wow fml

thanks pirates..

pircay?

Might wanna fix that, guys.

Right...

It's easy to blame piracy for bad sales. While it is true that its pretty rampant on the PSP compared to other consoles I would say that the vast majority of people who own a PSP have no idea how to pirate the games. I think the PixelJunk games are just not that interesting to people in the general public.

You are wrong

Devs know better than you And most sites keep track of how many times a file is downloaded. Devs can easily add them up to find how many times their game was pirated

omg

come on guys, PJ is one of the really good PSN devs out there.....dont pirate this stuff

seriously guys?

I call bull*****. If anything they're making excuses because they're sick of Sony treating them like *****s and they aren't brave enough to call them out on it, which I've seen in recent presentations where their games were getting bumped from tables by other bigger developers pushing and bribing for games with lower quality. I don't see any reason they shouldn't release their game on the playstation store, christ, I have to jump through hoops to *****ing legally connect to buy games with CFW. That alone should show them the game is only being made available to legitimate customers, but no, It's easier to make ***** up and cop out on twitter, right? If you're not interested, you're not interested. Stop blaming it on something easy and trite like piracy. Piracy didn't stop Rockstar from releasing beaterator this year after working years on it, so it shouldn't stop you from releasing a digitally secured game. Or at least pick a believable excuse. Go develop your iPhone apps and stop crying since we know that's what you're hinting at.

lol.

Even if there are CFW users that do buy games, the amount of CFW users that use CFW for using illegal copies of games (without buying it in any form) is way more. Then there are the games people say they DL because it's not good enough to be buying, yet they still play it. If it's not good why the ***** are they playing it still then, don't like the dev/game don't download it. Also if people blame the pricing, just don't buy it and don't download it either, cause if you're not supporting the devs at all you shouldn't be downloading it, unless you wanna be a *****got.

I'm wrong?

I don't think I'm wrong. So far these guys have sold their games only on the PSN which doesn't really generate as many sales as they would like. Now they have spent time, money, and effort porting one of their games to the PSP and its still not selling well so they think it MUST be piracy. I think they need to face facts and realize that digital download services just haven't caught on with the mainstream yet. Also if they are looking at torrent sites and adding up the downloads why aren't they taking legal action instead of making fussy twitter posts?

Yes, you are wrong.

Again, Devs know better than you And most sites keep track of how many times a file is downloaded. Devs can easily add them up to find how many times their game was pirated. They are not assuming there is lots of piracy, they can see actual results. You are flat out wrong. Admit it, and move on. "Also if they are looking at torrent sites and adding up the downloads why aren't they taking legal action" People above them are.

actually tenchi you're wrong

just because devs know more, doesn't make them incapable of dribbling crap. look on isohunt in 3 weeks its been downloaded 27 times WOW A WHOLE 27 look everywhere else inputinterface is spot on pixeljunk just dont make interesting games it's an excuse like "the dog ate my homework" nothing more.

actually Techni is right

I went to isohunt and there were 77 seeders and 7 leechers downloading PJMD right now and its only been up on 1.5weeks. Seeds/leech doesn't actually mean how many people downloaded it. It only tells you how many people are downloading it right now. So its already been downloaded quite a lot.

you might want to fix piracy....

Thnanks Capt. Obvious How about "you might want to fix world hunger" you faaaakin moooran

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pirates down vote

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So as I stare at TheRockness' comment, all I can think of, is "...really?" ..."Really?" TheRockness, that wasn't what Naroon was saying.. Really??

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God *****ing damnit, I'm buying this *****ing game right *****ing now because I want to support these guys right *****ign now.

Piracy my arse.

"Oh noes people are pirating our crappy game I wonder why they don't want to pay money for this *****." Take that however you like but ***** these guys. Everyone blames piracy and it's a pathetic excuse. How about instead of blaming pirates you simply say the game didn't sell as well as you'd like and ***** off? Oh it must be the pirates. No the people that might be inclined to buy your game either aren't or can't because PSN is *****.

Piracy my arse...?

Why do pirates always think this way? Dude use your common *****ing sense. You think PJM is the only game affected? Play a game that requires online. Its obvious. If you don't want to purchase a game, don't. You just won't see another one on the same platform.

hmmm

I bet theres a big difference between number of people who have pirated it and the number of people who have played it long enough to justify the game being truly pirated. I would think the few people who bought it enjoy the bland strategy of the tower defense style game where as the people who pirated it did so just for the fact that it was there. They should release one more game and say 'buy it or pirate it we don't care, but, anytime you want to play it you will be connected to the internet for usage tracking' then they will see that a majority of people will play it once and never try it again..pirated and purchased, thus proving the game was a fail and piracy had nothing to do with it LOL

i wonder

i already bought the ps3 version last year, is it still piracy? i could just, you know buy the same game twice, but that seems kind of redundant, amirite?

Piracy is a problem, but...

...it's not as big as it seems. Dark_Alex' webmaster published some statistics of CFW usage some time ago on his blog (back then when GEN wasn't popular). According to his numbers, only 5-8 % of all PSP users could possibly be pirates, because there were no more CFW users than that. Blame digital distribution, not the piracy.

Bah

I'd love to buy the game, but PSN won't accept my credit card (yes, it's international, works everywhere else). I can't get the game otherwise.

net always on?

I wouldn't buy that... WiFi tends to kill batteries...

actually

I actually purchased this game for 19,99 >.> I could have pirated it but didn't. Doesn't really matter really.

Some time ago...

Now is completely different. If it has devs contemplating whether they should release another title for the psp, what else could it mean? Sales wouldn't have them thinking something like that. Why would digital distribution be the issue? Its #5 on the Playstation Store's Top 10 right now. That's an excuse to shy away from the real problem, piracy. Stop thinking that piracy affects nothing/no one. You're lying to yourself.

And another thing...

Why is every PSP game doing so horribly in sales? What is the result of these "bad sales"? Your argument is flawed to no end.

Digital Distribution = more piracy

in my opinion, the PSP GO (and get lost on island somewhere...) is a very bad move by sony. heres why: 1) you NEED an internet connection 2) not everyone on earth has decent enough broard band 3) if you've got to download the bleebing game, why pay? 4) if you have a connection, PSN probly wont work anyway 5) as mentioned by FNORD, probly wont take most cards 6) wheres the collection value? i've collected ALL Final Fantasy games, if they go digital, wheres the collection? point three is my main one, if your FORCED to download games, which in a few years you WILL BE, why the hell pay when you can just get for nothing. one last thing, when my friends come round: "look my shelf of fat air, where my PSP games should be..."

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They haven't stopped making umd psp's have they or even umds? Maybe psp go is suited to some people even if not you. You want boxed games to show off? finally... "6) wheres the collection value? i've collected ALL Final Fantasy games, if they go digital, wheres the collection?" this makes me *****, people use that same argument with bluray vs dvd What do you think is going to happen? sony are going to come to your house and take your collection, tellng you, you'll need to buy the digital version ffs

Crossfire.

"The Japanese version of the game sold 690,000 copies on its release day, and in its first week sold 1.5 million copies." "As of July 8, 2009, the game has sold 3.5 million copies in the region." Er...so is your's.

lol

i agree with b|ank crossfire PSP isnt the only console effected look at x360 the only reason for modifying is piracy the wii, yes theres homebrew, but piracy is rampant. we are lead to believe that games are expensive due to a premium because of a fact that they know the games will be pirated. OK, why are PS3 games the same price if not more than the x360 counterparts when the PS3 is the only system not capable of piracy why does x360 have more games when its been exploited. this crap is "the dog ate my homework" excuse nothing more the PS3 proves it x360, you can download games that work PS3, you cant if you still think its piracy driving the prices up, you need your head read. they charge that much because they can. pixel junk didnt sell because its crap. simple. i did pirate once upon a time now the only pirated game i have is Ys7, which ive finished, but will still buy when it comes out because i dont understand japanese and dont understand what the frig i was doing. i got silent hill origins pirated too, finished it before it came to australia, i still bought the game because i played it right the way through. the developers deserved my cash (it was short though) dont use crap games as an excuse. if its crap, why would you play it? dont download unless your willing to play when it comes out in your territory. i wont pay for Ys7 until it comes in english because i want to play it properly. rant over

i need to edit one part

dont download unless your willing to pay for it when it comes out in your territory. i wont pay for Ys7 until it comes in english because i want to play it properly. rant over

thanks the gods

i hope i never have to put another pixeljunk game on my mobile let alone ps.... what a load of crap!! and i have bought it! ;/

LOL!

This article made me cry with laughter. Haven't they seen the DS pirate numbers? It outclasses the PSP pirate rate by 10. They are basically trying to squeeze out of work.

Good post InputInterface

I haven't even considered the pixel junk games *because they look retarded*. I know they've gotten some good reviews but they look like cheap DS games and sell for $20 freaking bucks in the digital download only PSN format. Maybe if they tried actually developing something with wider appeal to current PSP owners they wouldn't have to blame "piracy". "Piracy" is dev-speak these days because "we suck", "we misjudged our target demographic" and "we can't market" are not things you want to admit to and they're a lot harder to face as a business. I know lots of technophiles around here who have PSPs but I'm the only one with CFW. The thing is, since the games cost $30+ new and the unit is portable, most people just buy three or four max. It's not like an X360 or PSP where people are going to buy 20 games and put them on a shelf, etc. Devs have to step up and try to understand the PSP and its market if they want to develop a successful title for it just porting a PS2 or DS game or putting some cheap last generation title on PSN does NOT cut it here. Just because someone is "dev" for a system doesn't give them good understanding or judgment of the market. A lot of these guys are technically competent but complete morons in the business sense. Becoming a game developer is a great way to go broke or move from job to job constantly, in fact. A lot of times when you're in the thick of it, you have no IDEA what the big picture is. The guys who do, end up being the long term successes.

Sorry for formatting

Sorry the format is so funky on the above. I really had paragraphs when I hit "submit", honest. Dunno why I'm having trouble w/ QJs formatting. Also, in the above, where I said "X360 and PSP" I meant "X360 and PS3".

pirates

ARRGGH!!! your welcome me matey!

ok

its a PSP mini game how many people care about these for me, care factor is zero. its not piracy its your own stupid game. come up with a full game. i dont care about your minis i run 6.10 and 5.00m33 for homebrew your making excuses

LOL!

I said the truth and my comment got owned. Sad times...... Probably that hater thats been following me around.....

yes but

being a collector, i can see his point. you can collect physical things. digital you got no show. i dont play alot of games but own alot. if it goes digital, what am i going to collect. plus sony have the liberty of removing games at will. i discovered every extend extra to be a great game. i would never of found out how good it was if it was on PSN because i found it in a bargian bin rather than outright deleted. if a game dont sell, they will delete it, there will be no bargain bin that you can rare gems. digital distribution will ruin collectors who need physical media.

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If they're worried about piracy theirs always the DS... Oh wait, nvm.

Why god why!

Damn pirating people!

Piracy...

Yeah, psp does have CFW and therefore lot of pirates. Maybe they should move pixeljunk to the DS. Oh wait...DS has Acekard. Maybe they should move it to xbox 360? No...wait...you can pirate games on that too. Wii? Nope. Same story. That leaves the PS3. That'll work. Since the invention of the video game, there has been piracy. That's how it was, that's how it is, that's how it will be. If that bothers you, chances are you should either restrict yourself to the PS3 (although it's just a matter of time for that one) or stop producing video games.

WELL....

There is about 500 people in my school. ATLEAST 100 of them has a psp. Out of those 100 people I have only seen three people, including me, that even know what CFW is. And out of those three people, I am the only one that know how to play "Pirated" games. Yes, I admit, I am a "pirate," however if the game was truly a great game, like Final Fantasy: Dissidia, I would go to the store and buy the game. The point I am trying to get across is, most of the people that owns a psp DO NOT know how to "pirate" games. It's just that the game developer just did not make a game good enough for people to buy.

Yeah....

That's what I get for posting when I'm TheDrunkness

again...

Posting as a drunk bastard. I did buy it though haha.

shiva ma timbers!

argh! argh me hearties! argh! {thrown in for dramatic effect} even though I harv a wooden leg and a pet parrot and lurv tossing around on the High Seas, the only Pirating I do is with my cutlass argh! argh! urgh! {falls over inebriated}

ARGH!!

ARGH!! i see me a poser! Me Parrot: Kwah!!...Poser... KWAH!!

piracy on psp

if comments about only buying quality games on the psp vs pirating reflect the majority sentiment , then in the case of psp, i'd have to give them that argument because, really, there is like a handful of purchase worthy games on psp. there's far to much crap between every good release that when i owned a psp i used it mainly as a media player. in fact, it was pretty dope for that and i actually miss it.

@icestrom

maybe they never played the game, and are pirating as a demo that the game release lacked, hell thats what i do... too much ive wasted money on games that seemed to be less fun than eating baby *****

pinoy is right

a lot of people are naive and oblivious to the existance of CFW....and even than most of the noobs who find out about CFW are clueless as to how to install it so really piracy isnt that prominant in PSP...whereas DS, well just goto any site that sells card readers and BAM and M3 Real DS Slot card is right there ready for piracy +)

great game overall

This game is awesome. I would totally buy this game if PSN was available in my country. This is probably the BEST RTS game I've played on the PSP, although there are only few games from that genre for the PSP. I hope to see a sequel soon :]

They aren't really discouraging piracy.

Running CFW 5.0 M33: if you buy it you can't play it. In other words a lot of people set up for piracy can't play it if they buy it, but can if they pirate it. I bought it because it is very addictive and well worth the $20... but I still play the pirate version.