I'd like you to prove this statement.  Just because a system is popular, doesn't mean it is because of piracy.  PS1 and PS2 were easy to pirate, but Wii and DS are not.  You have to buy a $30-40 adapter to pirate on the DS from a shady Chinese website.  I'd guess most consumers won't take this route.  Only hardcore gamers that need to have 10+ games/year or be able to play older games they love.  And to my knowledge the Wii has not yet pirated.  I thought the reverse spin system made it very cost prohibitive for pirates because you'd have to buy a special copyinfg drive for thousands of dollars. 

The differences are the law is black and white.  The right of sale doctrine gives you the right to do whatever you want with purchased physical media including resale.  The copyright laws do not allow you to copy the product and give it to people for free.  You'd also have to look at the scope here.  One person putting a game on the internet, can get a game copied 10,000 times.  So the developer receives $50 for the 10,001 people that have used their product at a time.  In a used game, the original owner has to give up their right to play the game.  So at most for the $50 1 person a time is using it.  You also have to figure worst case scenario, a game is sold used once a month for the course of the life of the system (1 month due to shipping, sale time, etc.).  That means that over 5 years, 60 people at most will have played the game. 

I would actually say the converse is true.  As systems become more popular they are pirated more.  Xbox was very easy to pirate but I've noticed that is gone from your list.  And Wii may be piratable but it is one of the most difficult systems to pirate since disc based systems have been around. 

I am pro-Piracy. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I bet the peeps on here who say they are anti-piracy, pirate themselves. I bet they download free music and movie downloads via torrents. lol. Talk about hypocrisy.

Pirating video games, music or movies is still piracy. Remember it is only a problem  if you get caught by the authorities.

 Actually I think this proves my point perfectly.  With $3 pirated games nobody is going to be even willing to pay $20 for a retail game.  So what happens is very few games will get released in Russia.  So your selection stinks.  Also, the big 3 need to make money on hardware since they aren't going to make it up in software.  So hardware prices are very inflated compared with other parts in the world.  So someone in Russia pays the same as gaming as me (increased hardware, decreased software) but doesn't own retail releases and has a worse game selection than I do.  If that's what you want go ahead and pirate to your life's intent.

Make up things about people that dissagree with you if it makes you feel better.  I'm sure I'm hypocritical in some ways, but pirating is not one of them. 

Dreamcast died because of piracy

PSP might be heading down the same path

Piracy is good because it increases the overall wealth in the world.
Piracy is bad because it redistributes money away from the entertainment industry.

@clevland124

I do agree with u. I've never bought pirate disks and i don't support anyone who uses pirate software. The piracy really hurts me (we still have no Soul Calibur 4). But still it's a fact, that piracy boosts hardware sales

Let me go ahead and tell you right now that you are completely and utterly wrong about Warcraft.  I played the demo and then bought the game.  Demos were very ubiquitous back in the day.  Hell there were demos you could download on BBSs.  I remember downloading Comander Keen and shit.  Wolfenstein, Doom, etc. all had demos readily available for download.  Using your arguments, since Walmart sells shoddy products, I should be able to get them for free.

 Better to be a hypocrite than lie to yourself.

You can pirate without spamming messageboards about how you're saving the world, and fighting a war against EVIL GAME DEVELPORS AND MUSICIANS!!!  I get tired of hearing people justify their crimes.  Just do it, if you get busted, accept it and stop whining.

Copying other people's work does absolutely nothing for society, and if it weren't condemned, you wouldn't have anything to copy except for homebrew crap.