nanorazor said:
Thats becuase there where alot more people actually buying the game. |
Misconception: everyone who pirate games wont buy the game anyway
Truth: though a majority of piraters really wont buy the game if it can't be pirated, a portion of these people will indeed fork out the cash if they wanted a game and can't pirate it.
proof: purely anecdotal I know, but I am one such example. I am 1 of those who will pirate games the first chance he gets. I priated games all through out the ps1, dreamcast, ps2, xbox, ds and psp generations. Then came the PS3, Wii and Xbox360..I'd be a hypocrit and a liar if I said I didinnt try to priate on these consoles too...infact, I pirated xbox360 and wii games all throught the time that I had one.. The PS3 on the otherhand couldnt be hacked back then and I ended up buying a lot of games I would normally pirate if given the option. For reference, during the time that I had a PS3, I bought
1. Folklore
2. GTA
3. MGS
4. GT4
5. Valkaria Chronicles
6. White Knight Chronicles
7. Street Fighter IV
8. Resident Evil V
9. Final Fantasy XIII
10. Resonance of Fate
11. Atalier Rorona
12. Uncharted
13. Uncharted 2
14. God of War Collectoin
15. Tomb Raider Collection
16. Heavy Rain
17. Saints Row II
And a few more games that I cant really remember. But for someone as cheap as I am and someone who pirated stuff instead of buying legit games, this 17 games is a shyet load of cash compared to the amount i spent during the ps2 and psone generation. For example, I had over 400 psone games spent roughly 1.50 $us on each..thats like 600$US for 400 games.. thats like geting 400 games for the price of 12 or so legit games... during the PS2 era, I had over 200 games and spent $2 per game. thats $400 total or like getting 200 games for the price of 10... yes, I am one rat bastard.
Lets not even go over the psp and ds library I had... which cost me next to nothing.. other than getting a large memory card and my monthly internet which was fixed...
I have bought a shyet load of games for my Vita from PSN I have
1. gravity rush
2. senran kagura shinovi vs
3. ragnarok odyssey
4. ragnarok odyssey ace
5. soul sacrifice
6. soul sacrifice delta
7. perona 4 golden
8. freedom wars
9. street fighter x tekken
10. dead or alive vita
11. akiba's trip
12. hyperdimension neptuna rebirth 1
13. dragon's crown
14. earth defense force 2017
16. disgaea 3
17. little big planet
18. tales form space: mutant blob attacks
19. sunflower
20. men's room mayhem
21. nun attack
22. dynasty warriors next
23. hot shots golf
24. plants vs zombies
25. escape plan
26. jet set radio
27. machinarium
28. puddle
29. parasite eve 1 (psp)
30. parasite eve 2 (psp)
31. persona 3 portable (psp)
32. god eater burst (psp)
33. gta vice city stories (psp)
34. striker 1945 (psp)
35. patapon (psp)
36. uncharted golden abyss
and a bunch of other psp games that i cant remember...but without trying to remember those other games, thats 36 games in total that i spent some good money on... if the ps vita was hacked, would i prite? you bet your ass I would! in a heart beat!
But as it stands, there is no way to pirate vita games, hence, i had to buy legit games...
what does all this mean really? nothing much... just pointing out that the many piraters really wont buy any games if they cant get it for free or for really cheaps, but there is still a portion of these piraters who will indeed buy games..such as myself.. and that portion is still significant and saying that piraters really arent hurting the industry is only half true.
