| FragilE^ said: HOWEVER, I'm still a firm believer that pirating increases sales. What does OP think about that? |
It has tripled my DVD collection, so it works for me.
Much of that was 2nd hand which is still criminal as far as the publishers are concerned, but at least 6 TV series & 3 films are new copies that I definitely wouldn't have bought had I not decided to stream them on a whim. (or in some cases due to IMDB ratings). One of those TV series I actually couldn't physically buy (or stream on Netflix or LoveFilm) when I first 'illegally' streamed it, despite airing in 2003 & a US DVD in 2005 it only just got released here in late 2013.
To answer the OP: I think I have a pirate copy of GTA2 somewhere, and in my youth I tried to download GTAIII through Kazaa. (Probably wasn't legit but I never completed the DL to find out). Can't think of any other games I have ever got illegally.
Films: I do occasionally stream, probably equivalent to 1 every two weeks over the past 3 years, although a few of them were repeat streams... (some of which I should definitely buy as I keep going back to them) and some of them I already owned but didn't want to go get the DVD.
Music: I did get a few (maybe 3-4 dozen tracks) back when I used Kazaa, then didn't really listen to music much till Spotify. I have also ripped a few from Youtube for the odd track not on Spotify (again probably 3-4 dozen)
TV shows: Quite a lot, I am actually keeping track... currently have a list of 79 shows, though many of those are not all the way through as the total available hours for all episodes is almost 3100h, but the hours I have actually watched is just under 2000. (for example I only got 6 episodes into Sanctuary before I quit, or 5 episodes into Fringe, or somehow I lasted 6 episodes into the batshit insane Lexx)
Also a few of those shows were streamed legally (iPlayer, 4oD etc) and as mentioned earlier some I have since bought DVDs, but it's still ~70 shows, ~50 of which I have, or plan to watch all episodes.
