Do you pirate?

[Scott-105]

Also getting some games early via pirating is a pretty sweet deal too. It's ever so fun to play a game that's released a week early and then go to the gamespot/gamefaqs boards and just torture people dying to play the game.

Don't you just love that?

Another quick update:
98% of GBAtemp has pirated before.
90% currently pirates.

 

[Blaze163]

I should add that while my PSP and DS are obviously flashed, my other consoles are not. I only consider myself half pirate, in a way. 'Cause I've not hacked my 360, Wii, PS3 (primarily bcause it's impossible), N64, SNES, PS2 or Gamecube. So it's not like the games industry doesn't get anything out of me. I still spend what little money I can afford to spare on games for my non-hacked systems.

 

[Scott-105]

I should add that while my PSP and DS are obviously flashed, my other consoles are not. I only consider myself half pirate, in a way. 'Cause I've not hacked my 360, Wii, PS3 (primarily bcause it's impossible), N64, SNES, PS2 or Gamecube. So it's not like the games industry doesn't get anything out of me. I still spend what little money I can afford to spare on games for my non-hacked systems.

I'm the same. Well sort of. My Wii and PS2 are hacked. I pirate on them, but for my 360 and PS3 I buy all my games.

 

[The Catboy]

I used to pirate, I still have all my roms.
I pirated because the games I wanted were so damn hard to find and because I have no money.
I pretty much do little to no pirating nowadays because my boy friend owns most of the games I wanted (so now we share them) and because I promised him I wouldn't do it as much as I used to.

 

[emigre]

1) Yes
2) Yes
3) Becasue I can. Saying that I have bought things after I pirated them.

 

[Shinigami357]

1. yep
2. uh-huh
3. imagine paying 50 times what americans pay for even the worst DS game, in a 3rd-world country? yeah it's sad being a gamer here.

 

[Infinite Zero]

3. imagine paying 50 times what americans pay for even the worst DS game, in a 3rd-world country? yeah it's sad being a gamer here.

I know right? It's really sad because you pay 30% more here

 

[gameboy13]

1) Yes.
2) Yes, sometimes.
3) Partially to get things free. My parents don't let be buy games often.

 

[SuperMarioMaster]

Yes, it really saves a TON of money if you pirate. Though some games (with features that can't be pirated) I'll buy.

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Also getting some games early via pirating is a pretty sweet deal too. It's ever so fun to play a game that's released a week early and then go to the gamespot/gamefaqs boards and just torture people dying to play the game.

Don't you just love that?

Another quick update:
98% of GBAtemp has pirated before.
90% currently pirates.

No, that's a wrong assumption, it should go like this:
98% of tempers that answered the poll have pirated before.
90% of those select few are currently pirating.

 

[Scott-105]

Another quick update:
98% of GBAtemp has pirated before.
90% currently pirates.

No, that's a wrong assumption, it should go like this:
98% of tempers that answered the poll have pirated before.
90% of those select few are currently pirating.

Hmm, you have a point.

 

[millenium6000]

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Some games can't be bought anymore like old ones.

 

[Chaosruler]

I don't pirate...
Okay I do a little bit...
Alright, my whole computer is pirated, Is it a sin to not pay for what you want?

 

[Panzer Tacticer]

So, I was just curious of how many people on GBAtemp are pirates. I'm guessing like 99% of us are pirates lol The poll has three questions:
1. Have you pirated before?
2.Do you currently pirate?
3. If you pirate, why do you?

So, hopefully this thread gets lots of interest, so we can see what percentage of us are pirates.

Somehow asking this question on this site, is like asking on a porn site if the people there jack off.

Frankly if anyone at GBATemp were to state they did NOT pirate, I'd be more inclined to laugh AT them for the gaul of saying such an unprovable line of BS.

 

[Chaosruler]

So, I was just curious of how many people on GBAtemp are pirates. I'm guessing like 99% of us are pirates lol The poll has three questions:
1. Have you pirated before?
2.Do you currently pirate?
3. If you pirate, why do you?

So, hopefully this thread gets lots of interest, so we can see what percentage of us are pirates.

Somehow asking this question on this site, is like asking on a porn site if the people there jack off.

Frankly if anyone at GBATemp were to state they did NOT pirate, I'd be more inclined to laugh AT them for the gaul of saying such an unprovable line of BS.

There are certein people who are so rich that they don't need to pirate, they can get it faster (p1ngong)
There are also homebrew developers who wanted flashcards for homebrew development rather then pirating

 

[Deleted User]

Also getting some games early via pirating is a pretty sweet deal too. It's ever so fun to play a game that's released a week early and then go to the gamespot/gamefaqs boards and just torture people dying to play the game.

Don't you just love that?

Another quick update:
98% of GBAtemp has pirated before.
90% currently pirates.

The other 2% are n00bs that ask questions like "What is R4?" and "Whar can I gar gmaes for FREE? I wont to no, guise."