purchases are usually bought full price new on Day One since I don't buy many of them these days. (They used to be so cheap at $30-$40 back in GBA/NDS era)

 

[FAST6191]

I pirate, therefore I am.

I am a pirate because I have been known to hijack ships, I get quite seasick though so I had to stop that. Sky piracy is a very silly idea outside of action films but I did that as well once.

I am a software/intellectual property pirate because I bruised and maybe even broke regulations that might even be legally enforceable on the use of software. By similar logic I suppose I am a gamer by virtue of the fact I play games and consider how they work/the larger ecosystem of them, and I assign the same value to the concept of piracy.

 

[The Catboy]

I started pirating because I didn't have money for games. Then stopped when I started getting money, now I am back because I had to sell all of my games because I am in debt.

 

[vayanui8]

I do it because I can, and because its fun. Sometimes I get more time out of downloading something than actually using it lol. I like tinkering with things and pirating things gives me a decent way to tinker with settings and optimizing performance. I honestly dont pirate games that often anymore, as its easier to just buy most of them. What games I do pirate tend to be on older Systems that I'm emulating. Most of my piracy these days is anime because quite frankly the pirates offer a better product most of the time and the prices for actual blurays are asinine. Fan translations are one of my primary reasons for piracy as I have a fondness for playing games that never got a proper release outside of Japan.

 

[Armadillo]

I was an innocent kid.

Then I saw this. And everything changed.

That's amazing.

 

[Konno Ryo]

Why do I pirate?
I have many reasons $$$, convenience, ect. but the main reason is, when I get bored I like to deassemble, reassemble, hack, mod, and fix things.
When I had my first computer (a used Windows 98) I wood take it apart and put it back together all the time, and I did the same with my PSX, Wii, PSP, GBAsp, XP, and pretty much any thing I could get my hands on(except living things of course).

 

[CitizenSnips]

arrgh, am a pirate for the free stuff, matey

 

[Vipera]

as i was the one of the two with long post im inclined to believe you are referring to me
yup its stupid and hilarious
"welcome to my life" & no part is a lie
and what? "because i can" gets respect? thats the worst reason to do anything Q"why did you shoot him" A"because i can" Q "why did you rape her" need i go on unless someone has a gun to your head (and even then) you still "can"(tho that will end bad) because as humans we have free choice

I was referring to more people, but it's always nice how people your kind always play the victim. This is going to be fun.
Your post is offensive to those who REALLY grew up "poor as hell". You had a new console every year and internet to use the sega channel and AOL, yet you define yourself "poor as hell"? Yeah, right.
Also, your post is unnecessarly sappy. That makes me even more convinced that you are constantly trying to justify yourself to do something wrong because "oh noes, look at me!". I don't believe one word you wrote, but let's just say for a moment that what you wrote is true, that a "poor as hell" family can afford a console every year and an internet connection: do you really believe that you had to play games that much instead of, I don't know, find a better life? You pirated one game every week, that's a lot for ANYBODY. And now that you aren't "poor as hell", you still pirate. Why? Oh, because now it's "part of you", of course.

You don't need videogames to live. No one held you to gunpoint to make you play games. Adding a sappy story won't change this. Those who said they pirate because they can were honest and didn't need a sappy story in order to justify themselves. I don't agree with them, but I respect their decision and honesty to say yes, they pirate. So yes, I find this pretty hilarious.

 

[urherenow]

I do it, because I can. Most people who know me are dumbfounded by the things I can do with my consoles and they have no idea... It's an ego thing, I guess. I like being the cool computer guy. I am fed up with buying games that turn out to be junk, and I have so many games, both downloaded and purchased retail, that I might not ever play... it's not even funny. I have several Wii and PS3 games that are still in the wrapper! I suppose I grab some things if I have the slightest interest in it, but don't have time to play it. I don't want to decide on the purchase later, only to find out that nobody sells it anymore. Of course there are games that I know will be good and I will always buy them. Zelda, Metroid, etc... Never had a game cube so I grabbed Wind Waker HD as soon as it hit the shelf (but I've never even started it yet.
So... yes, I pirate, but I actually do purchase the games that I really intend to play. I don't think I've completed a single game that I've pirated. The most I've played <a pirated game> on a 3DS is a Japanese game, and who's fault is that? Nintendo's. If it weren't for the stupid region lock, I would buy that game too.

 

[ThommyDude]

I do pirate, I used to do it for GBA roms when I was a kid because I just didn't have the money to buy any games.
Nowadays I still pirate but I do so very sparingly. When I pirate I pirate PC games, but the reason I do so is because game developers have stopped making demo's for their games! How am I supposed to know if I like a game or even if my computer can actually RUN the damn thing if I can't test it?
So I usually download games and then test them on if my PC can run it and if I like it or not. If I do like it and the game isn't like 70€ I'll probably delete the pirated copy and buy the game. And if I don't like it I'll delete it but NOT buy the actual thing.

tl;dr: I pirate games sometimes!

 

[wormdood]

so i responded in your post

I was referring to more people, but it's always nice how people your kind always play the victim. IF you say so This is going to be fun. maybe i do enjoy a debate
Your post is offensive to those who REALLY grew up "poor as hell". You had a new console every year gifts from holidays and not always from my family and internet to use the sega channel no internet really could not browse the net just sega channel connected tho yes i "technically" had internet and only had it because at the time my mother received it for free (because she was an employee) btw my family still qualified for government assistance as a single income was not enough to raise a family of 5 and AOL at the public library, yet you define yourself "poor as hell"? what you never stood in the line at the food pantry 2x a day? Yeah, right. yeah i am right
Also, your post is unnecessarly sappy. true of my life not just the post That makes me even more convinced that you are constantly trying to justify yourself to do something wrong because "oh noes, look at me!".what? i could not give a fuck about whats right and whats wrong no justification needed im a criminal no better then my drug dealing siblings or my jailed father I don't believe one word you wrote, i dont expect or really care about what you do or dont believe but the fact but let's just say for a moment that what you wrote is true, thanks for at least entertaining a thought you dont believe that a "poor as hell" family can afford a console every year not every yearafter all i was 16 when i was kicked out and and by that point ive (and by ive i mean between my whole family) only owned a sega (used garage sale gift from my grandma) a snes(my crack addict of a father stole it from thr neighbor) 1 game boy (Christmas) and a ps1(also Christmas) way less than the 16 systems one a year whould get me and an internet connection already explained this twice but not in my home at least not with the ability to do more than play sega and even then i did not cost my family a dime or else we would not have had it: do you really believe no that you had to play games that much no about instead of, I don't know, find a better life?dude you dont know a 1/10 of my story believe it or not this was a better life pm me if you want to know more like about when i was rapped at 5yo or when my drunken mother would come home at 2am on a school night and literally kick me out of my sleep to ask if im black or white or the number of times i was put in a dryer and had it turned on or the number of times my head was set on fire or whats its like to be clinically dead for an 1/2 hour and i can go on but like i said pm me if you care to know more You pirated one game every week,not exactly i walked to the store and stole retail disks that's a lot for ANYBODY. agreed And now that you aren't "poor as hell", you still pirate. yes sir Why? Oh, because now it's "part of you", of course. is it not "a part of you" as well? you explained your policy on piracy as well in order to have rules or regulation an it as you do it would need to be "a part of you"

You don't need videogames to live. no one does No one held you to gunpoint to make you play games.true Adding a sappy story won't change this.never said it would . . . how exactly did you reach this conclusion you know the one about how want to change any of it? did i ask for donations/sympathy? . . . let me reread it . . . nope never cared about those things Those who said they pirate because they can were honest saying this again is equivalent saying as youve already said you think it to be a lie and didn't need a sappy story dont need one just have one lol in order to justify there's that word again themselves. I don't agree with them, but I respect their decision and honesty to say yes, they pirate thank you. So yes, I find this pretty hilarious. and as i said my life is or rather would be quite funny (if i was not the one living it)

 

[yoshinatsu]

A few reasons.
I live in Greece, so it goes without saying that the financial situation is difficult here. And it's almost always been like this.
Minimum wage is down to like 400€/month now (that's 20€/week), and with new games costing 60€ a piece, they've become a sort of luxury.
But piracy has generally been huge in Greece since I can remember myself.

Another reason is that not every game I pirate is worth the money anyway. Someone will come and say "you don't get to eat at a restaurant that served you slightly shitty food and expect not to pay".
Yeah. Maybe. But let's not confuse real goods with software. Software can be replicated, a steak can't copy itself.
I do infringe people's copyrights, and maybe shit on some of their time and effort, but I'm not stealing anyone.

Also, way too many games coming out. I'd never be able to even try all those games that are coming out without piracy. It's overwhelming.
This of course doesn't give me a valid reason to pirate something, because I shouldn't be entitled to something I haven't paid, right? But realistically speaking, you can only pay for so many things.

Having said that, I always try to eventually buy the games I really love. It's getting more and more difficult nowadays with the shit that's going on, but the great developers deserve it.

 

[Haloman800]

As an "adult" with a full time job and obligations (read: bills), I have very little free time, and I save everything I can. I hardly play video games anymore, the exception being when I'm with my 5 yr. old nephew and we're playing together (Wii U, Android stuff).

That being said, I can't remember the last time I downloaded a game.

 

[Vipera]

so i responded in your post

yawn

That's my reply to the sappy part of your reply. Seriously, try harder, will you?

You were so focused in the sappy part that you haven't even addressed the core of the message. You (say to) have a shitty past, so you pirated. Now you are still pirating. Why? It makes no sense. So yes, hilarious. I have explained why I pirate some stuff.

 

[wormdood]

yawn

That's my reply to the sappy part of your reply. Seriously, try harder, will you?

You were so focused in the sappy part that you haven't even addressed the core of the message. You (say to) have a shitty past, so you pirated. Now you are still pirating. Why? It makes no sense. So yes, hilarious. I have explained why I pirate some stuff.

you posted 6 sentences about "the sappy part" and 1 about still doing it . . . and i missed the core? "is 1 more than 6 i mean ratio wize 60 % of your response was based on "the sappy part" of my previous reply and only 10% for the "core" . . . so whatever anyway i addressed this "Core" initially you just had a problem with how i came up with the conclusion that its "now a part of me" ( its all lies no ones life can suck that much . . . lies i say lies!) and you said not in those exact words something "like" that when coupled like this with your obvious lack of respect for people in general (comes through in your writing seen here) and yes i put my thoughts int this quote as well (this time in parentheses)

I have read some stupid and hilarious posts. Keep believing your lies, people.
I have also very appreciated the ones that simply said "because I can" or similar. No, for real, no sarcasm intended. You are honest and I appreciate you.

As for me, I rarely (justification) pirate anything. But when I do, it's always about stuff I can't really buy (justification). And I hate scalpers far more than pirates, ("slow down buddy hates a strong word" . . .btw and if you hate pirates then you hate yourself as well or did that escape you) so yeah, pirate the shit out of Flinstones or Tail Concerto and make those assholes go bankrupt, I don't care. (you know the devs are not the only ones responsible for keeping the stores shelves stocked/convert games create vc emulators "don't others deserve to be paid for there work")
If there is a game I'm interested to play on VC, I buy it (now who is telling lies?). If there isn't any way for me to play a game other than buy an overly-expensive used cartridge (justification) without giving anything to the real devs (justification), I pirate it. (as you said onto me you dont need to play a game no one has a gun to your head) If said game is released one year later on VC, I'm not buying it anyway because I'm not playing that game anymore. (this is the most prime example of your general disrespect as you think its fine to enjoy a product thats older and if they resell it you drop it witch brings me perfectly to your last line) As for all the "new" games, 0 piracy. (Justification) (lol what? new is suggestive, new to me can be as small as this month releases only or games on "next gen" only + how long do they remain "new"

now correct me if im wrong here all in all i see something similar to what you do when you read my post within your own (probably the same thing everyone sees in most of these post) "a self entitled asshole who believes his crimes are cool tho"
btw your post "Reason" for pirating is also filled with justifications but im sure that's just coincidence i mean you cant be as bad as the average pirate right?

get off your high horse. how is it ok for you to take what you want? or is it not ok and just a part of your life like all of us?

or can you not understand that in this digital age piracy is so ready and available that many people do it without even knowing it and unlike them i accept it as "a part of me" now

 

[Vipera]

blahblahblah insults blahblahblah

I only pirate games when the only people that will profit are scalpers. I don't pirate games unless they are available to purchase somehow. There is no "filled with justifications" anywhere. If I ever want to play Xenoblade no problem, I can buy the n3DS version. If I ever want to play Mr. Gimmick for the NES there is no way I'm paying $200 in the used market. My money go where the devs are. What you are saying instead is "durr my life sux I don't wanna pay devs anymore hurr". There is A LITTLE bit of difference, don't you think?
Also, thank you for all the insults. It only proves even more that you are yet another entitled kid that gets all uppety when someone points out their hypocrisy. I thought I heard all the excuses in the world, but I missed the "accidental piracy" one. Oh yeah, my PC is accidentally downloading a cracked version of GTA V. It's not my fault, it's the internet.

 

[wormdood]

you say There is no "filled with justifications" anywhere. then you follow up with an extreme one pay 200 or dont i dont really care but know like you told me there is no need for you to play it . . . so you choose to steal it no matter who would have profited you stole that chance
not to mention your first line
its sad really you somehow got yourself all diluted into thinking your not a real pirate and that means you are better than a pirate because of your moral ("its not ok to rip off the team that makes it but the team that sells it") standards but this is so far from the truth
and its for me at least not about ripping off devs (as a child it was an escape from my shitty life that became habit) i know my writing is hard to read but i also know i included that
and this lookS familar
"Also, thank you for all the insults. It only proves even more that you are yet another entitled kid that gets all uppety when someone points out their hypocrisy."
now correct me if im wrong here all in all i see something similar to what you do when you read my post within your own (probably the same thing everyone sees in most of these post) "a self entitled asshole who believes his crimes are cool tho"
dude you are feeding me the same shit i just gave you lol then you talk about insults like you are above them lol
get a hold of yourself you are saying the same thing you said before "my theft is justified/better/ok because i have morals" and the rest are lieing pirates so unless you say something else at the "core" im done
and here i was thinking you had a better opinion that my crimes are cool and yours aren't because of . . . reasons
kraft makes mac and cheese but you dont ever buy it from kraft. the supermarket doesn't buy it from kraft they buy it from another company most of life is someone elses product
umm in some places things like android phones exist with no play store just piracy apps but do the companies tell you that all there games/app are stolen (yup calling out the Chinese co i got my last phone from) and dont get me started on paid emulators on android they know how you get the roms some of them even had links to download sites(google took most of those ones down)
do you live in a cave? why is it yet another entitled kid that gets all uppety when someone points out their hypocrisy understands these things but not the self entitled asshole who believes his crimes are cool tho
dude cant we all just . . . get a bong lol

 

[Hungry Friend]

My justification, especially since lately I've exclusively been downloading old games is I don't give a fuck and since I don't shit $ I'm not gonna waste cash on repro carts and bullshit like that when I can just play a game in 9x or something. I still have my SNES as well but paying for reproductions feels more wrong than pirating the ROMs. My "justification" is emulation kicks ass and allows me to play more games than I could've ever imagined before discovering it.

Most are abandonware, some are sold on the VC, PSN etc but the fact is I just don't give a flying fuck. I'm gonna play me some gamesin the most convenient way possible, which for old ass games is usually emulation. I still buy PS2 games because my PC is slow and PS2emulation is far from perfect anyway but as a guy who mostly plays older games from 1986-2005 or so, emulation is great for PS1 and below.

 

[amoulton]

You don't need videogames to live. No one held you to gunpoint to make you play games.

Nintendo's got money in the bank. Shawty what you drank