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alfredofroylan on 20 October 2009

Pixel Junk creator Q-Games announced their intentios to quit on the PSP development due the piracy.

Well, this is no good. Q-Games President Dylan Cuthbert has tweeted that Sony’s infinitely pirateable portable probably won’t be seeing any more of his company’s flagship franchise.

“I don’t think we’ll port anything else to the PSP, we have to see how [PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe] does as there’s a *lot* of piracy,” he said.

When confronted with the possibility of rigging the game’s code with anti-piracy measures, Cuthbert was less than optimistic.

“Unfortunately, the pirates could just hack those kinds of things out.”

For shame, pirates. For shame

http://www.vg247.com/2009/10/20/q-games-pres-pixeljunk-steering-clear-of-psp-because-of-piracy/



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AdventWolf on 20 October 2009

As long as they stick to making PSN games for Ps3, hopefully the game sells well though.



Infinity on 20 October 2009

Good. Now focus on making PS3 games like Pixeljunk Dungeons! How long does it take to make that game?



kingofwale on 20 October 2009

what are they going to do next? Move to DS, xbox or Wii, as they are the anti-piracy paradise?

I feel sad to know how people can whine about not selling enough "PORTS". we aren't talking about remake or even spin-off.. this is direct PORTS we are talking about



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Ataraxias on 20 October 2009

Pixeljunk Monsters on the PSP wasn't a DIRECT port ; it has new levels, enemies, towers, music, videos, concept art, and other special features.



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psrock on 20 October 2009

A port is a port. How are ports doing on the PS3 ?



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Acevil on 20 October 2009
psrock said:
A port is a port. How are ports doing on the PS3 ?

Tales of Vesperia did really well and I think that was the most recent port.



 

Ataraxias on 20 October 2009

To say a port is a port this gen is just....flawed.  Look at Tales of Vesperia, it's practically a new game.



Acevil on 20 October 2009
Ataraxias said:

To say a port is a port this gen is just....flawed.  Look at Tales of Vesperia, it's practically a new game.

Well I agree it is practically a new game, it is still a port. It is called enchanced port. Similar to that of the game in question.



 

Ataraxias on 20 October 2009
Acevil said:
Ataraxias said:

To say a port is a port this gen is just....flawed.  Look at Tales of Vesperia, it's practically a new game.

Well I agree it is practically a new game, it is still a port. It is called enhanced port. Similar to that of the game in question.

That's the whole point, enhanced =/= direct.  Enhanced actually required time, effort, and love from the developers.  Crying about that is way more justifiable than a DIRECT port.