I know a guy, makes minimum wage, poor as shit. Known him a long time, but for how poor he his, he is rich in games. He doesn’t even pay for IAP on his phone, somehow he gets that free. It’s always hilarious when he messages me: “hey, have you played X yet?” And my response is, “no.” He sends me the torrent. I just pay for the games, because I can afford it and I know if he says it’s good, I’ll probably enjoy it.

I imagine there are other people like me, where the pirating actually drives sales. But yeah, to the people who don’t make tons of money, it’s often the only way they’ll ever play the game.