Why Hackers are the lowest of scum.

[cloud1161]

for the most part i agree with you, but there are indeed two sides to every story.  not all hackers hack to steal games.   ill use an anology.  say you are a poor immigrant living on the streets and you are starving.  in the street you see an apple stand but you are too poor to buy an apple.  if you go up and take an apple it is stealing but it was necessary for your survival.  my point is there is a fine line between whats wrong and desperation.  i tell you this because i used to hack via psp when i was younger, say 14 or so, because i couldnt afford to buy any games and my parents wouldnt buy me any.  also, just so you know, in 2008 i believe there was a study on hacking psps, and only around 12% of psp owners actually had a hacked psp.  furthermore, i do not have a problem with hacking if you own a copy of the game and are using the hack merely for convenience, i.e. ripping a ps1 game you own onto your ps3 or psp.  also, i think homebrew is a great backdoor for game creators who do not have the financial priveleges to hire a team and producer to get their works into the world.  so on one hand, if you are saying someone who spends hours making their own game then puts it on a website for thousands to download onto their hacked system charge free is the lowest kind of scum, i think you may need to rethink what the term lowest scum means.  to me, that is a truly passionate gamer doing what he or she loves simply because he or she loves it.  however, if someone is using their hacked system to steal games from companies, that is a major offense.  just some things to think about.