PSP piracy numbers on the rise

We all know piracy runs abound when it comes to technology, especially game. Now, just how bad is the rate of piracy on Sony‘s PlayStation Portable? Well, we were able to get the low down on some of the top games. Boy, oh boy! it’s definitely one scoop you guys don’t want to miss out on. Find out the details in the full article.

You guys must have a picture on how big piracy is when it comes to games. For Sony‘s handheld portable, we were able to get detailed information on some of the top games that have been downloaded over the internet.

With the Custom Firmware being downloaded so much, in effect, ISOs and CSOs get their fair share of downloads as well. Here’s a shortlist on some of the games that have been hitting the highs of piracy in one of the torrent sites:

• God of War: Chains of Olympus – 94,154
• Patapon – 112,183
• Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, – 197,113
• Crush – 48,959
• Loco Roco – 163,904
• Wipeout Pulse – 116,965
• Castlevania X Chronicles – 102,354
• Metal Gear Solid – Portable Ops (Not Including Plus) – 231,054
• Burnout Dominator – 269,486

If you ask this writer, the numbers indicated above are ridiculously high, especially for Patapon since its one of the few US$ 20 games out there in the market. GoW raked in a lot of numbers ever since its release.

With this online piracy, official support for the software gets bogged down when you have other options of acquiring games, like downloading. Hardware sales, on the other hand, might get a boost because of the rampant amount of easily accessible games over the net.

So you see, there’s a negative relationship between the two: one goes down, but the other goes up. Technically, these two should go hand-in-hand when rising in sales. But in reality, it’s not really happening.

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Via Neogaf