All non-piracy crusaders should face the facts:
- Every system will get hacked in due time (PS3). I'd say that by june/july, we'll have a fully working 3DS flashcard. Nintendo can play a cat-and-mouse game, but they will only get humiliated each time pirates release a new flashcart firmware that renders all their efforts useless. Automatic game updates? Sure, Wii had it... until it got hacked in a year. The more Nintendo wiggles, the more the scene will be stirred up, which can only lead to an even bigger humiliation (Nintendo tried to play smart with Wii firmwares, and hackers responded by making a fully working backup-launching solution without even opening up the machine).
- Piracy in itself doesn't make games worse, or better: PSX and PS2 consoles were eiglible for modchipping for a very long time. That didn't stop developers to create mind-blowingly good games (SMT Persona, Final Fantasy, Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid, etc.).
- Companies may tell they lost $x-million to piracy, but they assume everyone who pirated the game would have bought it. THey couldn't be farther from the truth: I've downloaded many games for both DS and X360, and I indeed bought the ones I deemed good. But there were several games I would've bought just because of the hype, I DL-d them and in some cases, I didn't like them one bit. If I paid 60$ for it, that would've meant I support the direction the developers went, when actually, I don't.
