I still think the 9th Generation of Consoles began with the Nintendo Switch, but then again nobody asked me.
...Whoops, posted in the wrong place! Umm... cheers! :-P
Is it piracy if it was released for free? Not in my opinion, but I also think it's not piracy if buying it isn't owning it, and it's not piracy if you can't buy it from the original creators anymore.