Everything is ok if you don't hurt someone.

It's theft IMO

Its totally ok to crack bought games to bypass those stinky platforms like lorigin, upiss, pissnet and stiim. That always spam me with their disgustin advertisings.
Besides cracked games load so much faster. And need no internet!!!

It's almost never ok to pirate a game. The only exceptions would be when you want to play a classic that is too expensive used, like Contra Hard Corps, or Super Metroid. There are hundreds and hundreds of games out there. Many of them are only a few bucks. So the "I'm too poor, and need entertainment" argument doesn't stand. If you can afford, electrictiy, or food, or a car, then you can afford a $5 - $10 game at the used game store, or on steam, or on G.O.G.

The console isnt a huge investment compared to the games. A forum buddy of mine built a $1000 PC that can play anything in 4k. That cost him about 700 more than a console, but he saves way more than that with games. His library is like 150 or so games now, or something ridiculous like that. He's saved thousands of dollars. Poor people can afford 200-1000, but they might not be able to afford $3000-7000 that it would cost to buy all the games they want to play. And those games dont have DRM or always online requirements, making them better quality games.

Depends, if it's an old game that's really hard to come by, then it's fine. if it's a new game that released in recent years then no.

There's about 15 to 24 games worth getting each year, and not all of them are $60 each. You can get games for $45 brand new from BestBuy. I buy around 22 games a year, play as much as possible and still wind up with a growing backlog. Unless you are going to devote 35+ hours a week to gaming each year you will never be able to play everything that comes out. So your average gamer can get away with buying 10 games a year, and still have a full gaming schedule. So a whopping $450 a year, or $37.5 a month is what it would cost to get more games than you will be able to play. 

If you are willing to wait a few years, games go on sale for insanely cheap prices, both in used markets and on steam. $10 a month is more than enough to keep someone busy gaming from now until the end of time, if you spend your money wisely.

So no, being poor doesn't justify piracy. 

Well, no, but Jim Sterling makes an "interesting" case for pirating Nintendo's games:

Yes, I was being facetious, chill out. 

No.


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Nobody should have to wait years to play a game they want to play. By then a lot of their friends and peers would have played it and it wouldnt be as fun. even if you're buying $450 a year in games plus $50 for multiplayer, etc, you're spending $2.5-3k over a consoles life cycle, money that can be better spent elsewhere. For some people $500 a year makes a big difference.