The pirate would most likely not buy the game even if there was no other choice.

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Now, with a new pirate game, fans are jazzed about the potential, and they should be.

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Count me excited about a good pirate video game with Captain Edward Kenway at the helm.

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But when the game was released in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System, the hard-to-pirate NES cartridges sold much better.

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