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Sony Upset & Thrilled About PSP Piracy.
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The President of SCEE David Reeves, has informed MCV that there is a global piracy problem dealing with the Playstation Portable. Reeves stated that they will be issuing a new 'clampdown' on those responsible of the situation. However, Reeves also mentioned that the PSP hardware sales has dramatically increased due to the piracy, unlike the system's software titles which are selling poorly.
"There is a piracy problem on PSP. We know about it, we know how it’s done. It sometimes fuels the growth of hardware sales, but on balance we are not happy about it." - Reeves
It would be interesting to see what this new 'clampdown' is, since regular firmware update patches have consistently proved useless towards the issue. Although it's a wonder if Sony might actually bother with the situation entirely, since the only ones being hurt are the software developers, and not Sony (due to the thriving hardware sales, and among other reasons).
With a hacked PSP's astounding new window of abilities having been exposed to the world, such as running emulators of vintage consoles (N64, Genesis, PS1, SNES, Gameboy Advance, etc.) and even of it's competition the Nintendo DS, plus with the endless array of multimedia features being unlocked, it's no surprise the PSP's sales have dramatically increased over the past few months. Since it's basically become the all-in-one portable device on the market (rivaling such devices as the iPhone, and a 'hacked' iPod). So will Sony take immediate drastic measures to vaccinate the problem, or will they let it continue to increase hardware sales at the expense of software failure?
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The President of SCEE David Reeves, has informed MCV that there is a global piracy problem dealing with the Playstation Portable. Reeves stated that they will be issuing a new 'clampdown' on those responsible of the situation. However, Reeves also mentioned that the PSP hardware sales has dramatically increased due to the piracy, unlike the system's software titles which are selling poorly.
"There is a piracy problem on PSP. We know about it, we know how it’s done. It sometimes fuels the growth of hardware sales, but on balance we are not happy about it." - Reeves
It would be interesting to see what this new 'clampdown' is, since regular firmware update patches have consistently proved useless towards the issue. Although it's a wonder if Sony might actually bother with the situation entirely, since the only ones being hurt are the software developers, and not Sony (due to the thriving hardware sales, and among other reasons).
With a hacked PSP's astounding new window of abilities having been exposed to the world, such as running emulators of vintage consoles (N64, Genesis, PS1, SNES, Gameboy Advance, etc.) and even of it's competition the Nintendo DS, plus with the endless array of multimedia features being unlocked, it's no surprise the PSP's sales have dramatically increased over the past few months. Since it's basically become the all-in-one portable device on the market (rivaling such devices as the iPhone, and a 'hacked' iPod). So will Sony take immediate drastic measures to vaccinate the problem, or will they let it continue to increase hardware sales at the expense of software failure?
