Piracy Destroying the PSP

[law56ker]

Most gamers never have the honesty or guts to admit their actions hurt the game industry. They try to find any excuse or explanation to justify their activities. I know the ability to download free games has stopped me from buying software I would have otherwise.

[Eviltaco64]

When there's homebrew, there's piracy, and the PSP is no exception.
I guess since the games are about half the size of modern games in terms of storage and can be stored on a MS/SD card, the PSP (and DS) have their games pirated the most.

[carpy]

This whole thread, and the article that started it is knee-jerk reactionary garbage.

Piracy of PSP games does exist, of course. But it's not anywhere near "destroying" the system. There really is no parallel between "Not making the best seller lists" and piracy killing the PSP.

Ludicrous. Absolutely Ludicrous. PSP games sell more than enough to keep the system financially viable in the market. Homebrewers and pirates make up maybe 5% of the PSP install base.

[carpy]

Most of the DS owners don't care about homebrew. They care about the official releases, and there are more casual games on the DS than on the PSP.

Most DS owners don't KNOW about homebrew because they are 7 years old and under. They care about making gay little Pokemon characters run around like silly until they get all tuckered out.

[JKKDARK]

Most DS owners don't KNOW about homebrew because they are 7 years old and under. They care about making gay little Pokemon characters run around like silly until they get all tuckered out.

There are 7 years old with DS handhelds, but you can't deny there are older gamers with DS handhelds. And Pokemon games are not gay, the problem is you don't like the game.

[Art]

I'd say the PSP is slowing down in general, for pirates and legitimate gamers.
I would also say the PSP forums are much quieter now than six months ago.

[Seven7]

This whole thread, and the article that started it is knee-jerk reactionary garbage.

Piracy of PSP games does exist, of course. But it's not anywhere near "destroying" the system. There really is no parallel between "Not making the best seller lists" and piracy killing the PSP.

Ludicrous. Absolutely Ludicrous. PSP games sell more than enough to keep the system financially viable in the market. Homebrewers and pirates make up maybe 5% of the PSP install base.

I dunno about that 5% number, it's a little hard to tell these days, but otherwise I agree with the rest of this statement. As I stated earlier, the article is very nit-pickity about it's sources, thus, it can't be counted as valid since it's not accounting for everything. What about used game sells? What about unautherized retailers, what about imports, WHAT ABOUT JAPAN'S CHARTS!? Japan's charts alone, expecially recently with Monster Hunter 2nd G whould KILL this article where it stands. It's a shock tactic, propraganda, and a poorly peiced together peice of at that. Honestly, hardware sales and software sales are "still" climing, even above the DS lite, if only week by week. (total sales are another thing, of course)

I dunno if piracy trully hurts the industry as badly as mass media wants us to beleave, I mean, where do they get the sales loss numbers from? There's no reliable source for that, it's all just guesstamites. And most of them are shock tactics aswell! Ok, yes, it's still wrong, but is it really doing "THAT" much damage!? I'm willing to say no, if only for the time being. It's just Sony, and everyone else for that matter, being greedy about a good thing.

Piracy isn't destroying the psp, admitidly it had the potentiall to at one point in it's life, but it seems the system is rising above the threat all on it's own.

Having said that, Sony needs to step up it's game. We're getting the GPS this year maybe (USA), are we getting the friggin Camera? How about that much promised Keyboard?

Speaking of the Camera, has anyone in the states ordered from Devino USA? Is it relitively safe, yay or nay?

[bah]

......They care about making gay little Pokemon characters run around like silly until they get all tuckered out.

LOL.
I don't use that often, but that really did make me laugh out loud.


Art: Agreed, it seems that way to me also.