Your reason for being a pirate

[HaloEffect17]

Question: Your reason for being a pirate.

Well, I mean... pirates did win the recent Splatfest, right?

 

[Clydefrosch]

i've always been a pirate while also buying games. but there's only so much i can afford and so much more i wanted to try out. so yeah, its mainly the money excuse for me too.
though, on occasion, i used piracy to pretest games, to play games that weren't available here or were sold out and of course, for emulation.

though i always was aware that its wrong to do so. doesn't actually matter if there was a good or bad reason for it.

 

[nxwing]

I pirate for many reasons actually.

Back then, I pirate since my mom introduced me into it (kinda like a family business) and we downloaded all sorts of those point and click games for my laptop that we would play together. We would then later on go to pirate music and then movies.

As the years advanced, I learned so much more about piracy. I pirated an entire OS and installed it on my PC. I also pirated some software from Adobe.

Nowadays, I pirate just to show off. Having the latest software to show off to my friends and then later on, I started pirating TV shows, more movies and even more music. I still pirate games but not that much as I used to before.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Because I don't want to pay for my own sugar cane, tobacco, and spices.

I am genuinely surprised that nobody liked this.

 

[VinsCool]

I am genuinely surprised that nobody liked this.

Fixed hahaha

 

[Hungry Friend]

I am genuinely surprised that nobody liked this.

That was pretty funny; guess I missed it. Liked as well, but I sometimes ignore the whole like function when I'm in a rush.

 

[PolyChrome]

> Shitty country.
> Imported technology with high taxes.

Basically, 3rd world problems.

 

[Deleted User]

I know it sounds weird, but I both Do and Don't like piracy.

There's a lot of pros and cons to it. The main pro, like everyone should know, is that you can get the games you want free of charge! However, the main con is that the developers take all these months/years to put together really good games. If we pirate games, they lose profits, and can't get enough funding for other stuff like the next game(s) that they plan to make, or extra non-game stuff like merchandise/toys/figurines.

I know what you're thinking. "Oh, but there are as many people who buy the game as much as there is people who pirate the game." That may be true. But for example, say you have 100 people who want the game. 50 people will pirate it; 50 people will buy it. The company may have some gain of money from that, but if the 50 people who pirated the game actually bought it, the company would've made double the profits!

For me, If I think a game is really crappy, then I'll pirate it. If it's a really good game, then I will contribute to the company by buying it.

 

[osaka35]

I buy video games when I have money.
When I don't have money I don't buy games.
I pirate during both times.

I do this mainly to try out new games before I buy them. Or know which games to purchase I might have forgotten about when I do come into disposable income . Also to experience older games that aren't sold any more by the company. I still buy the good games, but give a pass to boring games. It's like free rentals for me. Right or wrong, it's the path of least resistance, so it's the one I take.

 

[GaaraPrime]

Stuck in a dead-end job. Money problems. Family problems. Nonetheless, I've been fortunate enough to be able to save enough and get a pretty good gaming PC, and so far, I've bought quite a few games on Steam. I buy those games which I know for sure the devs deserve my money. I might not be able to buy them when they're released, but I do buy them when I get them in a good sale and am able to afford them

Edit: The PC in my sig might be the ONLY GOOD THING right now in my life.

 

[loco365]

I'm in college.

 

[Deleted User]

i'm a pirate 'cause my yearly payment is about 100$, which will be about 10 games, I guess... but i'm playing a lot, so I finish games realy fast, so for example I finished majora mask in 4 weeks, 78 hours total.
also, in my country there are no enough stores for that things, and just to drive to a store will take me a whole day (to- and from-), which will cost me about 20$, so yeah.

 

[Lucar]

I was an innocent kid.

Then I saw this. And everything changed.

Was wondering when someone was going to post that.

 

[Attacker3]

Because I don't want to feed EA

 

[bitjacker]

because shovelware exists.

 

[Attacker3]

because shovelware exists.

Like what EA is starting to make?

 

[Chary]

Because sometimes games get cracked before launch day. Sweet, sweet early Fallout 4.

 

[Kikirini]

I used to pirate everything, but now that I'm older and have a little income, I try to support games/music/programs as much as I can.
Nowadays, I only pirate games that aren't available in English.
And Photoshop, I'm not paying a monthly fee for that shit.

 

[Attacker3]

I used to pirate everything, but now that I'm older and have a little income, I try to support games/music/programs as much as I can.
Nowadays, I only pirate games that aren't available in English.
And Photoshop, I'm not paying a monthly fee for that shit.

Pirate games from Big Corporations, don't pirate from the little guys.

 

[Kikirini]

Pirate games from Big Corporations, don't pirate from the little guys.

I don't wanna pirate from the little guys, but I can't play Fire Emblem 12 in English otherwise D: