How come most PSP owners just pirate their games?

The handheld itself is selling well but games are barely selling at all. Also, I noticed that forum sites that allows PSP hacking and pirating PSP games are more active than this dying board. (NOTE: I'm not saying that I'm going to such forums,I just looked and see how active it is there) Why?

Propably because its free.

It's because it's free and some people I'm guessing just don't have the money I buy all my PSP games I must have well over 70 of them now considering I've had the PSP since 2005. Personally I like to buy my games I like to have a collection of the originals. If Sony wanted to stop piracy though they should have made you update it when you go online like the PS3 forces you to do so.

It's because it's free and some people I'm guessing just don't have the money I buy all my PSP games I must have well over 70 of them now considering I've had the PSP since 2005. Personally I like to buy my games I like to have a collection of the originals. If Sony wanted to stop piracy though they should have made you update it when you go online like the PS3 forces you to do so.

wwefanforlife

It's because it's free and some people I'm guessing just don't have the money I buy all my PSP games I must have well over 70 of them now considering I've had the PSP since 2005. Personally I like to buy my games I like to have a collection of the originals. If Sony wanted to stop piracy though they should have made you update it when you go online like the PS3 forces you to do so.

The piracy blame game is based on a lot of assumptions. Low sales could very well be due largely in part to a mediocre lineup. IMO, piracy is never a valid excuse for poor sales. Lets not forget that Sony shot themselves in the foot with the Go, which has to be one of the worst consumer electronic device on the market. Sony's insistence on going digital and doing so with poor execution (wireless-b for a device that relies on digitally distributed content, really?) has left them looking foolish and aimless. They really should have just came out with the PSP2 already.QuistisTrepe_

I think one of the main reasons why people pirate with abandon is the fact that they have ever had something they created from their heads and hearts stolen from them. They have no experience of what that disrespect, such a violation, feels like personally. They see themselves taking from a faceless mega-corporation with (seemingly) endless resources, not taking the food off a hard-working sporadically paidprogrammer's table.

Stealing can be viewed as simple disrespect. Pirates don't value what goes into the jewel which they pocket. Some view it as Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to give to the poor, but we all know that's a grand distortion of the reality. You don't hurt Sony, you hurt the little guy who works for Sony, and that is just not right. I think if someone has made something fun, you should thank them for taking you out of your dull little life for much needed relief from time to time. If it weren't for game makers, I would probably still be an active dope addict (I now put all of my drug money into buying games, which is cool cuz they get me high and then the next morning, I still have a "stash" left!)

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Weird way to look at it, but in a sense, gaming has saved my life! So in my case, I feel an immense debt of gratitude so I actually enjoy paying for the games I play.

Really, many people hack their firmware to open up their PSP's to tons of custom homebrew games and apps. I have a hacked psp, but I don't pirate games. I don't even play them at all. Homebrew games seem to be more interesting.

People would rather download their games for free off the net and play homebrew than actually pay and support the console. Which I don't really understand. I've never supported game piracy and console hacking and personally think that anyone who does is just a bit pathetic. If you can't even be bothered to buy games then you don't deserve the console.BonsaiMet

They would rather have fun for a short time on somebody elses bill rather then support the system and have it flourish with a lot of good software for a long while.

You end up with a system like PSP which seems to have less and less games on the horizon.

I buy all my games, but it is so ridiculously easy to play pirated games on PSP and Wii. That's why.

They just download their games from free download websites...

MOST OF PSP USERS...

Obviously people prefer to get games for free rather than paying for them, My psp 3000( Gen-C full) just gets used to play my own games that i have ripped personally to an .iso/.cso. So much more easier than carrying around umd's, and you still get to keep the hard copies just in case. Best of both worlds in my opinion. Not that i ever use it anymore anyway, replaced by a ps3 in my room 2 years ago.shaunn191

I'm up for originals and support the producers.

I never liked the ideea of piracy, friends said to me to mod my psp but naaa.

When they had bugs and lame issues on their psp's, I played the games with no problem.

But who likes moding...that's their choice... and it's cheaper too.

I don't, and I will never

PSP games are pretty cheap now, ranging from 9 bucks to 30, if you can't pull 9 bucks out of your wallet, then I suggest you get a job, or pretty soon there is never going to be any new video games or anything, thanks to your ignorance

I like the idea of having a Collection of games in my room and looking at the marvelous art-work and appreciating the effort these publishers and companies take the time to make a great product.

:)dude if you live in a country for example Romania ,you pay like 30 euros for a game that appeared like 4 years ago,think .what do you do?- you buy a good game for 45 euros or you instal a decrypter on your psp and you wait half on our until you download your game(any game) off the internet .that's why a lot of people choose the second one because they have the game and they still have the 45 euros in their pocket too!!

:)dude if you live in a country for example Romania ,you pay like 30 euros for a game that appeared like 4 years ago,think .what do you do?- you buy a good game for 45 euros or you instal a decrypter on your psp and you wait half on our until you download your game(any game) off the internet .that's why a lot of people choose the second one because they have the game and they still have the 45 euros in their pocket too!!

GamerFilip

:)dude if you live in a country for example Romania ,you pay like 30 euros for a game that appeared like 4 years ago,think .what do you do?- you buy a good game for 45 euros or you instal a decrypter on your psp and you wait half on our until you download your game(any game) off the internet .that's why a lot of people choose the second one because they have the game and they still have the 45 euros in their pocket too!!

GamerFilip

It's the simple matter that piracy will always exist, and the easier it is, the more people are going to do it.

pretty soon there is never going to be any new video games or anything, thanks to your ignorancerwallacefan

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:)dude if you live in a country for example Romania ,you pay like 30 euros for a game that appeared like 4 years ago,think .what do you do?- you buy a good game for 45 euros or you instal a decrypter on your psp and you wait half on our until you download your game(any game) off the internet .that's why a lot of people choose the second one because they have the game and they still have the 45 euros in their pocket too!!

NerubianWeaver

I only have original games ,I am saying that in a country like Romania the law is not applied and indirect they are supporting piracy

I think the psp games cost alot of money, so the customers instead of buying them and they pirate, So should sony make a new FW?

reason:To make the psp owners can't hack.

1) Because it's easy to install Custom Firmware on PSP 2)It's Easy To Download PSP Games 3) Free > $$$ I'm not a Pirate btwNerubianWeaver

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:)dude if you live in a country for example Romania ,you pay like 30 euros for a game that appeared like 4 years ago,think .what do you do?- you buy a good game for 45 euros or you instal a decrypter on your psp and you wait half on our until you download your game(any game) off the internet .that's why a lot of people choose the second one because they have the game and they still have the 45 euros in their pocket too!!

GamerFilip

I only have original games ,I am saying that in a country like Romania the law is not applied and indirect they are supporting piracy

I live in Romania.

Games are not 45 euros or 30....

Where do you live lol?

You find games for 9 or 10 euros...A LOT of them are cheap.

Only the new ones are at a normal price, but after a month they go on discount.

I think the psp games cost alot of money, so the customers instead of buying them and they pirate, So should sony make a new FW?

reason:To make the psp owners can't hack.

I think it's because many of the best PSP games are hard to come by and (especially in the EU) aren't available on the PSN. It also doesn't cost anything, while some PSP games cost quite a bit. Dante's inferno on the store is about £32 which is a lot considering I can actually get the console version for about the same price whilst getting more out of it. It's irritating because the PSP still has potential to attain and it can't do that if the console busts because of piracy. And I love the PSP over the DS because I can play more action games like god of war :P

i buy my games cause isnt it illegal 1 and 2 i like resale for profit

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I think the psp games cost alot of money, so the customers instead of buying them and they pirate, So should sony make a new FW?

reason:To make the psp owners can't hack.

Sins-of-Mosin

I'm sorry but if you still think the PSP has no decent games then you're not looking hard enough or haven't bothered looking at all. Anyone who uses the same old excuse "oh the PSP has no good games" you are just wrong. Just because a game doesn't get a rating of 8 or higher doesn't mean it's complete rubbish.

Any game with a rating of 7 or more is good, and if you look here you'll see that there are over 200 games to choose from.