Sidhe Interactive says Piracy hurting PSP

QJ Reader Waponez alerts us that in IGN’s “The future of the PSP” feature, when Sidhe Interactive was asked if there is anything Sony could do to help developers, they responded that protection against piracy is necessary to help ensure the long term commercial viability of the platform. Sidhe Interactive’s Managing Director, Mario Wynands expounds:

What has been disappointing from a developer perspective is that, despite strong hardware sales worldwide, software sales have been flat. There are arguably a number of reasons contributing to this, but in my opinion one of the key issues is piracy.

The ability to run pirated PSP software without any kind of hardware modification is a definite weakness of the system right now, and one being exploited by hundreds of thousands of gamers if Torrent traffic of pirated PSP software is anything to go by. Its a weakness that Sony may never be able to fully resolve, but action is definitely necessary to ensure the long term commercial viability of the platform.

In the mean time, all I can do is ask that gamers support the companies that make the games they play by purchasing their games legitimately.

Of course this doesn’t mean that Sidhe Interactive doesn’t support user generated content for the PSP. Wynands explains:

Sidhe Interactive is a big proponent of user generated content, and the PSP is uniquely positioned to support this. The combination of portability, wireless connectivity, online capability, and memory stick storage gives gamers the ability to generate, save, edit, share, upload and download content in a way that has never been seen on handheld or even console before.

Again, like any other platform, legitimate purchases of content for the handheld seems the best way to support the PSP. Amusing, though, that games like God of War for the PSP immediately convince folks to part with their money, and others have a hard time doing so. Wait. Ignore that. That’s just me trying to be er, smart. Yeah, that.

Oh, and thanks for the tip Waponez. Keep those tips coming folks!

Via IGN

QJ Reader Waponez alerts us that in IGN’s “The future of the PSP” feature, when Sidhe Interactive was asked if there is anything Sony could do to help developers, they responded that protection against piracy is necessary to help ensure the long term commercial viability of the platform. Sidhe Interactive’s Managing Director, Mario Wynands expounds:

What has been disappointing from a developer perspective is that, despite strong hardware sales worldwide, software sales have been flat. There are arguably a number of reasons contributing to this, but in my opinion one of the key issues is piracy.

The ability to run pirated PSP software without any kind of hardware modification is a definite weakness of the system right now, and one being exploited by hundreds of thousands of gamers if Torrent traffic of pirated PSP software is anything to go by. Its a weakness that Sony may never be able to fully resolve, but action is definitely necessary to ensure the long term commercial viability of the platform.

In the mean time, all I can do is ask that gamers support the companies that make the games they play by purchasing their games legitimately.

Of course this doesn’t mean that Sidhe Interactive doesn’t support user generated content for the PSP. Wynands explains:

Sidhe Interactive is a big proponent of user generated content, and the PSP is uniquely positioned to support this. The combination of portability, wireless connectivity, online capability, and memory stick storage gives gamers the ability to generate, save, edit, share, upload and download content in a way that has never been seen on handheld or even console before.

Again, like any other platform, legitimate purchases of content for the handheld seems the best way to support the PSP. Amusing, though, that games like God of War for the PSP immediately convince folks to part with their money, and others have a hard time doing so. Wait. Ignore that. That’s just me trying to be er, smart. Yeah, that.

Oh, and thanks for the tip Waponez. Keep those tips coming folks!

Via IGN