AITAH for pirating games before buying them? (lemmy.world)

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Nowadays, the absolute vast majority of games that I play are shit tbh.

This is why I pirate games first to try them out. I wanna be very clear that if I think a game is good I buy it, no questions asked.

However, since most games don't have demos or trials, I don't want to feel like I've wasted money so I look to piracy so that I can try them out before making a purchase.

AITAH?

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[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It is supposed to be, technically. IIRC, you're supposed to copy your own stuff - such as BIOS and ISOs - rather than download others, which is why things like PCSX2 doesn't natively come with a BIOS.

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