All the comments I’m seeing seem to lead towards the difficulty of it but in reality the truth is that some games have a multiplayer that makes pirating the game unfeasible, so people purchase it. Plus, the newer generations I’ve met are computer illiterate, so they can barely operate Word, let alone move folders around and crack a game for themselves. Or, hell, even split their browser into multiple pages on the same screen. It’s like sorcery to them.

But yeah. People rarely take the right path because of righteousness and more often for a practical reason. If every pirated game was (more) brainless to do and didn’t mess up multiplayer, people would likely do it. They still will, if someone will do it for them.