Sony: PSP Piracy 'Sickening,' Has Reduced Sales

comp_ali · Apr 23, 2009, 07:43 AM

In a new interview with Gamaustra, Sony's Peter Dille called the problem of rampant PSP piracy "sickening," and said that Sony now believes a large amount of software sales are lost to illegal sharing.

"I'm convinced and we're convinced that piracy has taken out a big chunk of our software sales on PSP," said Dille.

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source: shacknews

Cow_160483 · Apr 23, 2009, 10:37 AM

will the piracy issue never die lol i guess not

Al_Vampyre · Apr 23, 2009, 02:39 PM

Stop making a loss on the hardware and trying to recoup it in game profits! If you make the assumption that piracy is going to continue and it is known that your console/handheld can play (with certain modifications) pirated software then people will buy that console/handheld rather than your competitor's.

I'm not condoning the act of pirating software, I'm just saying that it's here - whether you like it or not - so you have two choices, fight it; or change your business model to something that recognizes it exists and compensates for it

Apr 23, 2009, 07:43 AM	#1
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Sony: PSP Piracy 'Sickening,' Has Reduced Sales In a new interview with Gamaustra, Sony's Peter Dille called the problem of rampant PSP piracy "sickening," and said that Sony now believes a large amount of software sales are lost to illegal sharing. "I'm convinced and we're convinced that piracy has taken out a big chunk of our software sales on PSP," said Dille. ---------------------------- source: shacknews __________________

Apr 23, 2009, 10:37 AM	#2
Cow_160483 HH's only cow moooooo... Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: BOTSWANA Posts: 6,813 Rep Power: 300 System Specs	Re: Sony: PSP Piracy 'Sickening,' Has Reduced Sales will the piracy issue never die lol i guess not __________________ Decode! Muhahahahah!

Apr 23, 2009, 02:39 PM	#3
Al_Vampyre HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,532 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Re: Sony: PSP Piracy 'Sickening,' Has Reduced Sales Stop making a loss on the hardware and trying to recoup it in game profits! If you make the assumption that piracy is going to continue and it is known that your console/handheld can play (with certain modifications) pirated software then people will buy that console/handheld rather than your competitor's. I'm not condoning the act of pirating software, I'm just saying that it's here - whether you like it or not - so you have two choices, fight it; or change your business model to something that recognizes it exists and compensates for it __________________ "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Brian O'Driscoll - Ireland Rugby Team 2009 Grand Slam winning Captain.