Piracy affects PSP sales? Pfft! You're crazy!

[kenzomatic]

Kasz216 said:

Lone_Canis_Lupus said:

I've been seeing this far too much. People think the PSP's software sales are so low because the games "suck" yet they ignore the hardware sales seem to be doing fine. When piracy is mentioned, the person that mentioned it is called crazy because "piracy couldn't have possibly affected the PSP's software sales."

Just how big are the piracy numbers for the PSP? Lets take a look:

• God of War: Chains of Olympus - 94,154
• Patapon - 112,183
• Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, - 197,113
• Crush - 48,959
• Loco Roco - 163,904
• Wipeout Pulse - 116,965
• Castlevania X Chronicles - 102,354
• Metal Gear Solid - Portable Ops (Not Including Plus) - 231,054
• Burnout Dominator - 269,486

http://pspupdates.qj.net/PSP-piracy-numbers-on-the-rise/pg/49/aid/115545

So in otherwords... you really don't understand much about how piracy actually works.

There are higher numbers for piracy of GOW. Here's the thing. They don't mean anything.

Ever think the reason PSP sales are so good is because people know they won't have to buy PSP games? I know that's the case with about everyone I know who has a PSP.

If they couldn't of pirated it, they wouldn't of bought it.

I agree with Kasz but will differ in that there is a little overlap of "pirated games", and "games the indivitual would have bought", and bought as psp for. But I'm sure that number is low.

One thing that is a problem is the black market in some countries as those people are paying just not for a real copy.

What kasz is saying that people wouldn't buy the game if they had to pay so sony is not missing out on a sale.