Is it me, or does it seem strange that every single person on this board says "I don't know about that, I've never downloaded any games before." Maybe it's just me. Maybe the fact that I have downloaded a few games before, makes me think that pretty much everyone has done it just once. It's probably just me being presumptuous I guess and I will appreciate any flaming. This is my first post, and I actually registered just so I could say something. Yes, I have done it. Everybody has done it. My mom downloads music for ****'s sake. A lot of the stuff out there is crap, cd's with one good song are crap, just like games with one good feature are crap. I admit I have not given back in every sense, but when something crosses my path that makes me want to play, I do buy the factory copy, cd, movie, whatever, and have paid a good deal for merch. I think that the dollars these companies are worried about losing are all hypotheticals. I think if there was no type of piracy out there, and people had a chance to play these games prior to purchase, there would be a lot of "no thank you's." Me in particular, the amount of games that I have played for free that I would actually pay for (or even play again) is probably about 40-50%. And thats generous.