Reasonable reason for piracy?

[Zakarath]

I've been looking at a fair number of upcoming releases (Skyrim chief among them) and wondering if my computer can run them. I was contemplating (knowing already that I will buy some version) pirating it for the PC(although I don't normally pirate games) just to see if it can run well, in which case I would buy it, and if I couldn't run it, I'd get it for my Xbox.

Would you say that this is a valid reason to pirate the game?

 

[DefunctTheory]

See as how they post minimum specs, and you can always just wait for others with similar specs to try...

No.

 

[Motiv_]

I'm sorry, but I can't really seem to think of a reasonable reason for piracy. Games aren't food, ya know.

But, instead of just white knighting, I suppose I'll throw this in as well.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/

Try this. Or sometimes they release demos or benchmark tools.

 

[burningdragoon]

Is this in the sorta-gray area of piracy? Yes. Valid? No, not really.

If you can find a good solution w/o piracy, then you shouldn't pirate. AccursedTheory gave you a good solution.

 

[jbchillin]

you can just look up the specs for the game it shouldn't be to hard to figure out if you pc can handle it.

 

[drisky]

I'm sorry, but I can't really seem to think of a reasonable reason for piracy. Games aren't food, ya know.

But, instead of just white knighting, I suppose I'll throw this in as well.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/

Try this. Or sometimes they release demos or benchmark tools.

Yep iv'e used this site before, just do that instead. Its a quicker solution anyways. Ofcoarse if you fall somewhere between minimum and recommended it will be laggy though, and you won't know to what degree.

 

[Zoe Castillo]

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[Antwerp Caveman]

Aaaaah, I'm so happy to live in 1 of the few countries where what you call 'pirating' is perfectly legal.