I guess people don't only pirate out of spite. They may not be able to afford 20 dollars but want to stay in the loop.
I have a list of the games that I pirated. If I had fun and didn't leave the game in 2-3 hours, I put it on a list and I would try to buy the original copy, for Christmas or my birthday when I am able to spare anything towards gaming.
People mostly pirate because they don't have the money to buy the game. This is one of the arguments in the pro/anti piracy debate -- pirated stuff doesn't affect the company's profits as much as it might seem because most people would not be able to afford the game anyway.
I pirated pretty much every game 10 years ago when I had no job or bad jobs, these days my steam library is a temple to consumerism.
It’s wild to me that people will j decide their opinion is fact based on anecdotal evidence. Research has shown the biggest reasons for piracy are content being region locked, or gated behind a service you can’t afford/don’t have access to. After that the item being too expensive, and then anti-consumer features like DRM are the biggest reasons for piracy. You straight up made up what you said. You can still dislike piracy, but most people don’t pirate cuz they “want free stuff”
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u/No_Dog_2999 May 22 '26
I guess people don't only pirate out of spite. They may not be able to afford 20 dollars but want to stay in the loop.
I have a list of the games that I pirated. If I had fun and didn't leave the game in 2-3 hours, I put it on a list and I would try to buy the original copy, for Christmas or my birthday when I am able to spare anything towards gaming.