"Rampant piracy" makes PSP the perfect gift in China
The Chinese video game market is a difficult one for manufacturers to
deal with, simply because piracy is totally out of control in that
region. Many publishers and console manufacturers avoid the market
altogether. However, the Chinese market loves to play video games, and
a blog called Shanghaiist is recommending the PSP for holiday gift
givers this year:
"Our buying decision this holiday
season has every bit to do with the PSP being a nifty gadget as it does
some of the extra "resources" available to us as residents of Shanghai,
or China for that matter ... rampant piracy of games. The PSP is no
different. Machines for sale here are from either Europe or Japan, but
with firmware downgraded/modified so that they can handle "backup"
(read "pirated") games."
While I'm all for sales of the PSP
increasing, I'm appalled at this recommendation. Telling people to buy
a system because you can easily pirate games on it is really uncool. Of
course, it seems like many people on the Internet also seem to think
the PSP is all about homebrew and piracy as well. What have you
experienced on the web?
Andrew Yoon
December 7, 2006
Source:
PSP Fanboy