Is it permissible to purchase a Wii gaming console and modify it to play copied discs due to the unavailability or high price of original discs?

Purchasing and using pirated copies of CD-ROMs for Wii console games is a violation of the manufacturer's intellectual property rights, therefore it is not permissible to copy or buy them.

The shops that modify the Wii console do not operate under license from the parent company and inflict significant financial losses upon it.

This religious ruling is not altered by the scarcity of original Wii discs, their high prices, or the reasonable prices of pirated discs.