Believe me there are people who download those games and copy them to their PS3 harddrive. They're just waiting for some groups to finally hack the PS3.

wow, thats a stretch but now that I think about it I remember reading some posts on afterdawn where some were talking about sticking to the original ps3 firmware in case it finally got hacked lol

They should've just bought 360s if they're that desperate to pirate

How are these numbers in any way useful? As far as I can tell, these numbers include certain public torrent numbers only. unaccounted for are:

- games downloaded on private trackers
- games downloaded on irc/usenet/ftp servers
- pirated games sold at retail

so basically, these numbers have no value other than letting us know that people download popular games.

Should I cheer for this or not???

Yes, besides, in the eastern europe selling pirated discs is still popular, especally for PS2 - some ppl just don't know how to download it, and it's easier to buy them from "pirates". That's just one download from the pirate, but hundreds of DVD's sold.

@joora: I remember in high school when my friend Dustin put a bunch on GB emulation on floppy disks and sold them to people. I think that is just hilarious.

There apears to be a contradiction in your attitude.

You absoloutley hate piracy right ? but your willing to pirate in certain situations i.e the game not being availible for sale , your no different from the pirate except your reasoning is differs ; the ends still justify the means. Repaying SE at a later date with their latter releases doesn't change the fact that you illegaly obtained their software prior to that. Illegaly obtaining a developers software is not justified by buying their games at a later date regardless of your reasoning ; the burgular can't say " I stole from your house once last year but I returned everything today + $10 for your troubles" .I'll agree that it's no where  as low as pirates downloading newly released games with no intention of paying a penny to the developer but in principle it's still the same thing .

If there is any circumstance what so ever in which your a willing to pirate some one elses material then you are not only taking part in pirate activity but your are condoning it through your actions , you can't legally justify theft by promising to repay losses in the future . If you hate piracy so much you won't do it even if you had to make sacrifices to support that point of view.

Yes, I know that. That's why I put "illegally" in my post. I know it's illegal to download roms, even though I can't play the game any other way without breaking the warranty rules of the console (note: only on consoles I own, so the emulator is not illegal). Nowhere did I say it was good that I did those (maybe 5 games or so in total), nor did I say it was a righteous excuse.

 

Look at the software sales. When you consider that the PS3 is the only console that can't play burned games, they clearly indicate that piracy hurts sales in a big way. If it didn't, the 360 and Wii would be selling the most software.

 Which they are...