THQ: 3DS will stop Nintendo piracy problems

Nintendo has been waging an outright war on piracy for a long, long time now, so it’s no surprise that they’re putting in even more anti-piracy measures into the 3DS. Publisher THQ, for one, is very happy about that.

Nintendo has been waging an outright war on piracy for a long, long time now, so it’s no surprise that they’re putting in even more anti-piracy measures into the 3DS. Publisher THQ, for one, is very happy about that.

“What excites me even more [than 3DS games] is that there’s technology built in that device to really combat piracy,” said Ian Curran, THQ’s executive VP of global publishing, in an interview with CVG.

“The problem with the DS market in the last few years, particularly with the DS Lite, is that it’s just been attacked by piracy. It’s made it almost impossible to shift any significant volume. The DSi combated it a little bit, but the 3DS has taken that a step further.”

Curran further revealed that he asked Nintendo to explain the anti-piracy tech in the 3DS, but was told that it was so “sophisticated.” He continued, “They combated the piracy on Dsi, which they don’t believe is cracked yet – but they know they’ve been hurt across the world and they believe the 3DS has got technology that can stop that.”

Via [CVG]