Which game did you pira... err file-shared that you ended up buying aftwerwards?

[Alexander1970]

Which game did you pira... err file-shared that you ended up buying aftwerwards?

I think 90 Percent of my PC Games.

"Try-before-buy".

For the Consoles it is vice versa for most of the Games
First bought,then "giveaway"

"Mod-after-buy"

 

[Osakasan]

There was a time i went full piracy, during the last recession.

I have bought almost everything i pirated back then. The list is too big to write, though.

 

[The Catboy]

I bought all of the Ace Attorney games and all of the SMT games after discovering how much I enjoyed them due to piracy. I actually do think I would have given them a try if I didn't pirate them first.

 

[jurassicplayer]

Planetarian and Narcissu
Both are VNs that I played fan translations of (Narcissu I played all three translations even though they are pretty much the same). I obtained them on through shadier means on PC, DS, PSP, PS2, Switch, bought them on Steam.
tl;dr: if there is a copy of them, I want it. I might never play it ever again, but I want it.

 

[slaphappygamer]

Streets of rage 4. I acquired it on the switch, then bought it on steam. I just got a gaming laptop and am getting into pc gaming. I’m building a library now.

 

[godreborn]

not one that I pirated, but I did buy medievil after playing a demo at walmart. I bought it on the spot.

 

[Deleted member 397813]

i had some money burning my paypal so i decided to buy a copy of winrar

i don't fucking know why

 

[leon315]

i had some money burning my paypal so i decided to buy a copy of winrar

i don't fucking know why

screw WINRAR, just get 7-zip, best unrar tool ever.

 

[UltraSUPRA]

Battletoads.
I bought Rare Replay.

 

[Goku1992A]

Basically when I buy games I buy them to play them online with people if I pirated them. I will say with the last generation (PS4/XB1) I legitimately bought the games due to the sweet deals

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Playing the bootleg version on the switch was so dull I rather play with real people
Pokemon Lets Go Eevee - I had enjoyed the game so much I ended up buying it
Pokemon Sword - I really wanted to battle online and trade normally
Max Payne 2 - I was stuck on a level and I had read online it was a glitch I had to buy the real game to continue
Mario Tennis Ace - I wanted to play with people
Mario Maker 2 - I bought it to play the created levels also the world levels

there are alot more games but here are a few

 

[D34DL1N3R]

screw WINRAR, just get 7-zip, best unrar tool ever.

Wrong. Winrar wipes it ass with 7-zip. I don't know how many posts I see weekly about "Can't extract...corrupt!!! I use7-zip!" only to see later from the same user "Tried Winrar and no problems. Thanks everyone! Ditching 7-zip!!!"

 

[Windaga]

I bought all of the Ace Attorney games and all of the SMT games after discovering how much I enjoyed them due to piracy. I actually do think I would have given them a try if I didn't pirate them first.

This is pretty much my exact experience. I went over a friends house and played the first Ace Attorney that he had downloaded, then went home and bought it that night. With SMT, a close friend have given me an Acekard that had some ROMs loaded on it and I played Devil Survivor / 2.

I ordered the special edition for the 3DS when it launched, and I've purchased just about every SMT game that's available in the west.

 

[GoldenBullet]

I used to download a lot of music and stream movies but I realized that convenience is worth the price if you have the money for it. The difference between streaming a movie through a shady website and watching it on a streaming service with unlimited* bandwidth is so much worth the price of entry. Very happy not expect buffering when watching a movie or show.

Also I believe paying for things gives value to them. If I pirated a game, I find myself often forgetting about it and never playing it again regardless of how good it is.

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

Sonic mania and Celeste