Having the 'ability' to pirate games actually led to me buying several games.
Back when 1.5 was king, downgraders were skittish, and upgrading had no guarantee of going back, I had a PSP and one game (Lumines), and no desire to purchase any games requiring any firmware higher than 1.5.
After 352oe appeared, I bought about three or four new games, after pandora battery, bought seven or eight more games, plus the eight bucks for flOw.
Or to summarize:
Locked-down hardware = Refuse to leave 1.5. Only considering games that run on 1.5.
Cracked hardware = buying a new game roughly every one or two months.
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