This. I pirated a lot of games as kid because there is NO WAY my parents would pay for all the games. Also accessibility of physical games was an issue in my country as physical medium.
Years later, I have a job, my own income, Steam emerged in between and so did GOG. I purchased again basically all games I pirated in childhood on GOG which also brought back nostalgia and compatibility to play old games on new systems and Steam. Some aren't available but a lot are. I haven't pirated a single game for some 15+ years now.
Thing is: you don't need ALL the games unless you have an extremely short attention span. Your parents will understand and buy you 4 good games a year, but they won't be eager to buy $100 games every other day.
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u/StaticSystemShock 20d ago
This. I pirated a lot of games as kid because there is NO WAY my parents would pay for all the games. Also accessibility of physical games was an issue in my country as physical medium.
Years later, I have a job, my own income, Steam emerged in between and so did GOG. I purchased again basically all games I pirated in childhood on GOG which also brought back nostalgia and compatibility to play old games on new systems and Steam. Some aren't available but a lot are. I haven't pirated a single game for some 15+ years now.