While I do prefer official releases, I do not go out of my way to obtain them. If I like some music, I want it on a pressed CD and if it is to be supplied by a bootlegger, so be it - it's not my fault that the oficial release is twice as expensive or not available at all.
The only problem is that with bootleg discs I can not be sure of quality - they COULD have been made from MP3s or poorly ripped CDs. Then on the other hand, I have bought official CDs whose quality was substandard or worse, and I have bought bootlegs whose quality was better than that of originals (though that was in movie soundtracks area, not game soundtracks).
Fortunatelly, I do not have to resort to game soundtrack bootlegs too often as the European/American soundtracks which I am interested in tend not to get bootlegged too much, if at all. As far as I know, most bootlegging is done with Japanese game soundtracks and those aren't too interesting for me.
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