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mai on 06 January 2010
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ClaudeLv250 said:
  • Piracy - Sony is surprisingly lax on the subject, especially compared to Nintendo. I've met people that actually brag about never having bought a single game for their PSP. And there's not a whole lot stopping them. The DS has piracy problems too, but Nintendo is a lot more active in trying to squash activities that will never truly end. 

Well, for quite a while they've been chasing PSP scene closely, someone even suggested that infamous Dark Alex was paid by Sony and ceased development of custom firmware for that reason. I found this suggestion at least believable (maybe not paid, but they've managed to somehow troubled him or make an offer), since I remember how Kalisto warez group unexpectedly left DC scene (being offered a "stock option" by Sega =) ), but just like with PSP scene there were people who picked up development of custom firmware. So I can't say Sony did nothing to prevent piracy, at least they continuously provide PSP with new firmware updates what Nintendo did only once back in 2005 and iirc never did it again until DSi came out (not having an option to upgrade firmware online till latest time made Nintendo kinda vulnerable to pirates, so they have to compensate by game protection of very few major releases).