Fun fact:
- While studying at the university, i had a lot of free time and i pirated games. And i couldn't afford any upgrades either.
- Now, when working, i have less free time, but i buy games instead. And i can afford to upgrade pretty much whenever i want.
Today i bought Lost Odyssey for the Xbox 360 (Which feels more like a Final Fantasy game than FFXII ever was). During the last 6 months i have bought S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (Collector's edition), The Witcher, Bioshock (PC), Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Guitar Hero III (PS3) and the out-of-print, original editions of Deus Ex and System Shock 2.
Moral of the story, companies never lost any money from the likes of me, since we wouldn't have bought them anyway.