The fate of the PSP

[Kasz216]

HappySqurriel said:

leo-j said:
@Darknight

Well if sony investigates and elimanates the hacker downloads and makes an unhackable firmware we wouldnt have this problem.,

The only effective piracy prevention method for a console is to use a format for your games which is difficult and expensive to copy; the N64 cartridges, Gamecube Discs, and PS3's Blu-Ray discs are all good examples of this. It is pretty much impossible to prevent people from getting around any hardware protection you have, and if people can go out and buy (for little money) what they need to copy your games there is nothing that can stop it.

Not to mention that Piracy isn't the PSPs problem. It's that the PSP only attracts people who pirate. It's eaiser for the average joe to buy a hacking device for the DS then it is for them to find PSP hacking software. If the PSP's firmware was unhackable it's software sales would remain about the same and it's hardware sales would crash.