Hm.. Here we go again.....
I don't really think that people have a right to pirate games, but sometimes they shouldn't get to moral about it either.
I just gave a friendly tip. Okay so I was a bit reactionate, in the beginning but just give me a chance to develop my arguments.
I think you should buy everything that you believe is worth your money. I bought every QFG game there is and every Gabriel Knight. Mainly because it was really worth the money and also because Sierra has got a history of financial troubles.
I don't really think that it is possible to hurt Nintendo and Nintendo raising prices is not because of pirating. They raise the prices because they can. Since Mario and Zelda are so popular parents will continue to pay more and more as long as their children keep on nagging them. The prices don't get sky high because of a loss of income, it's because of too much income. Nintendo people are not stupid. It's easier to indoctrinate children with commercial Disney and WB characters than letting forward true artists to make original masterpieces.
Still, if you think that life wouldn't be the same without Mario and Pikachu, of course you should pay. However I suspect that it's mostly about brainwashing children and their parents than making truely outstanding games.
There is always a moral infliction when you copy a game but it does matter some what it is you are taking. If you copy and spread the music from a small record industry or a poor musiscian I consider it a bad and greedy thing but if it is Britney Spears....well you get my point. And you Magic Poultry are really blue eyed if you think that we can't survive without absurdely big multi-national companies that not only make s*#tloads of money but also constantly tries to get under our skin with tons of commercials.
Remember, companies only get better if they are a little bit on the same level and has to compete some. That one company can afford to take all the mediaspace is not fair play. So why waste a fortune on Nintendo if you just want to play the games some?
/Shantzy