The morality of downgrading by Fanjita

[joesnose]

I dunno, I think the average joe would just download and not care about the companies.

this joe agrees, sony rips off everyone, the games are rubbish i mostly play ps1 games and homebrew and homebrew ps1 games, lol . oh and wait i own all these ps1 games but i have to buy them again if i want to put them on my beloved psp, i dont think so, all i can selfishly say is, if sony cease supporting the psp tomorrow i couldn't care less because its the homebrew thats made it what it is not sony. i bet if the average joe actually knew what a homebrew enabled psp could do, psp sales would sky rocket.

[DarthPaul]

This thread made me think:

Dark_AleX is gone thanks to Sony. He fears for what Sony can do to the hackers. But is it Sony's fault? No,it's not. Sony's sales are going down thanks to US! We're the ones ripping and downloading illegal games. Not Dark_AleX,not any hacker.In other words...Dark_AleX is gone thanks to us.
What Fanjita says is right,"Those that choose to pirate have themselves to blame if the platform suffers. If you choose to shoot someone, it is not the fault of the gun manufacturer. If you pulled the trigger, then you committed the crime."
Let's stop flaming Sony,and let's open our minds and stop to regret what we've done. If you really want that Dark_AleX comes back,or don't want to lose another great coder,make something to stop the piracy for once.

[IamAbe]

hmm, the anti-piracy people pirate games, i dont really care about piracy, and i dont pirate games. its kinda like smoking in my opinion, i'm anti-smoking because i smoke, most non-smokers don't really care 'cause its not their issue.

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[Spotfist]

It makes me really sad when people complain for the sake of complaining! Homebrew clearly does not equal piracy! otherwise it would be DCEMU the piracy & gaming network! The choice is up to the user, I often wonder how well the PSP would be doing now if there had been no updates from v1.50 and no piracy!

I bet it would have been one of the best selling handhelds of all time! the thing has so much potential as can be seen by all the homebrew today but if you don't downgrade or hack ur PSP ur left to the normal gak that is sold on UMD's!

I would like to personally thank all those people that have added there bit to the homebrew seen cuz in my opinion they have turned the PSP into an amzing platform!

[scrumdiddly]

It is much easier to obtain DS ROMS than it is PSP games. You also don't need to downgrade or use any special firmwares to play DS ROMS on a DS Lite. Yet despite that, the DS Lite and its games continue to sell in record numbers.

Exactly! These idiots obviously haven't even read your post, as they're still ignorantly ranting on about evil pirates. "Piracy" - for want of a better word, as it's nowhere near accurate - is a minor problem for Sony. What proportion of PSP owners actually download games? And what proportion of them would buy that game if the download weren't available? We're talking about a relatively tiny number of people.

The PSP is a crippled system overflowing with $#@!ty games. That's why it's failing.

[robotdevil]

As Sony does not directly make any games for any system it's kinda rediculous to blame them for the quality of games for the PSP. For the most part I agree with you all. Do I agree with piracy? No. Have I done it? Yes. And because I did it, I not only purchased the game I pirated, but it's expansion pack and sequel without even a second thought (Call of Duty freakin ROCKS!). But for me, like many others, it has also saved me from purchasing many flawed games that were not ready (sorry, can't think of a specific title right now). I don't own many PSP games, about 7. And of those 7 I still play about 4. Some were HUGE dissapointments like Dynasty Warriors. But some have had great replay value like Ridge Racer (personally I think one of the best PSP games available).

I don't feel any responsibility lies with the makers of the downgraders for piracy. I think Veskgar hit it dead on, it's not the fault of the gun manufacturer if you shoot someone. It's not the fault of the 1337 h4x0r if you pirate someone either.

[CrAzY_fLiP3]

i wonder if sony would ever try to take some ideas off of homebrew, because almost all their games are just plain terrible, with some exceptions (like Tekken for PSP). i wouldnt really care about a few loading times here and there if i was playing a game that was worth waiting for. i would like to see a game thats worth the 50$ they charge you for (goddamn.. lol). and that quote of the lumines sales is just priceless btw xD. anyway, the DS comparison with psp is a great example, people wouldnt go through all the trouble of downgrading, buying lumines, etc if there were games worth buying.