To Buy or to Burn.

In my opinion, if a game isn't worth $50 of your money, then how can it be worth even 5 hours of your time?

I believe that if you enjoy a movie/album/game, you should pay for it. I guess it's easy for me to say, since I don't play many games.

I only play pirated games when it's no longer possible to get a copy of the original firsthand. For example, I tried Final Fantasy VII for the first time just yesterday.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Gumby

I'm seen a number of used copies of FFVII... There are still a far number of them out there, so I don't really see why you couldn't find one. Check eBay if you can't find one locally.

Why buy a used copy when I can get a pirated version for free?

Remember the publishers aren't making any money when someone sells their old copy of FF7.

Originally Posted by a_tree

I don't really pirate games anymore because I've found that if the game isn't worth forking out the money for the real thing then I'm probably going to get bored with it really soon, really making it not worth it to even download.

My point exactly.

If it isn't worth my money then it isn't worth my time either.

Originally Posted by a_dictator

On a message board dominated by US Americans, you might as well make that clear right from the start.

I agree only while he/she has his/her location displayed as "United States Of America".

When I or an Australian talks about money, it should be taken for granted that we're talking CDN or Aussie dollars. We can't be assed to convert currencies for you if you can't be assed to do it too.

There's nowhere I can't reach.