TS are so stupid for asking this question there r no such things that where gamers in Malaysia are mostly students and young adults aging from 16-28. Their age also represents their purchasing power, having an average of RM800-RM1600 to spend monthly.

Did u make a survey first before u post ? and one more things any wrong if we purchase pirated software ? did everyone spend their money on game and don't spend on their food? U better thinks about it TS life and virtual reality are not same

Don't you think (that) we actually grew up with pirates in Malaysia? It's becoming a culture, part of malaysian lifestyle that we only use pirated stuff. It's part of our (a) norm to getting piratesed (products) which cause (cost) hell less than the original. It's not that we do not want to support (ori), but how to support with our (current) cost of living?
I am not talking about games here, but more to software and stuff. Even (a) lot of companyies in malaysia curi curi using pirated software, but without this pirated software, how are we going to survive and advance like other developing (err.... "developing" or "developed"?) country? It may sound like an excuse to most people but think about it, even in school or uni or college, we are being guided ("influence" is a more suitable word though, just my 2 cents) to buy pirated stuff, lecturer would ask us to just photostate our books from the ori to be used in class. How to (Why should you) buy a Rm100++ books when we can get it around RM25-30 by just photostating (it) which the lecturer don't even mind and encouraginge it (instead)?
Back to software and games, everything is the same.

It's part of us now, and with the advancement of (the) internet, there is no stopping it. Too bad, it's bad but all to be blame that we started wrongly (huh?).

Here is some basic information.

The breakdown for age gaps is this.

12 below.
18 below.
25 below
35 below
above 35

Now, the highest amount of purchasers are those between the ages of 18 to 30. Reason? School leavers, working adults, mostly single and male. The MMO market survey for WoW already indicates that this is true. If that idiot who walked in and asked where the TS got his info from please inform him that if he didn't know about this piece of basic information, HE IS NOT A GAMER. I had the oppurtunity and the chance to look at information in my line of work and effectively this is the market age MOST companies aim their games at.

And i would report him to the admins. He effectively stated that he supports piracy and that there is nothing wrong with buying pirated software which is against the rules of the forum.

The average income of people between the ages of 18 to 28 vary widely dependant on blue and white collar jobs. RM800 to RM1600 is a very excellent figure when based on the fact that starting jobs should pay you at least RM1500 to RM3200 for white collar. 50% of your pay is actually very decent considering that people leave home later and later in life. If you don't know this information please go read it up concerning malaysian household habits.

Sadly, these days the majority of purchasers of pirated products are blue collars whose income is not as high or who still believe in the tidak apa attitude, hence the sentencem "ANY WRONG if we purchase pirated software."

Cheers people