Well, i know that piracy ins't exactly a good thing and for that reason i buy things when i can. But, and this is a big but, piracy exists because it is a workaround people found to enjoy some content that might be blocked on their countries, sometimes content that they can't afford due abbusive prices or the simple lack of cash, or maybe another thousand reasons i may be forgetting here. It is a consequence.
Don't personally like to reveal facts about myself outside of my persona here but, in my case for example as someone who lives in Brazil i couldn't buy Football Manager even if i wanted, it is blocked in my country despite soccer being a national passion here, because the clubs and soccer players refused to give the game rights to use their brand. So, if i want to play that game there are some means to get it, but the most viable is the piracy.
Another fact you face in a country like mine is that games come here incredibly expensive when they are "new", for an instance RE 4 (The new one) costs today R$249 which represents 1/5 of the total value of what is the minimum wage here, which is R$1300. So, in theory it is affordable, but in reality and with all bills to pay it becomes something that sometimes becomes unbearable.
Sometimes piracy also helps to preserve stuff that are lost in the copyright limbo or ins't even produced or even sold anymore like the case of many retro games and old systems.
So yeah, it ins't a good thing. Not here to deny the law or the copyright policy. But sometimes its the way people find to play their favorite games, read a book or watch their tv shows, even if it ins't a good thing when you look closely at the circumstances it may become more understandable.
