Why do you personally pirate?

Because I have a problem losing games.So sad. :-[

ranukanoI modded the Wii for my mother when the grandkids come over. Its so they have something to do when stuck inside and they don't tear up the discs. Most of the games on the USB HDD are what they already own anyways. Seriously though, not sure how but it appeared they once put peanut butter on a disc and stuck it into the wii.

LOL, my friend destroyed my disc of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and that was the time I thought "Now it's enough!", my disc of Mario Party 8 got damaged because of an unknown reason, my disc of Super Paper Mario also got unknownly damaged, so is my disc of Zelda Twilight Princess, etc.

I do it so that i don't waste money on a game that looks good but turns out to be shit*COUGH* fable 3 *COUGH COUGH*

I pirate because of a few reasons1. I want to sample the product(certain products I only want to sample before buying) - Golden Sun the Dark Dawn is the only example here
2. I can't afford it
3. it is no longer available, or is extremely rare(older games)
4. I would have to pay more for gas or shipping than I would for the product
5. it is something I don't own a system for(gamecube/wii)
6. it isn't worth the cost of it(60 dollars for a game I will get 5-7 hours of gameplay out of is ridiculous.. I know it costs alot to produce.. but.. seriously, this category is the I would pay for it if it would last me more than a day or 2

moral (my parents are rather strict) and money.

I believe Pirating is a way of helping other people get stuff, but again, it's illegal.Gall Bladder Surgerymod note: links fixed to be more pleasing

Replying to #66

Can I pirate some gall bladder surgery?

daysurgerylondon · #66I believe Pirating is a way of helping other people get stuff, but again, it's illegal.Gall Bladder Surgerymod note: links fixed to be more pleasing

Thanks for the eye bleach, Reider. Needed that.

I got into it via family/family friends when I was a kid. They scoured newsgroups and things like that, and I naturally fell into the flow. Most of the stuff I do get, I wouldn't have gotten otherwise, due to the economy, and my natural nature to pinch every penny I get. (Hoping one day it turns to diamonds) For things like programs, I do -try- to find free versions that are acceptable. Video converters, archive programs, things like that.

1 It's not available in my country/english
2 It adds up, a 60 dollar game per month is 720 dollars a year, which can buy 2 or 3 xboxes
3 It's easy

You are not getting what you are paying for, So Pirate it!

I pirate, mostly, to test a game before I buy it. I will often buy Indie games on a whim regardless. Not having much in the way of excess income, I don't often play games much any more, however.

Simply put, because I can and that's all there is to it. No lame excuses and no attempt to validate my actions.

Replying to #73

^ Best point I've seen.

Wait, so pirating is wrong?

someirishkid · #63I do it so that i don't waste money on a game that looks good but turns out to be shit*COUGH* fable 3 *COUGH COUGH*

sadly my xbox wasnt modded when it came out and wasted 60 bucks on that cr**

the games are expensive not to say the platform itself also why would i go for the real nds when the computer pirated version has a better option to modify a little bit of the settings and it is expensive that's all

I likei meh dem freai stugf!!!

I love breaking the law and defying authority.

I love Bon Jovi. Thus I pirated Bon Jovi.
13.99 for music made 20 years ago? I don't think so.Also dead space 2, because Space is much better when It's dead.
And I wanted to see how my new comp would run it.