Square Enix speaks out on Chrono Trigger piracy

***wraggster*** · November 20th, 2008, 23:59

Square Enix has reacted to the rampant piracy of Chrono Trigger DS by declaring itself to be "vigorously against" the illegal distribution of games, and warning that it expects a sharp drop in Chrono Trigger sales as a result. As we reported yesterday, the eagerly anticipated RPG shipped with a whole series of piracy checks, only for hackers to break those within hours of the game being dumped online for download. It's difficult not to feel sorry for Square Enix, and equally hard to see practical solutions.

In slightly happier news (well, for the fans, anyway), the (Japan-based) Chrono Trigger fan club is giving away copies of the game's soundtrack (as seen above) to 3,000 customers who actually buy the game -- two of which will be autographed by composer Yasunori Mitsuda. See: it pays not to yarr.

http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/11/20/s...rigger-piracy/

**BastarB** · November 21st, 2008, 14:13

Everyone should buy this game! I have not played it yet, but I'm waiting patiently for the european release

**TeenDev** · November 21st, 2008, 23:31

Ugh... I hate these damn pirates.

**carlitx** · November 21st, 2008, 23:49

Do what you wan cause a pirate is free, YOU ARE A PIRATE! Yar har fliberdy gee being a pirate is alright to be, do what you want cause a pirate is free, you are a pirate!

I don't really see a problem. Its the same damned game as the original snes. Why would anyone want to pirate it? Just download the snes rom and ZSnes.

**mattsaysfooey** · November 22nd, 2008, 01:03

Nice one carlitx. Nice one i showed everyone from campus we all loled hard.

http://z0r.de/?id=195

**carlitx** · November 22nd, 2008, 01:38

Originally Posted by mattsaysfooey

Nice one carlitx. Nice one i showed everyone from campus we all loled hard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLsJyfN0ICU

http://z0r.de/?id=195

haha i love the second link. i first herd the song on a carton flash here it be :P http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=18812

**Cerepol** · November 22nd, 2008, 03:26

This ain't good considering this is the same problem that plauged the PSP and in the end caused it to become the miserable commercial wreck it is right now.

**carlitx** · November 22nd, 2008, 04:54

Originally Posted by Cerepol

This ain't good considering this is the same problem that plauged the PSP and in the end caused it to become the miserable commercial wreck it is right now.

piracy is not the reason the PSP sucks, it sucks because it's games suck and are quite lacking, especially compered to that of the DS. And the thing falls apart in your hand. The PSP is in it's own right is a PIECE OF CRAP.

Piracy is just an excuse a developer uses to say they don't want anything to do with a crappy console. Look at the Playstation the most pirated system out there and it ****ign rocked every bodies socks off... until it got to it's 3rd generation.

**mattsaysfooey** · November 22nd, 2008, 05:52

This is the easiest worst gen of consoles ever. Maybe it has to do with everyone having highspeed internet and ripping games maybe not. Give it time maybe it will get better but the way the economy and inflation is i have all my systems moded and flashed + dl games, otherwise i wouldn't be able to play.