You can play most games to some degree on hardware that's 10+ years old, but yes, hardware is usually something they've scrounged and saved for.
And do tell, what is the practical price of pirating a game you couldn't afford anyway? Risk of a virus? Some abstract cost to society itself? Nobody cares.
That's a special pleading argument. I'd love a Ferrari, are you going to say that I should get a special price because it's hard for me to afford? Perhaps given to me for free because I scrimped and saved for a house with a garage, why should I have to scrimp and save for a car, or a car I really want?
And they can’t even wait for them to go on sale? They need to buy them right at launch, at their full $60 price?
> Or reach out and take the thing which is free?
It’s not free. It has a price.