I dont pirate games for the most part and only have problems with people pirating games that need sales. Pirate GTA4, MGS4 or Galaxy for all I care those things bring in more than enough cash for all. But games from smaller devs being bootlegged is no good.
I am going to mod one of my XBOXes so I can pirate games, but only as rentals (Blockbuster/Hollywood video and Gamefly can kiss my ass) and to play local lan games with friends. I also have no remorse pirating games from older systems, no matter if they are on VC/XBL or PSN or not. If they made a VC version of a game with some worthwhile enhancements I would buy it, but I have backup divices and bootleg CDs for my classic systems. Before anyone comes down on me, if I were to get one of these games "legally" it would be a used copy on ebay not the VC/XBL/PSN version.
I often wonder what anti pirates feel about the used game market. If you buy/sell a used game it is as good as stealing money from a dev because you are not buying (or if you are selling not offering) a new game, the only person that makes money is the seller of that used game, which does as much good for the dev.
Getting an XBOX One for me is like being in a bad relationship but staying together because we have kids. XBone we have 20000+ achievement points, 2+ years of XBL Gold and 20000+ MS points. I think its best we stay together if only for the MS points.
Nintendo Treehouse is what happens when a publisher is confident and proud of its games and doesn't need to show CGI lies for five minutes.
-Jim Sterling
