Your reason for being a pirate

[bitjacker]

what percentage of people pirate? I dont think it hurts sales. its only benificial to the consumer to find out its crap without paying. my take on this would be different if i could return a game simply because its crap.

 

[xBleedingSoulx]

I've been a pirate for as long as I can remember, when I was a kid I'd get bought consoles or a PC for Christmas/Birthdays or whatever and not be able to afford games to play on it, so I'd pirate them. Now that I'm older and have money, I do a mixture of pirating and buying, I will pirate most games before buying them unless they are cheap and/or I know that they are going to be an instant favourite. If after pirating a game, I realise it's an amazing game and I want to support it, I will then buy it, normally in a sale if it's a stupidly expensive AAA title(I don't have THAT much money).

I currently own 230+ games and 267 DLC on Steam, which should show that I do support the games that I enjoy.

 

[Black-Ice]

Someone once stole my Pokemon Soul Silver

It hurt me

Mentally and emotionally


I was absol-utely devastated


It was then that I dived into a hideous life of crime and piracy, to ensure I would never feel the pain of losing my Pokemon again.

 

[hundshamer]

Plain and simple. Why buy the cow when the milk is free?

 

[WeedZ]

I've been a pirate for as long as I can remember, when I was a kid I'd get bought consoles or a PC for Christmas/Birthdays or whatever and not be able to afford games to play on it, so I'd pirate them. Now that I'm older and have money, I do a mixture of pirating and buying, I will pirate most games before buying them unless they are cheap and/or I know that they are going to be an instant favourite. If after pirating a game, I realise it's an amazing game and I want to support it, I will then buy it, normally in a sale if it's a stupidly expensive AAA title(I don't have THAT much money).

I currently own 230+ games and 267 DLC on Steam, which should show that I do support the games that I enjoy.

I started when I was a kid too. Hot swapping cd-r backups with the ps1.

 

[Lucar]

Someone once stole my Pokemon Soul Silver

It hurt me

Mentally and emotionally


I was absol-utely devastated


It was then that I dived into a hideous life of crime and piracy, to ensure I would never feel the pain of losing my Pokemon again.

Absol-utely the best pun I've ever seen.

 

[Amadren]

No one talked about beer? Weird :/

 

[Seriel]

I pirate games that I can't get anymore for various reasons.

 

[VinsCool]

I pirate games that I can't get anymore for various reasons.

Your parents refuse to pay for your games

 

[Seriel]

Your parents refuse to pay for your games

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessentially yes.

 

[Hungry Friend]

I used to burn Dreamcast games in 2000-2001 because I was a teenager who didn't give a fuck and there were a lot of great games that were unavailable in the US. Capcom VS SNK 2 and Guilty Gear X were 2 perfect examples at the time although they were eventually released for the PS2 and other consoles. CVS2 for the DC is still the best port though since the the DC is just the Naomi arcade HW with less RAM so it was a flawless port. Same with MvC2; the PS2 ports were jaggy compared to the DC originals.(I bought MvC2 though)

I'm tired as fuck and rambling but playing DC games before they even came out in Japan was fucking sweet. Shit would sometimes get leaked a week or so before release and I'd download like a million .rar files from seedy FTP sites. I was so happy when my burned copy of CvS2 worked with no mods or even a boot disc. It's still one of the best 2d fighters ever minus that fruity announcer.