Ah so you paint with the brush of generalization.
•It definitely doesn't have anything to do with avoiding DRM that impacts performance.
•Not rebuying something for the 15th time (Note, as an example; I own 4 copies of Final Fantasy 8, I pirate it every now and then for convenience. Or did until it was released on the android app store, at which point I bought it AGAIN)
•Nothing to do with streaming services making things incredibly inconvenient to buy. (See Dogma
https://www.thewrap.com/why-isnt-dog...g-kevin-smith/ )
•Nothing to do with arbitrary laws in your country blocking you from buying it (See China in general or the UAE
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ne...es-2023-06-15/ )
•People who travel for work(like me) who want to avoid always online games so I can play on the go. Hotel internet being hilariously hit or miss even at major chains (looking at you wayfarer in LA downtown)
It definitely is 99% because people want free shit and not because they keep getting screwed by distribution and the methodology therein.
Thank you or showing you are utterly, and completely clueless and out of your depth on this subject. But bring it on, you want to go another 10 rounds while I prove you wrong? Let's go. Your play.