Ok kid, let me be a little more detailed then.
You wanna justify piracy cause the products you want baseless statement. there is NO argument there, merely a declaration. try a little harder next time.
also, the job market is crap. i actually bought the dreamcast for Sword of the Berserk as well, however that was in brighter days & most of the posts in this thread were discussing the morality of piracy in general, not what you or i might have done.[/to have are too expensive? That's bullshit. If you want to buy a game or a console or anything else for your entertainment, it's luxus. It's nothing you would absolutely need for life. It's not that you would need a game as much as something to drink and to eat for life.
Stealing bread because you are near starvation is justified. Pirating a video game because you can't afford it isn't. You also can't steal a Porsche just because you want to have that car and think it's overpriced.
No one forces you to pay those prices for programs, games etc. If you can't afford it, don't whine you haven't got enough money. Just work harder to earn more money. Don't expect everything to be free.