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Sony: 2010 to be a "very robust" year for PSP, candidly, piracy really is the problem

Posted Feb 22, 2010 at 9:49PM EST by Mabie A.

Listed in: PSP Tags: Sony

2010 is going to be a "very robust" year for the PSP handheld, so says Sony. The company's been teasing some major surprises this year in the hopes of reviving interest in the platform riddled with controversy and drama, and simply put, this is all mainly because of piracy.

Rob Dyer, Sony's senior vice president of publisher relations, is looking to move forward in 2010, and reveals that they've got the third parties to help them see through it.

"I think we had a great lineup last year," he opined. He also talked about what the biggest obstacle to the PSP has been thus far, and he's conceded that Sony has pretty much failed at curbing this activity.

"The biggest problem that plagued PSP was piracy; we have not been able to slow that down. We think we have some answers going forward, but we're not ready to talk about that publicly at this point. So we're working on fixing that, because that's been a big problem.

Publishers, when they put out good games, are not getting the same sales results that they got a few years back. So piracy's been a big issue and we're working on that very diligently to bring about some solutions."

They did come out with the PSPgo in the hopes of curbing the said problem, but given its poor sales performance, even that didn't put a dent on the activities of piracy.

It's been a jampacked six years for the Sony handheld already, and yet the problem of piracy still stubbornly persists. "I think given where we're at right now, we're doing very, very well. But yes, the business has had problems and I think it all stems, candidly, from the piracy."

Via [Industry Gamers]

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No Crappy Games/Ports=No Piracy

It's just that simple Sony.
We let you rape us with your overpriced memory sticks when the unit first released. Then, we let you rape us with games that were riddled with bugs, too short, too expensive, and in some cases grossly overpriced much like your current 'PSP-GO' offering.

Piracy was the raped buyer's way of striking back. What's really sad is that only 40% of the current psp library is even worth 'pirating'. Most of those half-baked games would sit better on an Iphone shelf then pay the full $39.99 that you want us to pay.

Think about that before you embark on your "Robust" year.

Cheers

# Word. — Torch 2010-02-23 13:37

This is so true. I don't even feel most of the crap they put out is even worth downloading.

-1 # RE: BUYERS WILL RETAILATE. — Snaku 2010-02-24 03:52

While I agree with most of what you say (overpriced memsticks, substandard/too expensive games/ports), I've never thought of piracy as my way of "striking back." I pirate because it comes down to a choice of having a game and $40 less in my wallet or just having the game.

I sooth my conscience with the idea that by copying data, I'm not taking anything away from anybody: it's not like my taking the data caused it to be taken away from anybody else. The simple fact, though, is that it's wrong and it's hurting the industry: while I wouldn't have bought most of the games I pirated, there are some that I would've, but didn't because I could pirate them. For those who actually download games to try them out and then buy them if they like them (I'm sure some people do that, though not as many as who make the claim), I suppose that can be sort of justified (it's still illegal, though), but the majority of piracy is wrong.

Any claims of doing it to "even the score" for perceived "rip-offs" on Sony's part are pathetic excuses to try to make oneself feel better. Nobody forced you to buy a psp or an overpriced memory stick. The product was available at a particular price and you apparently thought it was worth it because you paid that price.

That said, while piracy does hurt the industry, I don't believe it hurts nearly as much as developers claim. They tend to look at each download equating $40 dollars they would have gotten, but many (perhaps more than half) of those wouldn't have bought the games anyway. I think the psp is suffering more because of lack of quality content. Yeah, they come out with good ones every now and then, but for every game worth playing that comes out for psp, 5-10 come out for ps3. The last game I bought for psp before turning to piracy was tekken: dr. Since then, the only games I would've bought are mgs:po (not plus), crisis core, dissidia, and maybe gran turismo. That's four games. In the same time I've bought close to (if not more than) 20 games for my ps3. The psp's biggest weakness is that there's just not enough really good games.

# Jeeezzzz what a load of crap — Guest 2010-02-24 07:52

'...oh, I am a white knight, cause I only download from the rich'. Christ dude, stop the silly stuff. You are therefore a criminal, as you condone what you do, eventhough you know it is illegal and for no good reason to do so.

'I want to keep my money.' Yeah, so does the person thinkering to make the stuff.

'Aw, I wouldn't have bought the game anyway', WHY THE FUCK DO YOU DOWNLOAD IT THEN? LEAVE IT ALONE.

Interesting that the only games you bought are the ones that give loads of trouble to play/download on a downgraded PSP....

In other words: You are soooo Full of 'shit' (oops did I say that?)

# Freakin' idiots that can't read — Snaku 2010-02-25 06:27

Um... did you even read what I said? Ok, let me try to simplify it for you.

Piracy=bad. I pirate. I=bad. I make excuses to make myself feel better, but it's still wrong, so I+excuses=bad. People who pirate to test and then buy if they like=gray area, but still illegal/bad.

Let's see.... anything in there about being a white knight? Hm... it looks like I called myself bad. That's kind of the opposite of white knight.

I wouldn't have bought most games because they're not worth $40 to me. There are at least 4 games that I've pirated that ARE worth $40 to me, so at the very least, that's $160 that Sony didn't get from me, that they would have if I weren't a pirate. My only point in that last paragraph was that Sony would look at the dozen or so games that I've pirated and interpret that as $480 that they've lost, when in actuality they've only lost $160. There's no justification implied for my actions: it's still wrong, whether I would've bought the game or not. The point is that it's still the lack of quality games that's hurting the psp more than the piracy.

So to recap on your conclusions: white knight? No. Condone? No. Bought games that give trouble to play on downgraded psp? No, I pirated those, too: I just said that those were the ones I would have bought if I couldn't have pirated them.

If you're going to start an argument, you should probably make sure you understand what you're arguing against first. Otherwise you sound like a moron.

+1 # Buyers WIll Retaliate — Guest 2010-02-22 23:28

NO MORE OVERPRICED AND CRAPPY GAMES = NO MORE PIRACY
PERIOD.

When you decide to rape your primary customers with overpriced hardware, overpriced media, half-baked games, watered down ports, and games that are often riddled with bugs and no updates, you will almost always spawn a revolt amongst the buyers. 40% of what is on the psp shelves right now is NOT even worth pirating in the first place. Thank God for Monster Hunter. You guys should on your dirty knees thanking Capcom nightly for that gift.

And, I wont even start on your current PSP-GO offering which further underlines all of the above points. Don't expect the buyers to have mercy on you, if you dont show REAL gratitude to the people who support you.

...And, that's one to grow on.

Cheers

# RE: Sony: 2010 to be a "very robust" year for PSP, candidly, piracy really is the problem — Guest 2010-02-22 23:36

piracy helps sell system because it means its usually capable of homebrew

+2 # Why Piracy isnt good — Guest 2010-02-23 19:33

Systems are sold at a loss with only the promise of profit from selling games for that system. Just thought you should know that for the sake of your argument.

# That isn't exactly piracy — Sythun 2010-02-25 00:56

Isn't piracy illegally obtaining the game without paying? Homebrew isn't exactly piracy since you don't need to pay for it but I understand your point on homebrew helping to sell systems.

+8 # Wow... — gldoorii 2010-02-22 23:46

Yea...piracy had everything to do with mediocre PSN updates for the PSP huh? Or the release of another PSP that can't even play the entire PSP library? Maybe piss poor support too? We all know the DS is MUCH easier to pirate and Nintendo isn't blaming piracy for anything. Sony...get over yourselves and give loyal fans and supporters what they want as opposed to trying to rape our wallets.

+1 # RE: Wow... — Guest 2010-02-23 02:25

I can't agree more with your post. Ever since the CD started getting used as media for consoles, there's been pretty rampant piracy, even the PSone could be tricked with a swap disc technique, but the failure of the PSP is the first time anyone has really blamed it on such. The Dreamcast survived until Sega gave up in the face of the PS2, the PS2 is still around, Microsoft works quietly to ban pirates from live, and Nintendo just updates their systems to prevent Wii and DS piracy. Sony doesn't seem to want to admit they released a flawed portable, and is aiming blame wherever they can.

+1 # piracy bullshit — Guest 2010-02-23 00:23

yes its a problem, but you can blame every little thing on piracy. they are just incompetent and looking to get the blame elsewhere.

+3 # RE: Sony: 2010 to be a "very robust" year for PSP, candidly, piracy really is the problem — Guest 2010-02-23 00:30

The ds is easier and cheaper to pirate on and thats why it has failed miserably. Oh wait never mind. It was a huge success with every version. I guess great support, consumer friendliness, marketing, and a reasonable price can do a lot.

-4 # .... — Silver-Tiger 2010-02-23 06:10

since when is DS piracy cheaper than PSPs?

For DS piracy you need a flashcard and a additional MicroSD-card.

For PSP, you need nothing. Just install CFW.

+1 # RE: .... — Guest 2010-02-23 09:44

I forgot that all psps now come on 5.03 or lower and you never need a pandora battery. Also microsd cheaper than memory stick.. For 30$ I can get an acekard and an 8gb micro sd that I just put in the ds slot. Psp started out with modchips then cfw and you have to have knowledge on how to install. The beginning cfw also required a game to install.

+1 # Pfff — slacker1987 2010-02-23 12:20

Pffft, for less than $15 you can get an R4 and a 2gb microsd. That alone is all you need, and it takes zero hacking knowledge. If you can drag and drop, you can pirate DS games.

# blablabla — lexbian 2010-02-24 21:35

AND... for $5 i bought this awesome dual microSD to MS Duo adaptor. i can put 2 of those cheapass microSD into my psp at once. 32gb+ besides. DS games are barely a step above iphone games which are pretty much just flash games truthfully.

+1 # Agreed gldoorii — Guest 2010-02-23 00:40

My last straw was with that PSP GO deal, i felt like i had been flipped off by sony when that deal was shown. Even more when i sent them 2 emails, only to get automated responses both times. I dont even feel bad in the least for not paying for all of my games
(This is coming from a PS3, PSP 2000, and PSP GO owner)

+2 # . — Guest 2010-02-23 00:54

Parents and Grandparents are more inclined to give their children or grandchildren Nintendo's than Playstation's.

1. Nintendo is older, and to them, more reliable.
2. Games arent filled with violence and mature content.
3. Games are casual, thus wont really get kids as hooked to gaming as some of the more hardcore games.
4. The games on DS have a much larger following than the ones on PSP due to the success of the Gameboy.

Im sure there are more reasons but ya know...

# the psp go — Guest 2010-02-23 01:46

"They did come out with the PSPgo in the hopes of curbing the said problem, but given its poor sales performance, even that didn't put a dent on the activities of piracy."

lol even if they made it without the purpose of fighting piracy, would still be crap

# very nicely put — Guest 2010-02-23 02:16

SONY listen very closely to what i have to say. i no u guys read all these sites.
Your problem is not piracy. ITS THESE TERRIBLE GAMES YOU PUT OUT ONE AFTER ANOTHER. worst bunch of crap ive ever played. and i want u all to remember this. You will NEVER get another dime from me until you apologize for the sorry bunch of SH*T you keep trying to steal my money with. oh ya and thx for the 200+ pirated games i got ill never forget how bad they were.sorry for the rant but rob dyer can suck my d*ck.

# what i think. — zzk2001 2010-02-23 04:38

I say the Over priced games are the real problem. Yes there are some games worth 40$ like God of War But even then 40$ for Some UMD game that's more or less a out of date Ps2 game is to high, and 90% of all the games are only worth like 15-20$ if that.
Adding to that of 50$ is just Re-makes, Sadly the Re-makes are the Games that are GOOD LOL.
I think the New Lunar: Silver Star Harmony (witch is a Lunar Re-make) is going to be good BUT again 30$ for it is a little much, I say 20$ and a lot more people would buy it.

+1 # gerr =P — zzk2001 2010-02-23 04:39

That's
"Adding to that of 50% is just Re-makes"

+3 # RE: what i think. — XenderRAy 2010-02-23 06:15

Yeah I totally agree. I have CFW and I have bought few games worth buying (Resistance, GOW, GTA, ME and few more).The problem is that its just a few, others are crappy piece o nothing that even when pirated you dont want to play them. Iam looking forward to buy Peace walker, KH:BBS and maybe 2 more. I dont think other games would be worth even trying. Make good games and ppl will buy them. It's simple as that.

Sorry for my english if I made some mistakes, it's not my language.

+5 # Hmmm — Acteon 2010-02-23 09:03

I don't mind re-makes. The PSP is a portable console, I actually want to play existing console games on a portable system (Wipeout, Ace Combat, Disgaea, Motorstorm, Street Fighter, BlazBlue, Persona 3, Tekken, GTA etc are all good) but ideally I want them tweaked for the portable format and done well.

The PSP is actually pretty good at remakes, and its better than casual shovelware that swamps the DS. I'd actually like a few more - maybe Street Fighter Third Strike or even Marvel vs Capcom (which it emulates brilliantly).

That said, Sony need to nurture new IP's - sadly most of the best aren't available in the West - Gundam vs Gundam & Macross Ultimate Frontier are great games that you can play even if you don't know Japanese.

I think for the most part we're all agreed - more games and realistic pricing please Rob.

+5 # It's not piracy, it's support — Acteon 2010-02-23 05:56

Plain fact is that Sony have admitted that they failed to support the PSP as they pushed the PS3 launch (badly I might add).

As others have said, the DS does just fine, piracy and all. The problem here is institutional incompetence at pushing the system. Lets review:

Advertising - where is it? I can't turn on the TV without seeing a Nintendo advert every ad break. With only a very limited "Whole world in your hands" campaign in the last few years, Sony's product placement is dire. Try advertising the hardware/games in key TV slots, such as Pop Idol or similar - why wasn't Rock Band or Beatorator pushed in these key slots?

Secondly, the PSP is a hardcore gamers system and should be marketed as such - I want to see adverts with tanks firing PSP bullets at Nintendo Wii's with "F**K Casual Gaming" written on the barrel.

Thirldy, PSN is dire and overpriced. There's no excuse for this, period. Sort it.

Lastly, if piracy is killing third party support (which is the main issue related to piracy) then secure your system. 6.20 seems to be pretty unhackable, so make games that need it, can't be patched and are worth having, becuase you've got a back catalogue with hundreds of games that can be played/emulated for free - to compete with that you need a string of A-List hits. May I suggest Street Fighter IV, Res Evil 5, Uncharted, more Mortorstorm (please!) and more God of War.

Get to it Rob.

+2 # YES — slacker1987 2010-02-23 06:23

This post is so 100% true.

Half of the time the PSP is marketed like an ipod. Which it's not. >.>

PSN/any digital content needs to go WAY down in price as well. People pay full price for digital games when they could go get the physical complete package used somewhere for $10 sometimes $20 less. THAT's why the PSPgo is a no-go.

I'll give them props for marketing niche games at least. All the ads for MHFU and Dissidia were cool shiz.

+1 # Price is.. WRONG — Guest 2010-02-23 06:05

Like I have read a few times here already, people are saying that the console and the games are over priced. I couldn't agree more! I would rather pay $50 for a game for my 360 or an update for software on PC, not some mediocre game that has been pushed out so fast, has crap everything and is way to short!

So simple, half the price, get rid of piracy...

+1 # I agree — Guest 2010-02-23 06:09

Its like this Sony, stop with the high prices and all the crap that goes with it.
Drop the prices, remove DRM and you will see more sales.
I only have the pirated version of Socom 3 coz 1, its overpriced, 2 its got DRM in it and 3 you just suck atm.

I WAS going to buy Socom 3 over the weekend until I read in the PSN forums all the problems people are having with the new DRM in it. NO THANKS! I will just finish my copy and that'll be it for me. I never play online anyway so no loss for me but a big loss for Sony as I now wont pay for it.

I've NEVER brought a PC game with DRM in it and if PSN games are starting to have DRM then it looks like I will never buy a PSN game with it either.

YOUR LOSS SONY. You did it yourself and you have to live with it.

-2 # Piracy dump sales???? — Guest 2010-02-23 06:19

WHAT? I thought overprice junk with no hardware improvement beside a Face-lift is.....

I dont know about you, why does crappy games and piracy have to do with your hardware sales?

The last time I check and remember i bought several PSPs is because of Piracy....DAME Several PSPs...7 to be exact...1 BRICKED. 1 Felt on to the subway track..few stolen.

Why Idiot S0ny people complain??
Complain to your game makers man...
Poor sales??,,BS.bit22hhes....
Lower the price, let CFW in, I'll buy the dame PSPgo for my whole family.
AND thats 158 of them including cousins..
Good luck to that S0ny.

+2 # Piracy, fuck yeah — Lachtan 2010-02-23 06:38

*Sarcasm inbound in 3 2 1 ...*

Uh ooh, so PI-RA-CY is THAT problem, jeez, why wouldn't I thought about it before.
Whole the time I thought that UMDs for 50$ are the problem.
OR not supporting independent developers is that problem.
OR having the fucking poorest online services ever in the galaxy is that problem(you guys from US are fairly good with PSN, you should see EU version omfg).

Sony pls, make Purchasing UMDs/downloadable games even more difficult and DO ADD some kind of bullshittery, like DRM or something, to protect you from piracy, cuz we, legal customers love to get screwed
Oh and to compensate for piracy, pls make games even more expensive, that will sure bring you back lost revenue...

Also you might come up with new media format and bill developers for releasing games on it.
-
So you did apply all the DRM stuff and you're screwing legal customers and the piracy level is still high? how's that focking possible *facepalm.jpg*

*sarcasm ends in 3 2 1...*

+1 # RE: Piracy, fuck yeah — XenderRAy 2010-02-23 08:40

And the worst thing is this is true, not just a sarcasm. Where I live, new released games are 45 - 65$. What the fuck is this? And they don't know why theres piracy.

# RE: Piracy, fuck yeah — lexbian 2010-02-24 21:42

im not seeing how legal customers are "screwed" by Sony's implementation of DRM. thats like saying the entire world of PC gaming is screwing meople by forcing them to use unique CD keys.
so you have to type a serial number into your psp the first time you play your new game online to register it, AND, to prove you own it. isnt that how most PC games are?

i mean im not gonna say i dont pirate... with over 200 games, thatd be a bald faced lie.

but FFS cry a fookin river and geth the bloody hell over it. DRM is nothing new. serial keys are nothing new. at least sony gives you a chance to replay used online games. anyone remember phantasy star online for Sega Dreamcast? anyone ever go buy a used copy at EB or Gamestop, only to find out you cant play it? then to call sega and have them tell you "too bad, get the original key or you cant play". Face it kiddies, Sony COULD be fucking you a LOT harder. i think DRM as theyve (mis)managed it so far is pretty harmless. and pretty generous when you stop and look at the phantasy star online fiasco presented by sega.

# RE: Sony: 2010 to be a "very robust" year for PSP, candidly, piracy really is the problem — Guest 2010-02-23 08:39

well wit all the piracy no company is gonna wanna invest and produce quality games when there is gonna be no get bk or profit for there hard work...if the developement of titles for the psp was as profitable as the ds it would be swarming with games.

+1 # RE: Sony: 2010 to be a "very robust" year for PSP, candidly, piracy really is the problem — Guest 2010-02-23 08:41

i dont mind the ports and so on since i dont have a ps2 or ps3 so any port that allows me to have a slice at wat the games were like for the systems im happy with

# RE: Sony: 2010 to be a "very robust" year for PSP, candidly, piracy really is the problem — Guest 2010-02-23 08:47

Blah blah blah and more BLAH! All they ever talk about is, combating piracy but than they forget all about putting out the product in the first place. Sonys defense to piracy is to put out nothing worth purchasing. So instead of piracy being the problem, they are...any owner can see that. So whens psp2 coming out so we can start blaming the failure of that console on piracy?

-1 # get real — Guest 2010-02-23 09:53

ok sony lets get real piracy is not the reason for poor hardware sales of the pspgo the high price for a system that takes less to build pls 300 for a hand held system are you on drugs why would i pay more for less my xbox360 cost less than that which by the why did you not take note when you tried to seel the ps3 for 600 i think definatly a drug habbit to support there serously piracy only hurts the soft ware part but who can blame them they are right over priced crap do u evan what g4 channel to see what ratings your games are getting the system sale are only a problem be cause you are greedy piracy is only a problem because simply you are greedy lets face it a new umd game cost less than the digital down load on psn also pso games the require a ps3 to download (greedy incompitant f..ks

-1 # stop complaing just point me to the free games! — Guest 2010-02-23 10:49

I got the PSP because of the free games! I've downloaded every single one of my games for free. However, i had to buy one game to make my psp run cfw, but it was actually worth the full price i paid for it. So there you have it, if you can make a game that will ensure that you can hack a psp, it will sell like HOT CAKES!!!!! So why not make them all like that????!!!!

-2 # opinions of pirates — Guest 2010-02-23 11:26

let me just say this..i had a psp 2000 hacked..it was great to be able to do so much..but isos make it so much easier to not pay for a game when u can get it for free...i agree most of the psp games are crap,but nobody in there right mind knowing how the piracy prob is on the psp,is goin to bust there ass to make a great game to only see a 3rd of the money they could have got due to pirates..it puts ppl out of work,layoffs,co rps shut down or merge to salvage the finacial hit..we can sit here all day and blame sony for overpriced products..and i agree it can be ridiculous..but that doesnt give ppl the right to use that as justification to steal from ppl who worked to make sumthin for you..i personally now own a psp go..and i like it.do i miss being able to do more with homebrew and isos..hell yes...but am i glad im not a thief anymore,stop blaming sony and accept you part in this,so sony took 3 yrs tyo finally put ff7 on psn..so what!! it took ninetndo yrs to get virtual console on the ds...everyone is lucky that we have sony an nintendo making products..and lucky we have publishers and devs tryin to pump out games good or bad..you can disagree with me if you want on all i said..but im a former pirate..and bottom line is this...for every 10 ppl who pirate a game..another ( probably kickass) person who struggled thru college to achieve his dream of making videogames..lost his job today..due to you

+1 # RE: Sony: 2010 to be a "very robust" year for PSP, candidly, piracy really is the problem — Guest 2010-02-23 12:21

of course piracy is the problem!
no CFW in PSP-GO = ridiculously low sales!

# Yeah. — Guest 2010-02-23 12:38

Totally agree

+4 # 40 Dollar Portable Games — Elric 2010-02-23 12:53

$40 Portable Games WANT to be Pirated, they BEG for it. Any time a market gets hopelessly overpriced piracy, used markets, and cheap knock-offs ensue.

The base price point for new PSP games is about $15 too high. THAT is 100% of the problem.

+1 # YEP! — Guest 2010-02-24 03:31

I agree with you 100%.
I have enough money on my PSN account to buy Socom 3 but its just way overpriced. I'm happily playing the pirated version as I just cant see myself paying so much for a game.
Its priced at $59 but if it was $39 I would've gotten it day one. Even if it was $49 I would buy it now but at $59 I will wait for it to drop in price. If it never drops then I will never buy it.
I agree with you 100%.
I have enough money on my PSN account to buy Socom 3 but its just way overpriced. I'm happily playing the pirated version as I just cant see myself paying so much for a game.
Its priced at $59 but if it was $39 I would've gotten it day one. Even if it was $49 I would buy it now but at $59 I will wait for it to drop in price. If it never drops then I will never buy it.

Sony are to blame for that. Stupid prices means more pirated downloads.
Sony are to blame for that. Stupid prices means more pirated downloads.

-1 # YEP! — Guest 2010-02-24 03:32

# well — Guest 2010-02-23 14:48

thats a bad excuse, of course Sony loses money cause of piracy, but if you look the other side Nintendo suffers more with piracy than Sony, cause DS is very easy to "hack" via cards and thirdies are still creating games to it anyway and Nintendo isnt crying like a baby. C'mon PSP is way powerful than DS and they cant create games that deserve to be bought not downloaded?? I habe both, but when I see the sales of DS I cant believe, cause I think PSP a hell of a portable machine and they dont push it to the limit and create good games!! Or maybe the touching screen is something really apreciated and I dont know...cause I cant understand how people can prefer DS instead of buying PSP. I say it again, I have both, and PSP is way better product than DS.

+1 # oh crap — Guest 2010-02-24 04:10

you are correct dude psp is a better device that a ds...

but A GREAT GAME MACHINE + SO-SO games wont beat a GOOD MACHINE + GREAT GAMES...

we buy psp because its more powerful, more powerful more great games...well supposedly but that is not the case right now...what? sony wants us to buy this great machine for sO-SO games? hahaha what a plan...

-1 # RE: Sony: 2010 to be a "very robust" year for PSP, candidly, piracy really is the problem — Shardnax 2010-02-23 15:07

Homebrew is nice and all, but, you're lying to yourself if you claim that's all you use CFW for or a flash cart. on the DS.

I'd buy more games if they started offering some kind of point reward system I could trade points in to get swanky merchandise. Or if they lowered the price to $30.

+1 # Think a little..... — Guest 2010-02-23 18:33

To Sony: Invest more in marketing/quality products and service instead of draining all resources in new scams and firmwares. Simple as that. You could start listening to consumers for a change...

+1 # Sigh — Guest 2010-02-23 23:18

Are you that ignorant? It's because of them draining their resources on this so called SCAMS and FIRMWARES that you got FREE online gaming through PSN and every now and then a GOOD NEW FEATURE... like let's say... in game music, in game xmb chat and so forth. They have been listening to consumers (as slow as it maybe)... You just don't want new firmware on games just because of the fact that you can't play new pirated crap on it. Plain and simple.

+1 # oh crap — Guest 2010-02-24 04:04

on the first place why are there CFW?? why are there PIRATES?? IS CFW only for pirates?? if i own a pimped up car does that mean i'm a racer?? people want liberty! and that is not in the vocabularies of GO....got that?

# seriously — Guest 2010-02-23 21:15

sony needs to stop worrying about piracy.the psp has the potential to be the greatest portable game system ever.they just need to focus on people who actually buy games instead of pirate.and stop making these lackluster updates to the system.

# Ha ha ha — Guest 2010-02-23 21:47

Man all this talk about pirates but the hole thing is yes games suck.And if they want any of that profit that they talk about how about just simply lowering the prices on this shovel ware crap they keep dishing out to the public.Me my self i own 20 games and i verily play them.hmm but where did i get these games.From the same place that one of the game makers said was the real reason they do not get there revenue.I get them from games stop cheaper prices and the game makers receive nothing from that purchase but that is not my fault.No that is theres for there prices but then again i use my psp to play emulators more then anything my brothers and i are all ways playing two player games.

# bull — Guest 2010-02-23 22:08

The problem isn't piracy, the wii is completely exposed to piracy too, and they are doing very well...maybe it's the line up bub

# piracy — Guest 2010-02-23 22:51

An easy way to curb piracy would be to allow homebrew. If they made ISOs the only things off limits, no self respecting CFW maker would come out with a CFW for the psp. The only reason they would come out with a CFW would be to make pirating possible, and I know Davee, Dark Alex, and Team Gen are all supposedly against it. So nobody would be able to make CFW unless they said,"Ok, I know what I'm doing is 100% wrong."

# Sigh — Guest 2010-02-23 23:12

This part of the forums... SCARY. Most of them bitch*ng about how you can't pirate the damn thing anymore which is pretty good if you ask me...

Most PSP games are crap? Well duh... There is no more support for the damn thing from developers because every other game the was made during the initial launches were pretty much PIRATED. Since when did developers work for free? Does a quality game come out of a person's ass or something? It has to be funded somehow and guess what they have to use to fund it? The profit from their previously released games... and guess what.. if they don't have enough funds, of course there going have to cut it somewhere... hence why it becomes a crappy game.

Games are expensive???... Learn to do business kids... give the PS3 for example... not hacked yet... at first the games were damn expensive... now look? They have games that are on special every now and then... there pretty decent ones too.

# RE: Sigh — Silver_Infinity 2010-02-24 04:54

The case is a little different. Most who get the PS3 (at least initially) had to dive in and buy a VERY expensive console with VERY expensive games (being BDs, and all). They knew what they were getting into. Nowadays, Sony is making an effort to make PS3 stuff cheaper, which is good for sales in general.

OTOH, PSP...horribly expensive titles and the quality is not always great (related to point below). Some of the titles that ARE great, cost plenty...sometimes to the tune of $60-70, although well-worth it.

As noted so many times (and as you did), devs - particularly western ones - don't want to sink so much money into making games because it's all about piracy. So it's either they stay away or they make sub-par shovelware. Therefore, no good games = no sales. Very nasty cycle.

However, sooner or later, Sony will be unable to blame piracy, as the new stock of PSPs (all 3000s/88v3s higher than 5.03) would have taken over the public market. That has already happened in Japan, and yet their sales are becoming even higher (check the charts for that).

You'll actually notice that the people who vocally complain about piracy are primarily the UK/NA companies or branches of the companies, not the Japanese ones. Interesting, considering that those branches are the ones that sell less due more to crappy games than any amount of piracy.

Point is, they should really just step up their marketing efforts for the new generation of PSPs (all unhackable), and splurge some money into developing great games. That was largely the effort during the PS2 era, so why not do it with the PSP?

# oh crap — Guest 2010-02-24 03:58

So sony is starting to cry huh??

but first
@GEN - well businees huh?? tell you what...why do people wanted to pirate?? is it because its free? no moron because this fucking games are so lame to be priced at $45...you really think its easy to hack a psp? eh? well no! an average guy like me is risking my psp to be bricked because of crappy overpriced games! now if games are a bit reasonably priced? i wont hesitate to buy that than have a pain in the a*s figuring what to do just to hack my precious white machine with crappy ammunition...and the real reason for it down fall is not "PIRACY" y? its like this? how could an "unhackable" system be barking to piracy when in fact it cant be pirated at the moment?? duh! its like hating your mother for you are born with no pennis...

now for sony...

well you think you have won eh? hahaha guess what! people are not as stupid as you think to buy that so called "new device" where the only advantage it offers over the pre existing system is its "homebrew free"! and oh! hahaha no one really wants that $250 machine...not at its current state...and before you whine like a baby who last his candy...you are not the only party who has piracy at their tail...hey look nintendo also has one but damn they are doing pretty good...why?? they know what real business is about!

GOOD GAME+ REASONABLE PRICE = OWNAGE!

one more thing...back at the 1000's and early 2000's era...have your sales gone down?? think hard....

# Sigh... — Guest 2010-02-25 03:23

WTH are you on kid? Instead of calling people like myself (who actually know something about reality) a moron... get your ignorant little ass out of that chair and get a life. Did I tell you to buy that $45 dollar crap game? NO... I was just stating one of the damn obvious reasons that make it why there's no good games for the damn thing for ignorant people like yourself. And besides... I understand that EVERYONE (myself included for those who DON'T know that...) has pirated something somehow...
It's the fact that your actually defending the fact that you just stole something and think it's alright... Just because it's CRAPPY?

You think Sony is going to read your damn little rant on here? Just make yourself feel better in your own little world kid... embarrass yourself even more... Real business? I don't see you with a multi million dollar company... Contrast now between me (with a little bit of real facts), yourself (with your warped little mind), and Sony (do I even need to explain it?)... Whose the BIGGER MORON. Instead of typing your idiotic name calling little threats... why don't you present a constructive argument like Silver-Infinity here.

AND IT'S PENIS! Moron....(I'd say this is appropriate) Can't even get a proper insult going... Don't even know why that's even there to answer or compare for the question.

# What shoud have been said ... — Guest 2010-02-24 04:00

"The biggest problem that plagued PSP was shitty games; we have not been able to slow that down. We think we have some answers going forward, but we're not ready to talk about that publicly at this point. So we're working on fixing that, because that's been a big problem."

# piracy — jwydell 2010-02-24 14:02

piracy is stealing someone elses creation. how can anyone say its okay to steal? if you don't like the machine's capabilities, or lack there off, don't buy it. and to all you people who say "i can buy it or download it and keep my money" as a ridiculous defense. i doubt any of you would work for free.

+1 # Real talk from a real person about piracy and my reason to be a theif (yes i admit it) — Guest 2010-02-24 16:09

Let me say this, I used to be a regular psp lover 3 years go when i first got it. I thought it was cool and it was revolutionary for handhelds. I bought two games Starwars battlefront and later in 08 God of war. I was ok with starwars and loved god of war! Then after a while i started to feel bare spending 80 dollars, but i didnt give it much thought. Then i saw some guy playing mario bros for snes on his psp. I said how can i do that on mine. and he said the thing that started my frenzy, "CUSTOM FIRMARE". I had no idea what it was until i was reading everywhere on google. Once i found out how to put it on i got mario bros and i was shocked! I thought it was so cool! Then i read somewhere about free psp games and game rippers. i looked into it and searched for games. when i ripped my own god of war game i was speechless, i thought it couldnt be possible! then i started scouring the internet searching for other peoples backup. And then from there on, i was a THEIF! What led me to this point was the fact that: There are hardly any cool psp accessories, games cost almost as much as a ps3/xbox games! And the big one, there are barely any quality games. I used to be a legal consumer, but when all these reasons apply and every single human being on this earth loves free things, who wouldnt do it if it saved them money. Im not making any excuses i am a theif! And its sad how ive become this. Especially when u have games like Monster Hunter that are worth there price, the psp go is a massive slap in the face, why would consumers want to wait hours to play a game they purchased on their go, when u got a psp 3000 which is cheaper and can do everything the go can?!. Sony, if u want to make money on the psp before it completley dies, here you go: Make more accessories!(Ja pan has gps, tv and cameras, what do we have?) Make quality games, no one wants to spend 40 bucks on a crappy duds! And finally, make games 29.99. When "The Warriors" was new on the psp, it had great replay value, excellent gameplay, and was 20 bucks! That is why that game succeeded. And dont bitch about piracy being the leading cause of failure for the psp. U shot urself in the face when u decided to make shitty games and terrible support. The psp has so much potential, but u are failing to unleash it! U can smash the competition if u just THINK! Advertise it, make better games and cheaper, and make more accesories and i promise people will notice.

# A BLOG POST ABOUT PSP PIRACY — Austin 2010-02-24 17:26

http://pspiracy.blogspot.com/ This post has very insightful opinions on the topic

# RE: Sony: 2010 to be a "very robust" year for PSP, candidly, piracy really is the problem — Guest 2010-02-24 17:28

The PSP should have piracy enabled, but the piracy would move away game developers.
What would sony pay them with??? The company is trying to make money so that it can get better games, FOR YOU!

# piracy problem? — Guest 2010-02-24 18:44

the simple fact is if they opened USER mode to us there could still be homebrew, emulation and such, but as they don't they have failed the market, as well as overpricing games there are sever that we just never get. I imported a game from Japan because we were told we would never get it, it was later released. I imported a game from EU, it's translated in 14 languages. WHY IS IT TBA HERE?
bottom line:
Make things cheaper, let us use the system fully, and give us what's ready for us.

# Wait... — Justin Graziano 2010-02-24 23:44

I feel I've heard this before... Back in 2009, and 2008, and 2007, and 2006, and 2005...

+1 # What are you talking about? — Guest 2010-02-25 00:42

Many of you keep yapping that the PSP has fewer good games than the DS, but you don't know shit: These numbers are taken from Gamespot (maybe it's not that objective, but it should suffice).

Great - Editor's Choice

PSP
88 games

DS
81 games

Fair - Good games

PSP
223

DS
265

Conclusion: PSP has a little more top games than the DS, the DS has 42 more Meh to good games. Difference in the two categories is not that big. Both consoles have around the same ammount of decent games (PSP 311, DS 346), and the DS has a lot more shovelware, several times more, than the PSP.

I have to agree though, that prices are too high for new releases. Personally, I stopped buying releases, and only get those games when their prices have dropped, something that eventually happens. And I don't even have to buy them 2nd hand.

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