how do people get games early?

[Jizz_Beard_thePirate]

Torrents, Direct Downloads, etc... Like big ps3 games such as GTA 5 gets leaked 2-4 weeks before released to the public and others get leaked at least 1-2 weeks before released to the public

But if you mean the non-illigal ones, then yea, contracts and stuff and also some retail stores in some countries don't care about the release date and release the games early to get more customers