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They did it to themselves, no sympathy. If they weren't so damn greedy, hyperinflating their prices more and more every single year, then maybe penniless kids wouldn't feel the need "steal" freely available warez. Especially true right now with everybody's money problems, where parent's cannot provide that shiny new game for their son or daughter no matter how much they would want to or not.
Honestly, they are targeting kids with all these new games, but turn around and charge an unbelievable $50 to $100 per game today, if not more (such as for the Sims 3 Series which cost roughly $60 per EP). It is unrealistic, and highly unsustainable for both parties. If they charged a fair $30, then everybody would be able to afford to actually buy what they want. But for right now, at these current obscene prices, more and more people are going to resort to piracy - that's kids, and adults alike.
And I don't advocate it at all, but what I am saying is that I can absolutely understand why so many people feel that they have to resort to this practice, especially now with the state of the economies all across the world. Many of such people even call it "even" because they figure they are making MORE than enough money off of the saps willing to pay an unbelieveable 260% increase on their products. And you know something? They're right!
Myself, I couldn't afford a $20 game right now, let alone a $60 one such as Sims 3 World Adventures! And you know something? If I knew I could get it, 100% working and virus-free, I would be very, very tempted to say the hell with it and click the big red download button. Sorry, but I'm just being painfully honest here.
So I guess what I am saying, if these companies really wanted to make more money, they should lower the prices to a realistically reasonable amount, and because they would actually make more money that way instead of coveting their products for more and more money over time. You have to give some to get some, and right now, these corporations aren't giving NOTHING, so they aren't GETTING nothing.
Think about it.