Sony admits extent of PSP piracy problem

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Originally Posted by juiceface

sony is right, take one look at completed downloaded bittorrent numbers on multiple trackers and you will have well over 2 million illegal downloads of resistance retribution, there is no arguing against this fact.

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Wait, 2 million? That's it? And Sony is getting worked up about piracy? With 50 million PSPs that can potentially run pirated games, they're worried about 2 million? With over 50 million PSPs out there this is a piz poor excuse for not supporting the console. If only 4 percent of PSP owners downloaded one of their biggest titles (and as others have pointed out, there's nothing saying that all 2 million people who downloaded it can actually play it), then they clearly have a title that's either sinking or swimming on it's own merrits. Don't get me wrong, piracy is inexcusable, but a downloaded game doesn't always translate into a lost sale. Did Sony offer a demo download for this game? I'd love to see the number of people who downloaded a demo vs. the number of people who downloaded the torrent.

Crocodile tears.

Surely,pirated games on torrent sites have fuelled console sales.

Since piracy ain't going away in the near future, here's two
stratagies for Sony.

1) Make the PSP more attractive for developers by beefing
up the devkit and game specific modules of the SDK, and reduce
their commission rates.

2) Capitalise on the advertising potential of those millions of illegal
d/loads, with more in-game product placement and sponsorship. EA
Sports do this very well.

Sony needs to provide options for the psp owner instead of locking up the security and failing as cfw quickly comes out.

They need to realize that if you can pirate iso's, you most likely have an internet connection to download it from, thus, make options for content on the psp to download.

Appeal the customer to not pirate, dont restrict them.