To be honest. I have pirated in the past but my main reason for doing it was ability to keep a digital collection. For example I still pirate on ds and ps2 as there no other way to keep a mass collection of games digitally. On ps2, I use a hard drive and on DS I use a flash cart. Now on newer systems like ps4, xbox one, switch, pc/steam. I buy all my games digitally and do not pirate them. Im not sure if other people like this but I guess console makers allowing the possibility of digital downloads has turned me to a paying customer. I never really been a fan of xbox until recently. I am really loving gamepass with my digital only xbox one s. I guess I just love having all my games in one spot and absolutely hate swapping discs/carts. The ability to play for free was just an added bonus, I guess.