as for piracy... let just say that even if less people moded their consoles it don't mean that people don't moded them at all, piracy not always came from wanting games for free as most people think, they came as means for people who can't get the game they want, at the time they want,
Steam proved that people who can get their games with decent price (not everyone were born with credit card in their hands like most people on US... plus some countries sell the games with double or tripel price ) and less time Not to mention about getting the game at all (i don't want to say how many times the game that i wanted don't was in the stock anymore xD ) pirate less games, some even don't pirate them at all.
Also with all the DLCs and DRMs i totally can't blame people for doing so, companies such as Ubisoft proved that when they try to fight piracy with their annoying means they end up making people do the exact opposite
sure piracy is a deep matter of opinions since everyone have different view and thought of this world, not everyone will agree with my opinion since it my opinion, however what i said not only was my opinion, it was pure proof at least in data terms