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jarrod on 05 November 2010
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Solid_Snake4RD said:
jarrod said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Galaki said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:

because of piracy


Yeah, piracy killed PSP the same way it killed DS and Xbox 360. Damn pirates.


not really

PSP piracy is very different from DS,360.

there are alot of ways the PSP can be pirated on and alot doesn't even require modding it like it is necessary on 360,DS

and modding items are banned in many countries so 360 and DS got their asses saved but PSP which had ways to be pirated on without modding,it got slaughtered

and never compare handheld piracy with console piracy,it is very different and the online features save the console piracy even more

Uh, no mods are required to pirate games on a DS.  Hell, you don't even have to flash firmware (which is also "modding" btw) like you do with PSP.  

Hell, you don't even need a DS to pirate and play DS games, you just emulate the system.  Unlike PSP piracy, which requires a hardware purchase...


don't get emulation in with piracy,its not what we are discussing

and for DS piracy i wasn't talking about total modding but the R4 cards with DS

 

PSP piracy is just hookup the usb and copy games

 

and the fact that DS market is young  so they don't know so much about it and normally go and buy games or their parents buy it

 

PSP crowd is 18-35 years which we know what they do with their PSP's

An R4 card isn't modding.  Flashing firmware is modding, and it's required for PSP piracy.  

Emulation itself isn't inherently piracy, but it can (and often is) be used for it.  At least with DS (or PS2/Wii).  People are pirating from these systems without even owning these systems.  And frankly, it's easier than PSP piracy.

Beyond that, pirated DS games from Asia are ubiquitous, and often sold as new (this is/was also true for Famicom, PlayStation, etc).  This is something that's not really an issue for PSP, at least not on a comparable scale.

And the PSP crowd is largely teenagers at this point, which is actually reflective of their marketing.  Almost every kid I see on the subway with a DS has some sort of flashcard sticking out it though.