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

[Kasz216]

hunter_alien said:

Lone_Canis_Lupus said:

EDIT: I'm talking about software sales guys, not hardware. Sorry, the title is misleading, I know.

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

And this is only one torrent site , while they are thousands online , so this numbers are only a fraction of the overall downloads . Yeah , people often say that sales are lacking because games are crappy , but dont even read those posts ... just let them think that they are correct , ad enjoy your games ;)

Yeah, crappy isn't the right word.  Of course neither is piracy hurting the sales.  Please read the other posts in a thread to better understand how piracy works in the economy.