Videogames piracy - Why so much hate?

[Dystopia]

I think older games are not worth any less than newer ones - I mean, from a purely economical standpoint, more modern games usually are more trendy and sell more, they are the current concern most publishers and developers have - However older games, specially if we're talking about a certain videogame series (For example, let's imagine TES Morrowind compared to TES Skyrim) are still intellectual property of their respective owners, even if they are not sold anymore, unless the creators voluntarily decide to make it free. I do not think a game not being sold excuses piracy, but in my case it is the most common cause - I'm not even talking about pre 2000 games, but sometimes it is really hard to find an old copy of a game I really want to play unless I use Steam, which I do not want to be forced to used and I think it is unfair, I shouldn't be required to have internet connection to play a game, unless we're talking about multiplayer - For instance, if I wished to buy a copy of TES Oblivion it would be bloody hard, even the GOTY edition (actually I've bought one recently but I was lucky - I'm talking about retail versions).

I don't think downloading a torrent equates with stealing a retail copy - Stealing a physical copy means there is a tremendous loss for the manufacturers, developers and publishers, as well as other companies involved with the process of creating and developing the product - Downloading a torrent means a loss or not - Because some people wouldn't buy the game - It also means you are getting an exact copy of an official version - You aren't stealing a physical copy - Most torrents are uploaded by people who own the game and burned an ISO file - You aren't exactly stealing a copy, just duplicating one that already exists.

Personally these are the reasons that bring me to play pirated versions of videogames:
- Games not being sold anymore.
- PC ports are sometimes terrible - I need to test them, I've been tricked by terrible ports so many times (example being Resident Evil 4, it was awful) that I need to test and if there isn't a demo available I will pirate the game
- If this game is only going to be played once, for example if I played the predecessors and just want to know the remaining plot, I will pirate it.


I can't really talk about piracy and bring ethics into the table, considering I own almost 3000 songs on my computer and about 95% of them are pirated. I'm not even going to mention the 720p MKV anime episodes, I didn't pay for any of them. Nor did I pay for movies. Except when I go to the cinema.