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Arakawa: Dissidia is good enough to convince even pirates to buy it |
Listed in: Interviews, Titles, Games Tags: interviews, Japan, piracy, Sony, Square Enix
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Everybody's got something to say about PSP piracy. Understandably enough, developers and publishers see the issue as a huge detriment. Dissidia: Final Fantasy director Takeshi Arakawa believes, however, that as bad as the piracy situation on the PSP may be, Dissidia is good enough to convince gamers to actually buy the game:
We are really worried about this issue [piracy]... extremely worried.
The issue of piracy is quite concerning on PS as well and our basic stance is that itÂ’s unfortunate, but whatÂ’s been done has been done and we canÂ’t do much about it. We want to stick to a policy of making a game that the player would be proud of owning, so even if you play the pirated version, the game should be good enough to convince them that they should purchase the game. So long as we manage to do that, the issue doesnÂ’t really exist.
Arakawa has previously mentioned that they'll be keeping an eye on Western sales as well in order to gauge the viability of a Dissidia sequel. He pointed to two things that helped Dissidia reach massive numbers in Japan: a Christmas release and hardcore Final Fantasy fans. We already have the latter, and since there's no clear-cut release for the game yet, we may very well get the former too -- although I seriously hope not.
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I own 43 PSP games. The only games I've pirated for the PSP other than Dissidia are Breath of Fire 3 and Tales of Eternia because I already own the PSX releases(and the fact that Tales of Eternia is two discs and more memory is saved on the single UMD than having to use two discs.) If Capcom brought BoF3 and Namco brought Tales of Eternia, those would be first day releases for me as they're two of my favorite games of all time.
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I own 38 games I can't even play, due to not owning the proper consoles. They are games that I think are worth playing, games like Front Mission 3, which I would have never known about were it not for being able to download and try it. Sadly, buying an actual PS2 and all it needed, just to get and play Front Mission 4, was too large of a disappointment for me to trust buying any game before testing it.
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*looks at poster of Squall* I'm doing this for baby. FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP. UUHHHHHHH.
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Bring on the sequel, SE!
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If you take the time to put the game on Ebay, you'll get atleast 90% of the games cost back. Just keep your games in good condition and label it as Like new or mint.
You're using nothing but an excuse on why you pirate.
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I pirate the stuff and bought aswell few days later XD ahahah I own alot of psp game amount illegal as well legally games
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I downloaded dissidia (played 130 hours, jap version) and crisis core (finished abot 3 times xD ), if i get a job i`ll buy those and other merchandise since i´m a big fan of final fantasy XP
Buy dissidia people! don´t we want more "legendary characters" like Vincent, Shadow, Sabin,Tifa, gunner Yuna and the new ones Noctis and Lightning from FFXIII? Sure you want it! xDDDD
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I downloaded dissidia (played 130 hours, jap version) and crisis core (finished abot 3 times xD ), if i get a job i`ll buy those and other merchandise since i´m a big fan of final fantasy XP
Buy dissidia people! don´t we want more "legendary characters" like Vincent, Shadow, Sabin,Tifa, gunner Yuna and the new ones Noctis and Lightning from FFXIII? Sure you want it! xDDDD
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I downloaded dissidia (played 130 hours, jap version) and crisis core (finished abot 3 times xD ), if i get a job i`ll buy those and other merchandise since i´m a big fan of final fantasy XP
Buy dissidia people! don´t we want more "legendary characters" like Vincent, Shadow, Sabin,Tifa, gunner Yuna and the new ones Noctis and Lightning from FFXIII? Sure you want it! xDDDD
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I downloaded dissidia (played 130 hours, jap version) and crisis core (finished abot 3 times xD ), if i get a job i`ll buy those and other merchandise since i´m a big fan of final fantasy XP
Buy dissidia people! don´t we want more "legendary characters" like Vincent, Shadow, Sabin,Tifa, gunner Yuna and the new ones Noctis and Lightning from FFXIII? Sure you want it! xDDDD
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i fully intend to pirate this game unless gameplay instantly makes me guilty. I own many psp games, and every final fantasy title so far. if theres a pattern there they can expect my buck, but damn i really dont like the look of dissidia.
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A game could come out that miraculously cured aids, rid the world of cancer and gave you the equivalent of 15 powerful orgasms sequentially and people would still pirate it if given the choice.
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My policy has always been, if the game is worth playing, support it. The two games that really took hours of my life and I thoroughly enjoyed were MPO+ and Castlevania: Dracula X chronicles. The only reason I bought C:DX was because it had SOTN, even though I still use an Eboot.
Some things are too precious to pirate. I own C: SotN on several different consoles, completely legally. I have the original PS1 game, which adds to my Eboot, and I have the XBLA version for my 360. That, and I also of course have Dracula X simply because SotN is included. That is by far one of the best games I have ever played. I replay that game almost every other month just to go through it again.
The point is, my time with Dissidia has me sold, and although I do plan on ripping the ISO for faster loading and convenience with my 8GB MSPD, you bet your genitalia I will be purchasing this game within a week of its release, if not first day.
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I think when you get the case and the umd, it gives you this Square Enix feeling. Defently buy it.
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