Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | 11:20 BST
Sony – Levels of PSP piracy are “sickening”
SCEA’s Peter Dille has told Gamasutra the PSP’s got a big piracy problem. Like you didn’t know.
“I’m convinced and we’re convinced that piracy has taken out a big chunk of our software sales on PSP,” Dille told Gamasutra.
“It’s been a problem that the industry has to address together; it’s one that I think the industry takes very seriously, but we need to do something to address this because it’s criminal what’s going on, quite frankly.
“It’s not good for us, but it’s not good for the development community,” he added. “We can look at data from BitTorrent sites from the day Resistance: Retribution goes on sale and see how many copies are being downloaded illegally, and it’s frankly sickening.”
Full interview through there. Thanks, Eurogamer.
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#451
theevilaires
23/04/09, 6:23 pm
Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody..Just Dancing Ya’ll…Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody
#452
theevilaires
23/04/09, 6:24 pm
Uncle PT had us sent to prison LOL
#453
Seraphemz
23/04/09, 6:29 pm
This is crazy…really. F it… how about we take it to 500 !!!
#454
theevilaires
23/04/09, 6:31 pm
If pirating is so bad why don’t these big corporations go after google for having links to pirated material. A lot of people started pirating by accident you know.
#455
theevilaires
23/04/09, 6:32 pm
you know i got your back Seraphemz. Lets do this!
#456
dirigiblebill
23/04/09, 6:46 pm
You’ve got his what now?
GET A ROOM.
#457
Psychotext
23/04/09, 6:58 pm
You know… thinking about it, FACT is a bit of a stupid name. How exactly does one commit copyright theft?
THIS IS MY COPYRIGHT NOW, YOU CAN’T HAVE IT!
/scarpers
#458
theevilaires
23/04/09, 6:58 pm
funny DB funny you know what i meant
#459
theevilaires
23/04/09, 6:59 pm
You know… thinking about it, FACT is a bit of a stupid name. How exactly does one commit copyright theft?
THIS IS MY COPYRIGHT NOW, YOU CAN’T HAVE IT!
uh oh please don’t sue me LOL
#460
Psychotext
23/04/09, 11:26 pm
All finished!
#461
G1GAHURTZ
23/04/09, 11:32 pm
Yeah.
Nobody is going to comment here again, surely…
#462
DaMan
23/04/09, 11:54 pm
sucks that Esha doesn’t visit this site anymore
now that would be apocalypse.
#463
Psychotext
23/04/09, 11:55 pm
He does from time to time.
#464
DaMan
23/04/09, 11:56 pm
I haven’t seen his posts since January I think. well, maybe only once, about a month ago.
#465
Prof Power Glove
24/04/09, 12:10 am
I might start commenting on this news soon. What’s been said already?
#466
Psychotext
24/04/09, 12:18 am
You should read every post… but take Valium first.
#467
theevilaires
24/04/09, 1:52 am
Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody….Just Dancing Ya’ll….Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody
I’m still dancing to that song from this afternoon
http://www.vg247.com/2009/04/23/pirate-bay-attorney-files-for-mistrial-says-judge-was-biased/
We will never stop!!! Long Live The Pirates Bay!!!
#468
theevilaires
24/04/09, 2:01 am
Yeah where is that Esha guy. I remember when I first started to come here he was one of the few people who had the “Voice of Reason”. The guy made some good points almost every comment he post.
If you’re out there Esha and you’re reading this please make your much needed return brother.
Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody….Just Dancing Baby….Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody.
#469
Dragon246
13/12/12, 7:25 pm
Presenting a piece of vg247 history……
500 is still possible guys. Anyone game?
Although this is precisely the reason I feel vita still has a chance to bounce back. It still isn’t suffering from psps biggest enemy which eventually lead to its downfall- Piracy.
#470
polygem
13/12/12, 7:33 pm
…uh oh…
#471
polygem
13/12/12, 7:33 pm
…what…
#472
polygem
13/12/12, 7:34 pm
…is going on…
#473
polygem
13/12/12, 7:35 pm
…here?
#474
Da Man
13/12/12, 7:44 pm
Have you tried masturbating, Dragon1234567890 yet? Or is it just vg247 and Metal Gear soundtracks daily?
It’s been a while since I’ve seen people bumping four year old threads due to having literally zero life. Poor young man.
#475
theevilaires
13/12/12, 7:46 pm
Fuck it lets do it. this comment thread is legendary and I so wanted to hit 500
I’ll kick it off by admitting I have hacked my PSP but I only play Snes roms on it
If SONY don’t get their act together with the Vita then i’ll do the same with that too. Only this time with gamecube roms 
#476
OrbitMonkey
13/12/12, 8:12 pm
I never hacked a PSP, but I had 3 RD cards(?) for my kids ds’s… Really hope one comes out for the 3DS!!
#477
bitsnark
13/12/12, 8:14 pm
TEA!
Welcome back
#478
theevilaires
13/12/12, 8:17 pm
I hacked my PSP last year I get bored with it collecting dust man. So I said screw it. Sony was smart placing the high price on memory cards for the Vita and not really the games, but its still a pain in the ass and hacking a Vita really is next to not worth doing it because the machine really is awesome for games and PS+ is the best thing SONY could have done to prevent people to want to hack it for piracy. I still wish they’d support MKV files.
#479
CyberMarco
13/12/12, 8:18 pm
LoL
#480
ManuOtaku
13/12/12, 8:19 pm
The one thing i got for this epic thread, by the way i missed i wanst a member in that time, it is that there is a lot of alternative accounts or people that had use a lot of different names here, a lot i say.
That and also the things did change a lot, the nintendo defence force wanst born yet
p.s i think thats why nobody did mess with nintendo in that thread, or at least anyone to defend them
#481
theevilaires
13/12/12, 8:19 pm
Thanks Bitsnark don’t actually remember you but thanks
I guess to get to 500 post we should make this my welcome back thread 
#482
KrazyKraut
13/12/12, 8:48 pm
Got my Nexus 7 today…very nice piece of tablet for “only” 209 €…
#483
OrbitMonkey
13/12/12, 9:21 pm
Well Sony sent me a email which entitles me to a free 8 gig memory card with a purchase of a Vita… Anyone have that promotion outside of the UK?
#484
CyberMarco
13/12/12, 9:24 pm
Like OrbitMonkey said, I was amazed I could get a free 8 gig memory card with a purchase of a Vita!
#485
OrbitMonkey
13/12/12, 9:45 pm
^ lol!
Though tbh, it’d need to be a free vita with the purchase of a memory card, for me to jump onboard
#486
CyberMarco
13/12/12, 9:46 pm
^ true dat!
P.S. What/who is TEA?
#487
Spider Law
13/12/12, 9:56 pm
^ The Evil Aires…..the inFamous one at that.
Fuck yeah!
Welcome back man!
#488
OrbitMonkey
13/12/12, 10:24 pm
^ Welcome back you inglorious bastard! And hands off tea’s wife! (His accusation, not mine).
@486, Legend says that Chuck Norris once went into a gamestore to return a faulty ps1… Tea convinced him to buy 2 more…
#489
monkeygourmet
13/12/12, 10:26 pm
@487
Oh shit, it’s like an embarrassing come back in wrestling…
Can you only comment when TEA is back?
Or double account shit going on?
Welcome back what? I hope everyone has nets to catch all the bullshit that’s going to be flying…
#490
polygem
13/12/12, 10:35 pm
so the magic spell needed was to reactivate a 2009 thread…then tea gets back. no brainer. man took long to figure that out. pure logic. riddle. solved.
#491
OrbitMonkey
13/12/12, 10:37 pm
^ You may mock my fellow monkey, but things may start to get fun again!
Lulshock94 better be next
#492
polygem
13/12/12, 10:39 pm
@488:
“Legend says that Chuck Norris once went into a gamestore to return a faulty ps1… Tea convinced him to buy 2 more…”
yea but legend continues: he taped them together, added an old mobile phone, showed it to nintendo, then pissed all over it. they bought it and named the thing wiiu.
#493
polygem
13/12/12, 10:40 pm
spider law too!!!….now i have to turn off the pc and breath slowly.
#494
monkeygourmet
13/12/12, 10:43 pm
@491
It’s not mocking dude,
I was around back then… Things were verging on bullying, no actual points to arguments…
Basically schoolyard shit…
That was never cool. If your into that shit, fine, but I know for a fact that other posters had loads of unfair shit from those guys (that guy with alt accounts).
No ones innocent, but generally now, people tend to back things up with facts rather than witch hunting…
#495
monkeygourmet
13/12/12, 10:46 pm
@493
Come on…
On the same day…?
Alt account, or people who spend far too much time planning a come back after leaving in a hissy fit…
#496
OrbitMonkey
13/12/12, 10:52 pm
@Monkey, Yes i was there too, around the time of the ps3 hack was.. hectic… & there was shit flung from all sides…
But as for bullying? Well a certain ‘Man’ has been stomping about a fair bit, but no complaints from yourself… Why the concern now?
#497
polygem
13/12/12, 10:53 pm
yes it´s creepy…but spider law and tea? naahhhh i don´t think it´s alt account stuff going on but who knows. they both are huge ps3 supporters if i recall that correct. oh god, i see tough times coming.
#498
OlderGamer
13/12/12, 10:53 pm
MonkeyG +1.
Wise words MG, very wise.
#499
OlderGamer
13/12/12, 10:57 pm
Spider and Tea are different people. Spider, Lex, and a cple others are off site friends. My guess is that they had Teas return planed. Well Tea did anyways. He prolly just told his friends.
#500
polygem
13/12/12, 10:57 pm
wait a minute. dragon takes a 6 month break, before that he reactivates a 2009 thread, tea and spider law are back that second…this is some fucking witchcraft thing. no seriously. before i am getting paranoid now i turn the pc off. immediateley. the world will go to hell 21st anyway i´ve heard.
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