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3rd Birthday Scores Well in Japan

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Gets a 10, 9, 9, 8 from Famitsu reviewers - looks like the best PSP game for 2011.

http://n4g.com/news/664723/famitsu-review-scores

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    Ash_735Ash_735 Posts: 8,493
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    The PSP section should just be renamed "Goffee" :p, so dude what's your take on the PSP being the second most pirated games system out there? PC is number one of course, but in console terms, the PSP is pirated more than the likes of the Wii, the PS2, the Nintendo DS, etc, some real eye opening figures on this thing.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 703
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    Ash_735 wrote: »
    so dude what's your take on the PSP being the second most pirated games system out there?

    Old news really, same thing happened to the Dreamcast... enough to make Sega quit hardware. The fact that PSP survives today and the PSP2 is coming means that Sony is willing to put up with piracy to play in this market and can hopefully eradicate the problem be it through all-digital or some disc-to-console embedding code.
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    Echo1Echo1 Posts: 7,722
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    Ash_735 wrote: »
    The PSP section should just be renamed "Goffee" :p, so dude what's your take on the PSP being the second most pirated games system out there? PC is number one of course, but in console terms, the PSP is pirated more than the likes of the Wii, the PS2, the Nintendo DS, etc, some real eye opening figures on this thing.

    I'm pretty sure the DS has been pirated just as much, if not more because all you need to do is buy a flashcard for about £15 and away you go. PSP isn't as simple, especially as the 3000 and Go aren't cracked (only the 1000 and 2000 models).
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    Ash_735Ash_735 Posts: 8,493
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    Wash wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure the DS has been pirated just as much, if not more because all you need to do is buy a flashcard for about £15 and away you go. PSP isn't as simple, especially as the 3000 and Go aren't cracked (only the 1000 and 2000 models).

    That's not what the charts say, the PSP is the second most pirated gaming device out there, the DS actually pales in comparison as that's further down.
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    Echo1Echo1 Posts: 7,722
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    Ash_735 wrote: »
    That's not what the charts say, the PSP is the second most pirated gaming device out there, the DS actually pales in comparison as that's further down.
    If you take into account the amount of DS units sold to that of the PSP, I'm sure there are more pirated DS's out there overall.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 681
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    Anyway...

    Nice looking game! Sort of like Sin & Punishment with an Agent Smith-style body-jumping mechanic thrown in as well!

    Youtube Video

    The PSP is still hanging in there.
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    Ash_735Ash_735 Posts: 8,493
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    Wash wrote: »
    If you take into account the amount of DS units sold to that of the PSP, I'm sure there are more pirated DS's out there overall.

    There really isn't, looking at DS Piracy Downloads and PSP Piracy Downloads, there are nearly triple the amount of Piracy downloads of PSP software compared to the DS.

    As you said, taking into the account the DS has sold a lot more units, it just makes it look even more shocking for the PSP.
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    The TerminatorThe Terminator Posts: 5,312
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    These figures come from the consolidated piracy database then do they?
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    Echo1Echo1 Posts: 7,722
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    Ash_735 wrote: »
    Th+ere really isn't, looking at DS Piracy Downloads and PSP Piracy Downloads, there are nearly triple the amount of Piracy downloads of PSP software compared to the DS.

    As you said, taking into the account the DS has sold a lot more units, it just makes it look even more shocking for the PSP.

    Have you any actual figures that backup these claims of more yours? There are no official figures that show the ratio of PSP games have been downloaded more than DS.
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    Ash_735Ash_735 Posts: 8,493
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    Wash wrote: »
    Have you any actual figures that backup these claims of more yours? There are no official figures that show the ratio of PSP games have been downloaded more than DS.

    Erm, yes there has, Here
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    The TerminatorThe Terminator Posts: 5,312
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    How does some numbers regarding public torrents relate to all the other ways to pirate games on the internet? And all the street vendors in certain countries selling pirated carts by their millions?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 703
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    The Terminator wrote: »
    How does some numbers regarding public torrents relate to all the other ways to pirate games on the internet? And all the street vendors in certain countries selling pirated carts by their millions?

    I would have thought that UMDs being proprietary would be hard to dupe as physical copies, unless the pirates had access to a Sony factory... Most piracy has to be digital, although I am happy to be corrected.
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    The TerminatorThe Terminator Posts: 5,312
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    That's what I was getting at, out in the real world the DS will be seeing far more piracy than the PSP. The numbers given above are largely meaningless.
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