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You get easy access to the ISO, you can still play online by sometimes flipping a switch and you don't have to worry about installations or malware. On console there is no downside to pirating. That's not to mention multiplayer support, easy access to mods via Steam's Workshop and, for those that enjoy them, achievements. With Valve and Good Old Games making games available via digital distribution with low prices and easy access (viz., short installs, fast downloads, and in the case of GOG, no DRM) it's actually more of a hassle trying to pirate games on PC than it is to buy them digitally and legally. With lots of PC torrents coming jam packed with viruses and malware, it's easy to completely ruin your PC by getting hold of a malicious file, as noted by The Hacker News, where a fake version of GTA V was going around that carried a nasty, nasty virus. It's funny because console piracy is a much easier (and safer) thing than PC piracy these days.

for consoles.Īdded to this, Grand Theft Auto V was torrented by more than 100,000 people in under two days when it was leaked several days before its official release. However, more than 2,000 people leeching Heavy Rain in barely a day of the game being up on torrents seems to show a different side of piracy. While Ubisoft's claim that 95% of PC gamers are pirates was debunked a while back courtesy of Rock, Paper, Shotgun, we still see enough misinformation spread throughout the gaming community that PC doesn't get ports or support from major publishers because of piracy.