Sony: Piracy Has Taken 'Big Chunk Of Game Sales' From PSP!

[Aj_habfan]

Kasz216 said:

Aj_habfan said:

Kasz216 said:

I disagree.... I think piracy has created a huge chunk of PSPs sold.

Without piracy... these PSPs just wouldn't of sold.

It's like the Ipod.  Is piracy hurting Itunes sales....?  Or is it pushing more Ipods.

Studies seem to show it's the latter.

You don't pirate games you don't want to play. Obviously these people want to play these games, they are just taking the free and easy option. In time, most of these people would have bought one anyway, I believe.

 

Do you buy every game you want to play?  What if Uncharted 2 cost $400?

Do you buy really expensive food you would like to eat whenever you would want to eat it?  Or do you say "You know... that tastes good but it's too expensive."

That's why I said "in time". They may have not been able to buy it right away, but eventually as the software comes, many would buy it or save up and buy it. This isn't some third world country where games cost $150 on $900 consoles forcing people to start illegally downloading. In the main markets, PSP and most games are affordable.