As somebody who grew up in Argentina, pirating was seen as the norm until not long ago. It actually still is, but not as much as before.
Up until 2010 approximatley, pirating videogames was the only way almost every single person that played videogames got them, and since not everyone had a computer or stable internet nor knew how to burn games into cds for their ps1 or ps2s, gaming and computer stores sold these pirated games in physical form for us. I've never seen a single gaming store that sold non pirated copies here ever. Ofc these gaming stores aren't anything big or official, I'm not talking about something like Gamestop (because those never existed here), I'm referring to small local stores that sold videogame-related content in their own way. Every PS1 videogame i ever owned is pirated and I have never ever seen an official copy of a PS1 videogame, they probably never made it here to begin with. Same for PC games and PS2 games. I only started to see original games being sold in the late PS3/XBOX360/Wii era, aka 2011ish, but most people still try to jailbreak their consoles so they don't buy the games because all of these items are insanely overpriced over here.
And these copies that gaming stores sold came with an instruction guide on the back explaining you how to properly copy the crack so you could play the game. Yes, our society taught and raised us on how to pirate games as it was the only available option. I would post a photo of an example of a case i have with the cracking instructions behind, but my forum level is too low and I'm not allowed to post any links yet. Point of the matter is, buying pirated copies was so normalized that as a kid I wasn't even aware that I wasn't buying original copies, or that the concept of "original" and "pirated" existed at all.
I don't pirate games anymore because I grew up and got a job and a PC etc etc and can afford games on steam.
PS this is my first post in the forum, hello
Up until 2010 approximatley, pirating videogames was the only way almost every single person that played videogames got them, and since not everyone had a computer or stable internet nor knew how to burn games into cds for their ps1 or ps2s, gaming and computer stores sold these pirated games in physical form for us. I've never seen a single gaming store that sold non pirated copies here ever. Ofc these gaming stores aren't anything big or official, I'm not talking about something like Gamestop (because those never existed here), I'm referring to small local stores that sold videogame-related content in their own way. Every PS1 videogame i ever owned is pirated and I have never ever seen an official copy of a PS1 videogame, they probably never made it here to begin with. Same for PC games and PS2 games. I only started to see original games being sold in the late PS3/XBOX360/Wii era, aka 2011ish, but most people still try to jailbreak their consoles so they don't buy the games because all of these items are insanely overpriced over here.
And these copies that gaming stores sold came with an instruction guide on the back explaining you how to properly copy the crack so you could play the game. Yes, our society taught and raised us on how to pirate games as it was the only available option. I would post a photo of an example of a case i have with the cracking instructions behind, but my forum level is too low and I'm not allowed to post any links yet. Point of the matter is, buying pirated copies was so normalized that as a kid I wasn't even aware that I wasn't buying original copies, or that the concept of "original" and "pirated" existed at all.
I don't pirate games anymore because I grew up and got a job and a PC etc etc and can afford games on steam.
PS this is my first post in the forum, hello
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