Hacking Official 3DS Piracy Discussion Thread.

[MelodieOctavia]

I do agree that every copy pirated != a lost sale.

Though it's equally ignorant to say piracy doesn't affect sales at all. (not directed toward anyone in particular)

 

[machomuu]

There's no proof that a pirate will buy a game if he couldn't pirate it, so in my opinion piracy won't make a difference in game sales.
But it's a fact that it could help boost console sales.

This!! to be quite honest i bought 1 game for my 3DS and that was just so i would have something to play...NONE of the launch games interested me at all! And the fact nintendo is charging top whack for a fucking HANDHELD game is beyond me! Piracy is not stealing, that would imply you have taken something from someone, which is not the case!

Well, for digital piracy that's true. For real piracy it actually is theft. I guess digital piracy shouldn't really be called "piracy" at all.

 

[Pong20302000]

lol someone at my work said
"Pirating Games is as bad as [censored]"
but when the day of Rapture was upon us he said
"if it was proven to happen i'd go out and [censored] someone because it doesn't matter"

doesn't help we our work had 2 schools pretty much next door

 

[MelodieOctavia]

lol someone at my work said
"Pirating Games is as bad as [censored]"
but when the day of Rapture was upon us he said
"if it was proven to happen i'd go out and [censored] someone because it doesn't matter"

doesn't help we our work had 2 schools pretty much next door

That's pretty messed up, dude.

 

[Bearpowers]

I am all hacking the console asap.

Piracy isn't a huge deal, nearly every system made has been hacked and they all did fine(Exceptionreamcast)

Point is it doesn't matter at all when a hack happens most people who pirate would probably not have even bought the game OR the system.

More then half the people I know with PSPs bought it because it is a homebrew/piracy beast and would have never purchased it otherwise.

 

[Quietlyawesome94]

Most (not all) Pirates were not planning on buying the game in the first place. Thus, Small losses in sales.

 

[Pong20302000]

lol someone at my work said
"Pirating Games is as bad as [censored]"
but when the day of Rapture was upon us he said
"if it was proven to happen i'd go out and [censored] someone because it doesn't matter"

doesn't help we our work had 2 schools pretty much next door

That's pretty messed up, dude.

yeah but he was practically saying

its ok to pirate if its the last day
as you couldnt spare the time to go and get it from home/shops

 

[Shadowhunta]

There's no proof that a pirate will buy a game if he couldn't pirate it, so in my opinion piracy won't make a difference in game sales.
But it's a fact that it could help boost console sales.

This!! to be quite honest i bought 1 game for my 3DS and that was just so i would have something to play...NONE of the launch games interested me at all! And the fact nintendo is charging top whack for a fucking HANDHELD game is beyond me! Piracy is not stealing, that would imply you have taken something from someone, which is not the case!

Well, for digital piracy that's true. For real piracy it actually is theft. I guess digital piracy shouldn't really be called "piracy" at all.

Real pirates are'nt such a big threat unless you're a mariner though tbh!

 

[Bearpowers]

Most (not all) Pirates were not planning on buying the game in the first place. Thus, Small losses in sales.

This.

People say Piracy hurt the PSP, I say the opposite.

PSP has sold 68 million units, not as much as the DS but an impressive number.

I bet if it was never hacked at all hardware sales were have never broke 45 million and the PSP WOULD have been a flop then.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Apart from that..it encourages more shovelware games than it would without piracy.

Um, why?

I don't see the connection make where piracy ruins any chance of good games happening. I don't think I've ever seen a game cancelled because of "piracy is a problem". If this was the case then the Wii, DS, and PSP would've stopped having good games a long time ago.

I mean, piracy does affect game sales (I know earlier I kinda implied they didn't, but I meant to say their effects aren't major), but not to the point where it'll stop people from developing games for the system.

QUOTE(Quietlyawesome94 @ Jun 6 2011, 12:26 AM) Most (not all) Pirates were not planning on buying the game in the first place. Thus, Small losses in sales.

To the contrary, if piracy wasn't an option, then they may have bought it. I mean there's games I pirated I probably would've bought if it wasn't for the fact that piracy was so easy (or that my funds are limited). I just find this argument to be really silly "what ifs" and not any real justification.

 

[ferret7463]

There's no proof that a pirate will buy a game if he couldn't pirate it, so in my opinion piracy won't make a difference in game sales.
But it's a fact that it could help boost console sales.

This!! to be quite honest i bought 1 game for my 3DS and that was just so i would have something to play...NONE of the launch games interested me at all! And the fact nintendo is charging top whack for a fucking HANDHELD game is beyond me! Piracy is not stealing, that would imply you have taken something from someone, which is not the case!

Well, for digital piracy that's true. For real piracy it actually is theft. I guess digital piracy shouldn't really be called "piracy" at all.

Kinda reminds me of way back in the day (When The Dinosaurs Roamed) when we kids used to make copies of our cassette tapes and trade them around at school. I guess i've always been the evil pirate AARRRRRR!!!!

 

[Shadowhunta]

Most (not all) Pirates were not planning on buying the game in the first place. Thus, Small losses in sales.

This.

People say Piracy hurt the PSP, I say the opposite.

PSP has sold 68 million units, not as much as the DS but an impressive number.

I bet if it was never hacked at all hardware sales were have never broke 45 million and the PSP WOULD have been a flop then.

I 100% agree, if piracy hurt sales of the PSP so much then why make another, knowing full well people are going to hack the shit out of it?? (Especially since Sony are'nt the most secure company of all, just sayin)

 

[boombox]

Piracy on a system this new is both dangerous for future sales and totally pointless. There aren't that many good games worth pirating at this point. Really it's just better to wait for the system to have more times so there are more games and the system is far more stable and has a better following.

It won't matter if the games aren't good enough to pirate..they're figuring out how to do it, so they'll do it on any game, and by the time they've 'perfected it' (so to speak) there will be plenty out because it'll take a while longer to make a legit cart to run them on..that or Nintendo might be pissed and take action.

 

[Bearpowers]

lol someone at my work said
"Pirating Games is as bad as [censored]"
but when the day of Rapture was upon us he said
"if it was proven to happen i'd go out and [censored] someone because it doesn't matter"

doesn't help we our work had 2 schools pretty much next door

Jesus was a pirate, he magically copied and fish and bread for the people.

Any and ALL Christians should support piracy.

 

[The Catboy]

I don't see the connection make where piracy ruins any chance of good games happening.

I am just going to say one thing and that's Cing. Small 3rd piracy video game developers suffer greatly from piracy considering how hard it is already to sell their games, it only makes it worse when someone pirates them instead of buying them.

 

[skullmaster]

I think piracy helps sales. I don't buy any console until it's hacked.

 

[Pong20302000]

lol someone at my work said
"Pirating Games is as bad as [censored]"
but when the day of Rapture was upon us he said
"if it was proven to happen i'd go out and [censored] someone because it doesn't matter"

doesn't help we our work had 2 schools pretty much next door

Jesus was a pirate, he magically copied and fish and bread for the people.

Any and ALL Christians should support piracy.

lol is that because reproduction is piracy?

get the Creator/Gods creation DNA and the Patch it together with someone elses and make a Mod version

 

[Quietlyawesome94]

lol someone at my work said
"Pirating Games is as bad as [censored]"
but when the day of Rapture was upon us he said
"if it was proven to happen i'd go out and [censored] someone because it doesn't matter"

doesn't help we our work had 2 schools pretty much next door

Jesus was a pirate, he magically copied and fish and bread for the people.

Any and ALL Christians should support piracy.

LOL thats funny. But Jesus wasn't stealing from the kid,

 

[Shadowhunta]

lol someone at my work said
"Pirating Games is as bad as [censored]"
but when the day of Rapture was upon us he said
"if it was proven to happen i'd go out and [censored] someone because it doesn't matter"

doesn't help we our work had 2 schools pretty much next door

Jesus was a pirate, he magically copied and fish and bread for the people.

Any and ALL Christians should support piracy.

This made me ROFL

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I 100% agree, if piracy hurt sales of the PSP so much then why make another, knowing full well people are going to hack the shit out of it?? (Especially since Sony are'nt the most secure company of all, just sayin)

You're acting like piracy ruined the system. It seems nowadays if a game doesn't break millions upon millions of copies then it's a "flop".

The PSP still sold decent software numbers, plus a lot of the statistics are off with the PSN Store nowadays (their sales are not counted in the numbers). Peace Walker, a game that obviously was bound to sell well, had somewhat low sales numbers when it came out. Like not bad, but not what everyone would think. But Konami was quite pleased because of the online sales it got which made the game a retail success.