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oniyide on 05 May 2013
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MikeRox said:
oniyide said:
MikeRox said:
oniyide said:

N64? why stop there, they would have to explain why DS did so damn well as that thing was pirated to all hell and PSP to a lesser extent.


None of those required a torrent file and a CD-R for a pirate game?

But they at least PSP still required some level of work to to hack. DS was dead easy, ill give it that.

Sorry I think you mis-understood what I meant. I mean the Dreamcast was by far the easiest, you didn't have to chip it, obtain a "specialist" cartridge or flash it or anything. You just needed a CD-R on a standard system for a boot disc and then CD-Rs for your software.

The DS could have suffered a similar fate with the R4 cart etc, but I think it was easily well enough established with it's userbase for it to become an issue. DS games also required nowhere near the development budget of Dreamcast games. I've understand PSP software sales were badly dented due to the rampant piracy on the system.

But that was kinda my point, if the Dreamcast was so easy to mod(i believe it was) why didnt more people buy it? I know a few people that bought a DS and PSP just for that reason. Thats just me, dont know how many people actually done it, hell i bought another PSP and modded my old one.