superchunk said:
Would 100% of those pirating pay for what they pirate if there were no way to pirate? No, of course not. But, to assume that none would is also just as idiotic. ANY item being pirated is losing income as a good % of those stealing a copy would have paid for it. There is money lost on the part of the content creators. |
I THINK he is referring to the fact that Sony never owned the Crash franchise, not piracy in general, so I would withhold criticism for now...
But yeah, piracy is awful, and it is tricky to get around. If there is actually a way of telling if a game is pirated, then there are some methods that my friend has told me about, whereby the game essentially corrupts or becomes impossible to play if you have pirated, but you of course have to be completely sure that it is not a legitimate copy
I really don't know how the problem can be solved, as any security can ultimately be hacked, so I suppose the only way is by an online connection, but that also drives away legitimate customers AND can probably be got around... I don't think there is any way to avoid it
