I know it, you know it, and you know that Sony has always been aware. But it's weird to actually hear them say it.
"There is a piracy problem on PSP. We know about it, we know how it’s done,” says SCEE President David Reeves, at a recent DevStation conference in London.
According to NextGen, Sony is looking into a way to combat this piracy "problem," but, in the meantime, this very problem is boosting sales, and Sony is totally aware of this.
“It sometimes fuels the growth of hardware sales, but on balance we are not happy about it,” Reeves said.
Sure, you're not happy about the piracy, but you're always happy to report strong PSP sales. We don't blame you at all!
Sony has been trying to prevent piracy and hacking for some time now, but the hackers always seem to find a way back in. I know that for some gamers, piracy and emulation are their only reasons to even own a PSP. Would Sony be shooting themselves in the foot by fixing this piracy problem?
Contest:
8:53 AM on 06.19.2008
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I still spend a shitload on games though.
TBH, until Sony really get on the backs of developers to get some incredible games out, they should enjoy their strong hardware sales. I dont see any current titles losing too many sales to pirates.
I'm not justifying my actions or those of others, but the PSP is a strong homebrew development platform as well.
A. working for someone who is trying to squeeze blood from gamers
B. has no idea what the homebrew communities are about
C. has never used a homebrew enabled system
D. all of the above
It is a waste to have such good hardware in a handheld and not use it to it's abilities- cfw changes that
Obviously, pirating PSP games and such is wrong. However homebrew covers various applications, besides old game emulation, showing an great amount of talent and creativity.
They cant, now that there is the pandora battery (google it).
At least I think so.
I want to play the PlayStation games I own right now; not when Sony decides to release them on the PSN. I want to play PSP games without carrying a bunch of UMD discs in my purse (I'd love this feature for my DS too). I want to get rid of load times and conserve the battery life. I want emulation for old school games and homebrew applications.
Since I can have all of that, why wouldn't I hack it?
The IR Shell is one of my favorite apps. It covers the normal PSP XMB and replaces it with a new screen and options. It even has the capability of being turned into a remote with a pack of IR codes you can download.
Now that I look again, I'm seeing a torrent client for PSP, RSS readers, calculators, an adaptation of the Rosetta Stone program called Rosetta Shard, IRC clients, email clients, multi protocol IM clients, and more, I'm not going through the rest.
All that and I still have yet to mention the emulating capabilities. I like my PSP.