Originally Posted by instago

Piracy does not mean lost sales. Most games people download they wouldn't buy anyway for whatever reason. I honestly don't believe there are many people that can afford to buy a game, but then pirate it just because they can.

Plus, theft of intellectual property in terms of video games is hard to compare to anything else. It's not like plagairism, because no credit is being taken, and it's not like stealing a tangible product, because stealing that would remove it from the hands of another person. Digital piracy is in a world of its own.

And honestly, people living on low wages deserve to enjoy a decent game regardless of whether they can pay for it or not. Life is short, at least let them play a game if they want to.