| BenVTrigger said: My main question to pirates is doesnt it take a lot of time to do? I mean maybe it doesnt idk exactly how it works but it seems like it would be difficult always looking up the stuff to download, figuring out whats real or fake, and then getting it to work |
None of that is a problem. There are websites specialized in exactly this kind of stuff. When you download from there, you can usually be sure that it's real. And the whole process is hardly more complicated than downloading a file and either copying it to something like a USB stick or burning it on a DVD. It's just like a MP3 file that you download and copy onto a music player. Driving to a store and buying a game takes far more time and work.
I have to admit that I've done it too. When I modded my Wii, my original intention wasn't piracy though. Instead I was interested in WiiMC, the fantastic homebrew network media player software for the Wii that I had seen over at a friend.
When I later looked what other homebrew software there was, I tried a few backup loaders as well, and I must say, the features and comfort they offer is quite amazing, even for people who actually own all games. You can keep your whole collection of Wii games on a single USB drive, never need to swap any discs again, and the loaders allow to browse a browse a lovely visual representation of your collection, with cover images, short descriptions etc. for every game, the possibility to turn on cheats, force certain video modes etc. etc. There is no danger of ruining your original discs, loading times from the USB drive are faster, there's no noise from the DVD drive etc. It's hard to deny the advantages, especially considering that it comes at no cost since it's a pure software hack.
