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I honestly don't get why people are so obsessed with proving that they are morally correct in piracy.
Like, does it genuinely bother you to think that people out there are looking down on you for this? Is it really upsetting if somebody tells you you're wrong and for doing it? Why do you feel like you have to prove something to them?
Just do what you're going to do.
The world is absolute shit, every single one of us is getting poorer and poorer everyday despite making more money, the economy thrives while we get price gouged for everything including basic necessities like homes and healthcare, and we're all going to spend the rest of our lives in a world actually on fire because some boardrooms wouldn't let us stop it. I've long since stopped feeling guilty for wanting access to some free media.
No, that's not a justification. The point is there are so many more important matters to be stressed about than whether or not some people don't like that I pirate things.
It's about companies that are against piracy for games they don't sell anymore and don't provide a way to play them. If they gave us a way to play them piracy wouldn't be only option.
But even new games can have similar problem because of the price. Main reason why I don't have any current gen console is because I need to pay hundreds of $ for it plus 80$ per game (they cost that much in my country). That's insane in my opinion. Two years ago I got second hand moded Wii with 200 games and paid it less than I would pay for just 1 AAA game. I can't afford (or justify) spending so much money on games when emulation exists.