Sony Upset & Thrilled About PSP Piracy.

[Gikoku]

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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?

[Arseface]

Sif they'll do anything about it. The hackers crack each and everyone of their firmware upgrades and increase the consoles appeal by doing so. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Now what's this I hear about a DS emulator for the PSP

[Gikoku]

Originally Posted by Arseface

Sif they'll do anything about it. The hackers crack each and everyone of their firmware upgrades and increase the consoles appeal by doing so. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Now what's this I hear about a DS emulator for the PSP

It's been reported, that a Japanese homebrew developer by the name of "SofiyaCat" has already ported the DS emulator (for PC's) onto the PSP, and is showing somewhat of a successful progress with it. However, it runs extremely slow for now.. but the proof of concept is there, the PSP can run DS games. It's just a matter of fine-tuning the program so things are sped up on it.

[Arseface]

I read up on that and it came up with what you're describing in articles from August last year. Either the source is wrong or they've forgotten about it.

[moonfever]

Interesting, and informative. Thanks for the read. Wonder, if stuff like that happens with the 360?

[Gikoku]

Originally Posted by moonfever

Interesting, and informative. Thanks for the read. Wonder, if stuff like that happens with the 360?

As in homebrew for the 360?... Not yet, but it has been hacked already, and many can play pirated games on the console, but can't go online with a hacked 360 at the risk of being banned from XBL on the spot & having your gamerscore crushed to zero. So unless you care about the 360's online service, and showing off your achievement score to others... a hacked 360 isn't worth it. Thus there's only a few thousand doing it, as opposed to millions.

Originally Posted by Aresface

I read up on that and it came up with what you're describing in articles from August last year. Either the source is wrong or they've forgotten about it.

The source is correct on the emulation, it's just that emulation programming takes a long time. Can take weeks, months, and of course even years until the project is complete or even 'at least' playable of a few games. Although it also depends on the dedication the programmer has for the project. But the emulation progress for various consoles can vary, since they all aren't the same.

[moonfever]

Well, that's good to hear. Never hacked anything, so I'll be safe.

[Solus]

DS emulators are not working properly yet on PC, why would someone want to put one on a PSP? It's more likely to have problems.

[Man]

hmm i didnt know that. its amazing the possibilities the psp has to offer

[chrisangelo]

yes I was quite surprised to witness my friend's PSP properties... He can run almost everything that has been mentioned in the article, and even watch many video formats and stuff. Console piracy has never been so successful...

[Arseface]

Still, a current gen console emulating another current gen console (even if it is just a proof of concept) is a wondrous achievement.