Why do you personally pirate?

No moral or legal concerns compelled to ask this question. Just curiosity. Of course I might be lying.
For what reasons do you personally pirate?

 

I do it accidentally on purpose

 

Possible reasons include stupid DRM. It seems games never allow you to just play them off the box anymore, they always come with some patch or stupid security shit. Also,

IM POOR

 

Where else would I get amstrad cpc roms? Its not like they are available to buy.

 

[me=Natewlie]lazy.[/me]

And because I can't play Amnesia for longer than 5 seconds because I'm a huge pussy.

 

Because I'm saving it to buy something better. And it's too tiring to go to a game store (very far from my house) and buy it.

 

Depends on what I'm pirating. It's either an issue of availability or an issue of me not being willing to spend the money.

 

Because such programs such as photoshop for my use does not jutify the price.
Also most games that I feel justify the price I will buy but £40.00 for a xbox game is redicious.

 

Why should I pay for something when I'm smart enough to pirate?

That's like, stupid.

 

Why should I pay for a new TV when I can steal one from a house?

That's like, stupid.

 

To Save money

 

Exactly. Chances are they have insurance anyways.

 

WOWZA

 

-_-

There's a difference between pirating a game and stealing a TV, you know.

It's a little like this:

 

Its still theft, you get something and the company that makes it doesn't. Just because you copy it doesn't make any difference to you or the company.

 

However, your example refers to taking an item from someone else that the company has already profited from.

So, if somehow you could pirate objects, the person you robbed would not be out of a TV, and possibly not know/care that his TV was "pirated".

I only pirate because my dad won't allow me to use my own money to buy gaming stuff/movies often (only about once a year) because he despises them and thinks they are "kiddy". Therefore, I have to make sure each purchase has plenty of options for free and/or pirated games, such as my DS, PS2, and (for this year) PSP.

 

No real excuse to be honest. If I really wanted, I could purchase the game if I wished. But not all games deserve to make money or be bought in my opinion. If the game's good, I'll highly consider purchasing it.

There's also the fact that not all games are released here in Australia. That's actually what got me involved in DS piracy. I needed a game that was only released in the US, and I wanted to play that game. Who knows, if Nintendo had cared more for others around the world, I may not have bought or even known of DS flashcarts.

Piracy isn't something I actually do that often by the way. When I mod a console I don't think of all the free games I can play, I'm more excited about what the console is capable of in terms of emulation and other homebrew.

 

I pirate because them games are a rip off-£40 odd for a DVD worth 20p.I dont give a fuck about some Harry Potter lookalike game programmer/developer-they could get a job on one of them crab-boats in Deadliest Catch.Movies are just as bad-had a nasty experience with the last film I bought-War of the Worlds for £15 at Asda.

Since an early age-Ive loved stealing LOL

 

I like being able to get stuff before they're released.
For me, it's a money issue or really a value (monetary value) issue.
No game is worth $60. I don't care how great or epic of a game you have. Not worth $60.

Plus gamestop and any other place that buys used games rips you off. No point in buying a game and then turning it in later and getting a 95% loss in value. Even if you buy used and then turn in the game, you still get a huge decrease in value.

The last few games I've gotten are just okay, with the exception of Dynasty Warriors 7. Really, it's the only game I've clocked in at least 24 hours on in the last week. There's just something satisfying about obtaining Seals (much like FFIX), and swinging your big sword, axe, or spear and getting 20 kills at a time. The new Mortal Kombat just isn't my cup of tea, and Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was good, but didn't justify the price since there isn't much to the actual game. It's not even 4 GB. I still think MvC 2 had way more to offer as far as content goes.

Right now I have 37 games for the PS3. If I had bought every single one of them new, that would have averaged about $50 a game, which ends up being $1850. There are only a few that I actually play often. Games like Uncharted 2 and Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2 that have a linear story type mode are only good the first time around. Second time seems more like a chore.

All of these reasons can be re-applied for movies. And yes, the average movie is only worth seeing once, if not at all.

Play some GTA or some Black Ops and see if he thinks they're "kiddy" now.

 

What fully "justifies" the price of a game? Opinions don't, for sure.