Guess what.

[fruckert]

Archem is the most awesome pirate I know.
His birthday was Talk Like a Pirate Day, after all.

[Archem]

I also have a massive Jolly Roger above my bed.

[Zerlina]

I also have a massive Jolly Roger

I read it like this the first time O.o;

[Angel Walter]

If it's practically impossible to get a particular game in your area, I think pirating is okay. If it's a game you could stroll round the corner and buy, then I'd wait for it to get cheaper. Then pirate it when it actually gets MORE expensive.

[fruckert]

I'd only pirate SNES games that aren't on VC/don't deserve to be bought.
Everything else I hunt for.

[Felix-0]

You might want to check your math there, captain. What you've claimed isn't a constant, and isn't quite accurate.

However, I won't bitch, since your point is at least valid.

Here's my piracy: Focus on older items that are extremely difficult to find. Example - System Shock 2. For music, I intend to purchase anything I download. As I've mentioned previously, I have made loads of purchases of CDs that may never be unwrapped. For console games, I only get titles that are from past generations. Even then, I have a hard time enjoying them as much without the proper controller in-hand. Movies? Those are a rarity. I never watch movies. Bottom line, though, is that I make my best effort to only pirate older items, and to purchase the item in question at some point (unless it's something that I really don't enjoy. There have been a number of musical groups that failed miserably at being enjoyable).

I'm not perfect, and I am a pirate. However, I understand my responsibility as a consumer, and I support the people responsible for bringing me something I love.

Thats all good, except my friend pirated Dynasty Warriors Strkie Force, FFDissidia, some Burnout game, FF7, and Soul Calibur for the PSP. D:

[fruckert]

Wow, what douches.

[Apex]

I'll never understand why people have pride in consumerism. The older some of you kids get, the more you'll realize there are things other than videogames to spend money on. When it comes down to it, paying little for the things that matter little, so you can afford the things that truly matter, becomes a much higher priority down the line. Hopefully one day you people will wake up and realize we're living life for ourselves, and not a cause; so you can take your 'righteous' game-buying ultra-nazi bullshit ****-pirate attitude somewhere else, and realize you'll never convince someone with you flimsy-whimsickle ideals. You stand there and justify to me that RPGmaker is 'abandonware' and '12 year old games' are fine, and yet tell me I'm wrong because of what I do? I have nothing left to say on the matter.

[SaiKar]

I'll never understand why people have pride in consumerism. The older some of you kids get, the more you'll realize there are things other than videogames to spend money on. When it comes down to it, paying little for the things that matter little, so you can afford the things that truly matter, becomes a much higher priority down the line. Hopefully one day you people will wake up and realize we're living life for ourselves, and not a cause; so you can take your 'righteous' game-buying ultra-nazi bullshit ****-pirate attitude somewhere else, and realize you'll never convince someone with you flimsy-whimsickle ideals. You stand there and justify to me that RPGmaker is 'abandonware' and '12 year old games' are fine, and yet tell me I'm wrong because of what I do? I have nothing left to say on the matter.

Yeah, no. Wanting big things doesn't mean it's okay to steal the small things, no matter what sort of wacky ethics you pretend to hold yourself to. If nothing else, it's against the law.

[Uberpwn_w00t]

I pirate whatever the hell I want to.

If I want to support anybody, I'll send them a fucking check or something. Buying shit doesn't necessarily mean you're supporting the people responsible for it. Most of the time, you're just supporting the provider.

And if piracy was miraculously put to a halt, I still wouldn't buy shit. The reason I pirated it in the first place is because I don't have money. So it doesn't make a difference.

[Grandy]

As I see it, if my oh-so-beloved-country-WHICHWILLHOSTTHEOLIMPICS2016GOGOGO started officially importing games at affordable prices, I'd buy them.

Affordable prices being, not ****ing R$60+. A virtual console card for the Wii is R$120.

And if it started getting some good games. The only official gamestore around here is... nonexistent. But we can buy some games at the Saraiva Bookstore (*shrugs*) they have got about 5 different games for each console, none of which anyone ever heard of.

 I mean, 5 Wii games and the most famous of them is Munchables.

[JuneMoon]

I buy games for the psp 3000 and often am saddened... but sometimes its worth the money...but not lately boo persona I don't care what you say.

[Grandy]

Persona doesn't works for me.

:<

[JuneMoon]

Like every building looks the same and I get motion sickness from the way you first person run around and then the graphics are boo the special moves are boo I couldn't play it much after that.  I like dragoneers aria even though most people hate it .. its a hard game but at least its not like super complicated like say monster hunter or vahalla knights... and by complicated I mean highly repetive........

[MissingName]

I'm trying to play the (emulated) Playstation version... I completely agree with the motion sickness thing.

My sister took the PSP to college again... FFFFFFFFFFUUUU-