Is it okay to Pirate games?

[Cerebralbore101]

contestgamer said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

There's about 15 to 24 games worth getting each year, and not all of them are $60 each. You can get games for $45 brand new from BestBuy. I buy around 22 games a year, play as much as possible and still wind up with a growing backlog. Unless you are going to devote 35+ hours a week to gaming each year you will never be able to play everything that comes out. So your average gamer can get away with buying 10 games a year, and still have a full gaming schedule. So a whopping $450 a year, or $37.5 a month is what it would cost to get more games than you will be able to play. 

If you are willing to wait a few years, games go on sale for insanely cheap prices, both in used markets and on steam. $10 a month is more than enough to keep someone busy gaming from now until the end of time, if you spend your money wisely.

So no, being poor doesn't justify piracy. 

Nobody should have to wait years to play a game they want to play. By then a lot of their friends and peers would have played it and it wouldnt be as fun. even if you're buying $450 a year in games plus $50 for multiplayer, etc, you're spending $2.5-3k over a consoles life cycle, money that can be better spent elsewhere. For some people $500 a year makes a big difference. 

Why not? Do people suddenly have a God given right to immediately consume all new forms of media whether or not they can afford it? Your friends being able to play it before you does not justify theft. Learning to live without things that you can't afford is part of being an adult. Most games don't need multiplayer, and those multiplayer services often come with free games anyway. 

That measily $37.50 a month that it costs to play games can be afforded by...

Quitting Smoking

Using a Condom during sex

Changing your internet speed from the blazingly fast speed to the still fast speed. 

Buying groceries when they are are sale. 

Canceling your cable subscription, and switching to Hulu/Crunchyroll/Netflix/Roku/Sling/Someotherservicethatisn'tnearlyasmuchascable

Asking for a $0.25 cent raise.

Changing your car insurance to Gieco.

Waiting a year later until said games are half the price.

Giving up your daily soda from the gas station. 

Canceling your obscene data package on your phone. 

Buying a $30 ZIA phone, instead of a $1000 Android/iPhone

Accepting 4 hours of overtime once a month from your job. 

PanHandling

Selling the games you already bought, played, and beat on Amazon/Ebay, while they are still worth a lot of money. 

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