when gamers pirate their first game.

me discovering dolphin emulator and steamtools

me but with movies recently

The first game I emulated was Pokémon Yellow because I thought that $10 was too much back then. Little did I know about Nintendo's future.

Kid me with Dolphin Emulator

"I like free shit"

Meanwhile all the viruses on all the games

i download tons of old games knowing that i'm not going to play a single one

Me learning how to emulate Pokemon Black 2 on my older sisters MacBook when I was like 10 to the point where when she had to go on a trip I hid the MacBook so I could play it while she was away, emulation was like crack to me cause I didn’t have any DS at the time

But when you trivialize it you lose the will to play them sometimes. So you purchase a copy proper (if you actually care for it).

Canceling Netflix and pirating be like:

I was at Best Buy one day, buying Pokemon game (that I still need to play) for the Switch, I mentioned that there were plenty of older games I hadn't played, one of the employees there straight up recommended emulation to me

Funny enough I've actually bought every game I pirated in some way or another Mind you sometimes It's taken years or decades and in one case they refused to sell the game for my platform(steam) so I ended up buying the remake instead (I'm looking at you Trials of Mana)

12 year old me discovering Project 64

i only bothered to pirate the gta 3 trilogy cause they took it down

unironically how it felt realizing emulation takes a couple minutes to setup 😭

Realizing I don't have to give a damn cent to Ubisoft, EA or Activision ever again and still being able to play their games hit like fucking crack

My dumbass only pirates games that I’ve owned in the past 💀

It's a shame because some of them actually try pirate indie games even tho they also have hard work put into them that are most of the time a low price

discovering emulators and roms 🤤

@wariocolosseum Me w/ my modded 3DS

As someone who just downloaded a rom off Pokemon black 2 on my modded 2ds… Yes, exactly

After Nintendo put the catalog of old games on NSO since everyone forgets that once the service have to be shutdown the same will happen to the virtual legal emulator making it useless

Except piracy isnt theft.

Me after I modded my 1st 3ds

Oh I guess it’s fine since this game isn’t for sale anymore… oh a new game but I can’t afford it? Well…

discovering steam unlocked at like 12

One time I downloaded minecraft for free and I got the chromium virus

Ну и долбоёб ты

It truly is heaven.

Honestly, it's the best way for people to try games

Yeah. Started innocently enough with the 3DS, WII and PS2, but now a solid third of my steam library is what you might call "illicitly acquired."

@NabbitSM i remember pirating gd when i was like 9 by looking up “geometry dash free download” and i have felt a massive feeling of euphoria when i sail the seven seas since