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ils411 on 02 January 2011
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bugrimmar said:


it wasn't easy? think about it this way. i'm in the philippines, and back then at the ps2 launch you couldn't find a single original game around here in any store (aside from one big chain sponsored by the game publishers). everything was pirated. boatloads of cds just all over the store shelves. if you played original ps2 games, people would laugh at you.

now this country is a developing country, meaning our tech over here isn't as high as western countries. are you saying that americans had a 'hard time' pirating the ps2, when filipinos had 100% piracy on their ps2?

ps2 piracy was sooooo easy. lets not delude ourselves into thinking that ps3 piracy is something special. it was inevitable and it's not going to change anything. in fact, it's probably going to increase sales because a lot of people don't buy the console because there aren't any pirated games. now that piracy is possible, those people will be more interested in buying one. the ones who bought original games in the first place are already fans of original games, since they've been buying and playing them for 4 years. think about it.

bolded is true to some extent. due to the fact that government sucks balls plus the majority of people are un-informed. take for example nuclear power. nuclear plants are a dime a dozen in the US but here, people are goin "OHS NOS! RADIATION!! EVIL!!!" and shit like that.

anyways, it is easy as shit to pirate shit here. during the ps1 and ps2 days, pirated games were the norm. it was such that when buying games, people thought they were buying original games when in fact they were buying pirated games. and hdd enabled ps2s were what some thought as pirating.

to further elaborate on the ease of moding ps2s, just go to almost any local mall and sure as day there is a store that will mod your ps2 for around $20 US.

wii and x360 are the same, just bring your unit to any local mall, pay $30-$50 and lo and behold! modded console! some modders even offer home service...

easy as pie! now the ps3 on the otherhand, kinda deters pirates coz of the initial investment on  the hdd. $3 priated DVD of x360 VS $50 HDD...no brainer, go with the x360 mod and pirted games.

poor country is a poor country