"We're going to fix retail" for PSP, pledges SCEA's Rob Dyer, who says the hardware firm has a new weapon against piracy on the console that should slow down the hackers.
Dyer admits that piracy continues to put a tremendous strain on PSP and, despite a good line-up of upcoming titles, the handheld isn't receive full developer support. But Sony has a plan.
"A lot of the stuff that will be announced at E3 we're very excited about, because they are huge titles. And we also believe that there's a way that you will be able to, not stop, but slow down the piracy in the first 30 to 60 days from a tech perspective," revealed Dyer.
"There's some code that you can embed that we've been helping developers implement in order to get people at least to see a 60-day shelf life before it gets hacked and it shows up on BitTorrent."
He added: "That's been the biggest problem, no question about it. It's become a very difficult proposition to be profitable, given the piracy right now. And the fact that the category shrunk inside of retail.
"We're going to fix retail. First party has done a great job of getting some campaigns in place to do that. We have some very big third-party titles, notably from Japan. We will have a good line-up this year. And hopefully, by virtue of that, we'll carry through to next year as well."
The all-out sequel to PSP has been much rumoured of late, with reports claiming it has a quad-core Cell-based CPU and touch screen capabilities. Read lots more on that here.
Well I hope it works for them because its getting out of hand with it so easy to torrent just about anything with great ease and little penalty. The other issue which they didn't say whether it covers is the software being leaked early to the net before it goes to retail, does the code cover that?
well I said EXACTLY this in the other thread and the usual t**ts on this forum are so dumb they just sit there and say (PSP2 digital only = fail) I really hope none of you ever work for a company as it wouldn't get very far, or are you all a bunch of thieving bastards who hack your PSP and then install stolen games onto it, then you bitch like a little girl when Sony takes steps to stop what your doing??? Go on, I'm waiting for someone to defend Sony taking steps to stop the MASSIVE piracy surrounding the PSP.............
I really hope Sony get it sorted, thankfully ISP's in the UK at least are beginning to crack down on piracy and have started to enforce the new law the government brought in. I won't be at all surprised to find many more thieves being taken to court now and hopefully this will go some way to stop the piracy and make the PSP a success. I hope this new code really helps too.
and such ignorance apolloa is why that new law is TERRIBLE FOR YOUR RIGHTS. its drafted very very poorly by people with no experience or knowledge of technical aspects. Its just going to disconnect innocent people, pirates will just hide it better.
but back to the PSP, this is just baiting hackers to try... the lack of psp games and appeal killed the psp tbh, the DS is still selling games left right and centre.
and such ignorance apolloa is why that new law is TERRIBLE FOR YOUR RIGHTS. its drafted very very poorly by people with no experience
but back to the PSP, this is just baiting hackers to try... the lack of psp games and appeal killed the psp tbh, the DS is still selling games left right and centre.
Well if people didn't STEAL things of the internet in the first place then you wouldn't have this law in the first place!! Jesus Rights, RIGHTS, what about the rights of the people who's job it is to make the game, film, music, software that everyone's stealing? Or do they have no rights to make any money? I just love the totally cavalier attitude to stealing people have.
And the whole reason the PSP lacked games was as stated in the story it lacked developers supporting it BECAUSE of the piracy. You have to be very naive not to see that.
When you say things like you have then I'm afraid you are the ignorant one. If people are thieves they deserve everything they get.
and such ignorance apolloa is why that new law is TERRIBLE FOR YOUR RIGHTS. its drafted very very poorly by people with no experience
but back to the PSP, this is just baiting hackers to try... the lack of psp games and appeal killed the psp tbh, the DS is still selling games left right and centre.
Well if people didn't STEAL things of the internet in the first place then you wouldn't have this law in the first place!! Jesus Rights, RIGHTS, what about the rights of the people who's job it is to make the game, film, music, software that everyone's stealing? Or do they have no rights to make any money? I just love the totally cavalier attitude to stealing people have.
And the whole reason the PSP lacked games was as stated in the story it lacked developers supporting it BECAUSE of the piracy. You have to be very naive not to see that.
When you say things like you have then I'm afraid you are the ignorant one. If people are thieves they deserve everything they get.
we could kill everyone and piracy would stop too The issue is, the bill at the moment breaks basic human rights, it is guilty till proven innocent, you wll probably have to pay for the 'evidence gathering' which wont be scrutinised and is only 70% reliable, and its the death of open wifi for unis, librarys etc, it will have innocent people disconnected. the law was NOT the best way to resolve the issue, and was pushed through the house of commons with next to no scrutiny (40 MPs out of 650) in the washup, what should have taken weeks was done in hours when no one was watching. it is incredibly flawed.
yes, makers need to be paid and such, and they are actually quite wealthy. The PSP lost all its appeal as far as im concerned, only title ever interested me on it was crisis core, i only have one friend who bought one. Piracy will have contributed, but its not exactly the cause, DS has rampant piracy and copes.
Yea, let's kick people off the internet to save a company the 10 quid they get off gamestop for charging you 50, then buying it back for 10 and selling it again for 40.
and such ignorance apolloa is why that new law is TERRIBLE FOR YOUR RIGHTS. its drafted very very poorly by people with no experience
but back to the PSP, this is just baiting hackers to try... the lack of psp games and appeal killed the psp tbh, the DS is still selling games left right and centre.
Well if people didn't STEAL things of the internet in the first place then you wouldn't have this law in the first place!! Jesus Rights, RIGHTS, what about the rights of the people who's job it is to make the game, film, music, software that everyone's stealing? Or do they have no rights to make any money? I just love the totally cavalier attitude to stealing people have.
And the whole reason the PSP lacked games was as stated in the story it lacked developers supporting it BECAUSE of the piracy. You have to be very naive not to see that.
When you say things like you have then I'm afraid you are the ignorant one. If people are thieves they deserve everything they get.
we could kill everyone and piracy would stop too The issue is, the bill at the moment breaks basic human rights, it is guilty till proven innocent, you wll probably have to pay for the 'evidence gathering' which wont be scrutinised and is only 70% reliable, and its the death of open wifi for unis, librarys etc, it will have innocent people disconnected. the law was NOT the best way to resolve the issue, and was pushed through the house of commons with next to no scrutiny (40 MPs out of 650) in the washup, what should have taken weeks was done in hours when no one was watching. it is incredibly flawed.
yes, makers need to be paid and such, and they are actually quite wealthy. The PSP lost all its appeal as far as im concerned, only title ever interested me on it was crisis core, i only have one friend who bought one. Piracy will have contributed, but its not exactly the cause, DS has rampant piracy and copes.
I actually think we should go back to cutting thieves hands off. You come across as tough you support piracy, or I suspect you do it. And every ISP records everything you do anyway as part of the terrorism act, have done for a while. But this is different, the technology is sound and will monitor what you download and it's easy to see if it's an illegal download or not. You also get a warning first so it's your own fault if you get cut off, not the ISP's. And the PSP was aimed at a different market to the DS, it wasn't sold as the console for granny hence it had a different type of consumer buying it that unfortunately is more then happy to steal things.
And with the comment by Nollog proves my point, people these day's are totally naive and ignorant and are more then happy to steal just because you can. I can break in your house and steal your telly, computer because I can. But I won't, it's exactly the same thing though. Thieving pirates killed the PSP. End off. Too arrogant to buy a game for £14 or less.
well I said EXACTLY this in the other thread and the usual t**ts on this forum are so dumb they just sit there and say (PSP2 digital only = fail)
What a prat. I think your getting a wee bit ahead of yourself there. If sony went Download only it will be a flop from release date no one will buy it.
And yes I back them up 100% to do whatever they can to stop piracy, so get off your high horse shouting your fat gob off accusing everyone of being a pirate.
There is a massive reason why they can't go Download only and thats because why should they be allowed to withdraw the competition in prices of games? If it were download only games would always be full retail price with no price wars. Now if your little mind can't understand that then I would probably just stfu.
I actually think we should go back to cutting thieves hands off. You come across as tough you support piracy, or I suspect you do it. And every ISP records everything you do anyway as part of the terrorism act, have done for a while. But this is different, the technology is sound and will monitor what you download and it's easy to see if it's an illegal download or not. You also get a warning first so it's your own fault if you get cut off, not the ISP's. And the PSP was aimed at a different market to the DS, it wasn't sold as the console for granny hence it had a different type of consumer buying it that unfortunately is more then happy to steal things.
And with the comment by Nollog proves my point, people these day's are totally naive and ignorant and are more then happy to steal just because you can. I can break in your house and steal your telly, computer because I can. But I won't, it's exactly the same thing though. Thieving pirates killed the PSP. End off. Too arrogant to buy a game for £14 or less.
Whoa! Hold on a minute, just because somebody is opposed to a law doesn't mean you should accuse of them of supporting piracy. That's a ridiculous thing to suggest.
Judging from yours and their posts they are actually more knowledgeable on the subject than you are. Oh by the way, you should have used 'than' not 'then'.
ISPs don't record 'everything' you do online. It is far from easy to monitor what people download online and to say the technology is 'sound' is laughable. Academic research proves that the 'technology' used to monitor torrents etc is far from sound. The most memorable research was done by a university in America that connected a printer to the internet, that printer was accused more than once of sharing movies using torrents (which if you hadn't guessed already was impossible for that printer to do).
Piracy isn't stealing. It's not the same as breaking into a house and taking the TV. It's copyright infringement, not theft.
No doubt you will accuse me of supporting piracy. I just have my own mind and realise that things aren't always black and white.
The Digital Economy Bill no doubt has some positive aspects to it. However, other sections are laughable. I suggest that you do some proper research on the subject if you're that passionate about it.
I'm basing my assumption that you're ill-informed about the subject on your comment that it's easy to monitor what people download. That's simply not true, spend half an hour reading about it online and you'll realise that it's not easy and errors will happen.
well I said EXACTLY this in the other thread and the usual t**ts on this forum are so dumb they just sit there and say (PSP2 digital only = fail)
What a prat. I think your getting a wee bit ahead of yourself there. If sony went Download only it will be a flop from release date no one will buy it.
And yes I back them up 100% to do whatever they can to stop piracy, so get off your high horse shouting your fat gob off accusing everyone of being a pirate.
There is a massive reason why they can't go Download only and thats because why should they be allowed to withdraw the competition in prices of games? If it were download only games would always be full retail price with no price wars. Now if your little mind can't understand that then I would probably just stfu.
Oh please, what are you going to do once everything has gone digital download only? Never buy another game? If people didn't steal then it wouldn't be download only. If you refuse to buy it fine. I would expect if the install base was large enough then you would have sales.
Whoa! Hold on a minute, just because somebody is opposed to a law doesn't mean you should accuse of them of supporting piracy. That's a ridiculous thing to suggest.
Judging from yours and their posts they are actually more knowledgeable on the subject than you are. Oh by the way, you should have used 'than' not 'then'.
ISPs don't record 'everything' you do online. It is far from easy to monitor what people download online and to say the technology is 'sound' is laughable. Academic research proves that the 'technology' used to monitor torrents etc is far from sound. The most memorable research was done by a university in America that connected a printer to the internet, that printer was accused more than once of sharing movies using torrents (which if you hadn't guessed already was impossible for that printer to do).
Piracy isn't stealing. It's not the same as breaking into a house and taking the TV. It's copyright infringement, not theft.
No doubt you will accuse me of supporting piracy. I just have my own mind and realise that things aren't always black and white.
The Digital Economy Bill no doubt has some positive aspects to it. However, other sections are laughable. I suggest that you do some proper research on the subject if you're that passionate about it.
I'm basing my assumption that you're ill-informed about the subject on your comment that it's easy to monitor what people download. That's simply not true, spend half an hour reading about it online and you'll realise that it's not easy and errors will happen.
As I said, some ISP's have been keeping the info longer then this report states. If I wanted a spelling lesson then I'll go to night school thanks. So please don't bother, it's a sign you have nothing constructive to say and are clutching at straws. It is also easier then you think to monitor what people download, it all has to go through an ISP's network, they have systems that monitor and detect when your computer is sending spam emails or malicious data like a virus, monitoring the type of data your downloading isn't hard, and it's up to the owner of the property to request you are dealt with. It is known as copyright theft as well as infringement, you are still stealing, it's the same as walking into a shop then stealing a DVD in my eyes.
Apolloa you truly are a vapid cretin, aren't you? Let me get this straight: You are in all sincerity DEFENDING a dubious piece of legislation that was shoe horned through parliament in a mad rush with little or no in-depth debate over it's specifics nor almost guaranteed shortcomings such as, oh I don't know, INNOCENT people being punished by the acts of others whom are more tech savvy than them? You are really defending that? Really? You think that it is somehow okay for private citizens to have their rights trampled upon but it's the worst crime imaginable when companies see a diminished return on investments? I type this with the gravest of solemnity: I hope, nay, I pray that as long as you hold such a short-sighted, neo-conservative, corporate authoritarian lap-dog mindset - and people with a similar point of view - never get to sit in any sort of position that even remotely begins to resemble genuine power.
You may think you have good intentions, and quite possibly some companies would love to see someone of your disposition in power as it stands to benefit them financially, but the actual end result will be so terribly damaging to the freedom and civil rights that British society (also numerous other societies,) have suffered, fought, bled and died for in order to attain. In short: You would sell the soul of a nation's people so that a company can once more massage its annual figures. Shame on you. You do a disservice to your country (unless you hail from North Korea I suppose,) and to yourself.
The answer to piracy is simple, make the games slightly beyond the PSP's memory capabilities and leave enough space on the UMD (hopefully disc or something cheaper) to cover for the systems incapabilities. Then sony only has to add a ready boost feature, as seen on Windows Vista and 7, to use that space to run the game. The developer then has to add the code in and direct it to the disc drive and the hacker can no longer download games as the system is incapable of running the games
I think Sony are underestimating the hackers. These are generally very intelligent people and theres thousands of them. Basically they're trying to prevent a small army of people that do this kind of thing for fun.
I think they might beable to stop a game from being cracked for a couple weeks tops.
ANd whoever said yay to the digital rights act is a bloody fool. That legislation will be the death nell of the internet in this country. It doesn't only hurt private individuals but small companies, IT contravenes several human rights acts and asks that isps do something that is illegal.
If you'd ever read it you'd see it was full of buzz words and was obviously written by someone who doesn't have a bloody clue. I mean come on who actually uses bit torrent any more and anyone that distributes on a large scale will have thier connection incripted in some way. Its not hard to block your ip.
Basically it'll punish people that might occasionally download an album of a band they heard on the radio to see if they're any good.
The greatest joke of all is that the guys that made the content. The bands, the devs, the guys making the movie. Won't get a penny more because of this. Devs will still get a tiny cut and record companies will still stomp all over talent in order to make a quick buck.
As I said, some ISP's have been keeping the info longer then this report states. If I wanted a spelling lesson then I'll go to night school thanks. So please don't bother, it's a sign you have nothing constructive to say and are clutching at straws. It is also easier then you think to monitor what people download, it all has to go through an ISP's network, they have systems that monitor and detect when your computer is sending spam emails or malicious data like a virus, monitoring the type of data your downloading isn't hard, and it's up to the owner of the property to request you are dealt with. It is known as copyright theft as well as infringement, you are still stealing, it's the same as walking into a shop then stealing a DVD in my eyes.
ISPs dont track everything you download, torrent clients now run encryption so its very hard to see what you are downloading. The cost for this would be in the region of £240m a year (note the cost of piracy is actually less than this). oh, and you'll be paying that. (deep packet inspection tech/fingerprinting)
ISPs generally store minimal data about users, which would probably only include which IPs theyve been assigned and when. Storing data about files people download would require a gigantic server farm
You are making a fool of yourself by arguing a dubious point against people with significantly more knowledge of the subject than yourself. Stop.
May I also suggest you take off the foil hat, and step out of your bedroom for a while. I realise leaving the house may take some time, but it's a start.
Any update will be hacked within weeks of release...When the version 6 stuff first got released a lot of people said that was the end for CFW without DarkAlex but look at the scene at the moment. People like Klown and EspalPSP will work around the clock to hack any update as soon as its released.
Also the argument that Piracy has killed off the PSP is bogus when you look at the amount of Piracy on the DS (which isnt doing too bad from the last time i looked).
If it wasnt for Japans love affair with the PSP its funeral would have been years ago and i for one would have been sad at that. Admittedly its lineup is poor in comparison with the DS and its release schedule is smaller than Keira Knightleys cleavage buts its still a nice bit of kit.
My PSP 1000 running Gen D3 gets far more play from my GBA / Snes / PS1 emus than any PSP game that i purchased. Add to that support for Comic / Bookr & a variety of other apps and the original wedged PSP (which you can pick up for £50-60 at Gamestation) is the best version of the hardware.
Oh and although this site has only recently been making a fuss of it, the second hand market is just as damaging to Devs as Piracy if not more...
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Rights, RIGHTS, what about the rights of the people who's job it is to make the game, film, music, software that everyone's stealing? Or do they have no rights to make any money?
The issue is, the bill at the moment breaks basic human rights, it is guilty till proven innocent, you wll probably have to pay for the 'evidence gathering' which wont be scrutinised and is only 70% reliable, and its the death of open wifi for unis, librarys etc, it will have innocent people disconnected. the law was NOT the best way to resolve the issue, and was pushed through the house of commons with next to no scrutiny (40 MPs out of 650) in the washup, what should have taken weeks was done in hours when no one was watching. it is incredibly flawed.
