Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Miles Buzzing" Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk,scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: anti-mod chip / pirating / backups / etc. Date: 17 Feb 1999 23:59:36 GMT Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 75 Message-ID: <01be5ad1$91723bc0$0a3ddec2@guildfoc> References: <7a0a6u$714@scea> <36C40EC4.E4082468@datasys.net> <7a187m$o0v10@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <36C488C0.8DF59CF0@datasys.net> <7a2cd1$2i83@scea> <7a3pvs$7op11@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: guildfrd.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: chuka.playstation.co.uk scea.yaroze.freetalk:1224 scee.yaroze.freetalk.english:3553 Piracy is part of the culture of video gaming. There will always be a sub-set of gamers who indulge in piracy and I doubt that will never change, whatever media us used. When I owned a BBC micro I had stacks diskettes full of pirate software and thank god for twin tape decks in the ZX-spectrum days. Now, I'd no longer consider buying a pirate game than fly in the air. Why - I guess of grown out of it. I can afford to buy the games I want to play and I select what I buy carefully, why spend time trawling around boot fair's looking for dodgy gold-disks. And who would begrudge Komani $40 for Metal Gear Solid!!!! Territory lock out has little to do with piracy and more to do with protecting markets. Is the FF8 mod chip about anti-piracy, I doubt it. Ir's more likely a response to the fact that you can connect to the internet and order legit games from the US for pretty much a 1:1 $:£ ratio. - Miles Nick Ferguson wrote in article <7a3pvs$7op11@chuka.playstation.co.uk>... > I disagree. > > Having NO protection just seems an invitation to piracy - imagine if EVERY > PlayStation could run pirate games "out-the-box" - it would be a nightmare > for Sony (and I can't see it doing the industry any good, either). Far > better to let every PS run *legit* games from anywhere, in fact - I wish the > NY was the "standard PS"! I would never have got my old grey PS chipped if I > could have run SCEI and SCEA games on it from the off. I also think Sony's > new copy-protection scheme is a slap in the face for importers who DON'T buy > pirate software. But, I guess, maybe there aren't too many of them? :( > > These are just the wishful ramblings of a die-hard importer, I know :) > > Nick F > > Ben Siroshton wrote in message <7a2cd1$2i83@scea>... > > > >On the whole other side, I disagree with having ANY type of protection. I > >for one make backup copies of my games, I one too many times have been > >playing with originals, friends and beer and end up scratching a disc. > This > >ultimately sucks! I think by having disc media you MUST be able to back up > >your stuff. Its too easily ruined. If people are going to pirate stuff, > >which they are and will never be stopped - why bother with the protection > at > >all. It doesnt stop anyone from copying anything, it just makes it more of > >a pain for us to make backups. If (and there always is) a way around > >something, it will be hacked, there is no question about it. By removing > >any protection systems could be cheaper as well, ie,. no money going into > >R&D for protection "schemes". > > > >my 2 cents. > > > >-ben > > > > > > > > >