Why do you personally pirate?

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

 

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 reasons

1. 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 Surgery

mod note: links fixed to be more pleasing

 

Can I pirate some gall bladder surgery?

 

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.

 

^ Best point I've seen.

 

Wait, so pirating is wrong?

 

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.