Chazore said:
yeah but it;s not a one way street in thinking it's good for PS4 but bad for everything else. |
If you've actually been following this site, the common consensus here is:
Any console with chances at being pirated are seen as getting a lot more hardware sales.
Vita, PS3, WiiU: most of the people here who knew what they were talking about knew that a jailbreak would increase sales.
Piracy isn't even the biggest problem. Most of the veterans here know that. It's used game sales. Which is why MS thought they were doing everyone a favor with the original x1.
PC piracy both decreases and increases sales. The vets here know that piracy is somewhat like a demo version. Because there is no platform to buy, piracy doesn't help PC like it does to help the consoles. People will buy a console if they believe they have piracy access to the whole library. People already have a PC, so there is no hardware increase. However, people who game on PC will likely purchase a pirated game once it comes down on steam. Additionally, pirated PC copies often circumvent modding restrictions set in place by the developer.
The consoles that made the most waves were often the pirated ones.
PS1, PS2, Wii, xb360, DS, PSP
Dreamcast was also easily pirated, but they simply didn't have enough game library.
