1.DLC
2.Online play
3.Support to the gaming industry
4.Supporting original in Malaysia
5.Pretty packaging
6.Special edition stuff(DVDs and the likes)
7.Online community.Xbox Live,PSN,the likes.
8.Guilt-free conscience
9.Better control over buying multiple games
10.DON'T COPY THAT FLOPPY!!

GET OUT OF THE XBOX FORUMS GNOME MAN >:(

Why thank you Friction.
Anyway,yes. Totally that.
I always found it a ripoff to buy pirated games from the shops. All they're doing is what you could easily do in the comfort of your own home.
They download the games,and burn them onto discs with fancy packaging which isn't even needed.
Sometimes they inflate the price just for the fun of it.

Take this for example:
PS2 games used to cost RM5 back when I was a pirate.PC DVD games cost RM15.
That didn't make sense.They're doing exactly the same thing.Downloading the game,and burning them on a disc.
I don't see why it should cost RM10 more.

The only reason you'd want to buy a pirated disc as opposed to downloading it is if you have a slow internet connection(....screamyx),or you just don't have the utilities to do it.
But if I were you,I'd rather wait 2 years and burn the game at a friend's house than to buy GTA 4 for RM50 when it could be for free.(At 1Utama,they sold it pirated)