Sidhe Interactive says Piracy hurting PSP |
QJ Reader Waponez alerts us that in IGN's "The future of the PSP" feature, when Sidhe Interactive was asked if there is anything Sony could do to help developers, they responded that protection against piracy is necessary to help ensure the long term commercial viability of the platform. Sidhe Interactive's Managing Director, Mario Wynands expounds:What has been disappointing from a developer perspective is that, despite strong hardware sales worldwide, software sales have been flat. There are arguably a number of reasons contributing to this, but in my opinion one of the key issues is piracy.
The ability to run pirated PSP software without any kind of hardware modification is a definite weakness of the system right now, and one being exploited by hundreds of thousands of gamers if Torrent traffic of pirated PSP software is anything to go by. Its a weakness that Sony may never be able to fully resolve, but action is definitely necessary to ensure the long term commercial viability of the platform.
In the mean time, all I can do is ask that gamers support the companies that make the games they play by purchasing their games legitimately.
Of course this doesn't mean that Sidhe Interactive doesn't support user generated content for the PSP. Wynands explains:
Sidhe Interactive is a big proponent of user generated content, and the PSP is uniquely positioned to support this. The combination of portability, wireless connectivity, online capability, and memory stick storage gives gamers the ability to generate, save, edit, share, upload and download content in a way that has never been seen on handheld or even console before.
Again, like any other platform, legitimate purchases of content for the handheld seems the best way to support the PSP. Amusing, though, that games like God of War for the PSP immediately convince folks to part with their money, and others have a hard time doing so. Wait. Ignore that. That's just me trying to be er, smart. Yeah, that.
Oh, and thanks for the tip Waponez. Keep those tips coming folks!
Via IGN
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Comments [refresh]
For building an ISO loader into the firmware. He should've made it only load ISOs ripped by the same PSP
Fanjta was alwatys rather opposed to pirating, it's Dark Alex who put the ISO loader in SE-B and every custom firmware from then on.
the ps1 and ps2 very much have been plagued by modchips and hacks, anybody can play backups for ps1 just by swapping on early models of ps1 then modchips made its way too. the ps2 also has an exploit by which you can save into memory ard and run by a trigerring ps1 game, then there's also abundant of modchips available. and these consoles are still considered a worldwide SUCCESS.
the psp growth is not hindered by piracy, it is caused by a stiff competition from DS, and yes there are still bad cons about PSP, the samll battery life is the first culprit, then there's this UMD drive, sony should have removed it and opt for the memory sticks to have the game, by selling games via electronic or internet, of course Digitally signed games only.
The key point here is that NO ADDITIONAL HARDWARE / HARDWARE MODIFICATION is required. I put that in caps to highlight what you are missing. Out of all the systems you mentioned, the PSP can be used for piracy simply by going to the store, coming back home, downloading hacks and then leeching torrents. They've even made it such that you don't need to purchase a single UMD to do it now. Contrast this with the DS - you have to source an M3 or whatnot, the vast majority won't bother, they will just go to the store and buy the games. The PSP HAS awesome games, yet it's sales are dwarfed by DS sales. The reason is clear and obvious and the only people in denial are those hundreds of thousands (which will be the tip of the iceberg as it doesn't include friends trading, or the massive NNTP and IRC piracy) downloading ISOs.
Bottom line, if you like a game, $%$%%^ buy it!
I have always liked Fanjita. I've been with the psp since the start pretty much. I got the psp when it was new and sort of unnoticed at the point. Fanjita really helped the community out and everybody started flaming him. I curse you with pain now, Fanjita was great... and still is