Third this. Yes. If you’re really up for changing a capitalist system that monetizes products and turns people into commodities, more power to you, but all piracy does is give you instant gratification while perpetuating the marginalization of its workers.

This. Just buy the fucking games, people. If it’s too expensive then don’t buy it or wait for a sale. It’s a luxury item. You don’t NEED it, you don’t HAVE to have it.

Please pay for the games that you play and enjoy. I know that institutionally Kotaku is dismissive of concerns about piracy - they make the kind of content that isn’t subject to being pirated - but the industry can’t survive if you don’t. Saying that is not a defense of current intellectual property laws. One way or…