Update, September 25: As it turns out, that European Commission report found that piracy actually increased the number of legitimate sales of videogames.A European Commission report on the effect of piracy on the legitimate sales of films, TV, books, music, and games has found that, eventually,
Piracy is the only way I got into gaming. My parents were never going to spend the amount of money they did on my gaming habit. I got by with a home built cobbled together PC and Napster/limewire with cracks from game copy world. When I grew up and finally had income of my own I went back and purchased every single game I loved so I could keep it in my collection.