Piracy Next Gen

m7ticalm · 08-12-2006, 04:54 PM

Hey im not into this but im wondering, do u think that the nextgen consoles will have stronger piracy protection, i mean ps2 and xbox lost alot of money through piracy and stuff, im wondering will it be easier or harder cause these next gen consoles are very much like computers and i was thinking that for those who go into piracy might just create programs for consoles instead of tampering with hardware, wat do u guys think?

Mitch2025 · 08-12-2006, 04:58 PM

the xbox 360 already has piracy VIA a hacked DVD firmware. the firmware was hacked about 4 months after the console was released so i dont see piracy ever leaving

m7ticalm · 08-12-2006, 05:05 PM

Man too many hackers out there, too many. You would be surprised how much u can learn from google yet ive nevered tried hacking as its bad. so u reckon piracy will never leave gaming? many would agree many would disagree, sucks to 360 anyway. Also will the nextgen consoles be using 4.6gig or 9.3 gig discs?

nintendo lover · 08-12-2006, 05:07 PM

I hope it does I hate piracy and i would never buy games that are from piracy. sometimes they dont even work.

m7ticalm · 08-12-2006, 05:09 PM

yeah, piracy sucks if u are dedicated to buying a console u should atleast support it by buying the game and i dont think piracy will work cause i reckon that for the wii, every disc will have its own unique key, so if it is duplicated, 2 games can not be run by 2 different wii's in the world. Thats my theory, it would be pretty good if they did that cause it would be easy aswel cause of the wiiconnect 24.

MetroidZ · 08-12-2006, 05:12 PM

i think there will be piracy, but i hope not on the wii, on my current consoles i will only pirate if its a few years old. but man, pple love to pirate sony.

m7ticalm · 08-12-2006, 05:14 PM

lol, cause no one really likes sony, by piracing them were just screwing them over which is a good thing

MetroidZ · 08-12-2006, 05:16 PM

yeh, but it just seems it went over the top for them, so now, consoles have firmware upgrades, will the wii?

m7ticalm · 08-12-2006, 05:20 PM

i hope not cause i wont wii to profit, if they profit they are more likely to make better things

Napalmbrain · 08-12-2006, 05:46 PM

As long as there's money to be made, there always be pirates. And until new games cost as little as pirated copies (which will obviously never happen), there'll always be money to made.

nintendo lover · 08-12-2006, 06:10 PM

maybe nintendo are going to put good safty measures to the discs and that way there will be no piracy for nintendo but a lot of piracy for x box and ps3.

Sovieto · 08-12-2006, 06:13 PM

GO N64 AND YOUR CARTIAGES!!!! or how ever you spell it, + I heard no one could pirate the gamecube disc adn taht was one of the reasons why they made the disc small, is that true?

nintendo lover · 08-12-2006, 06:16 PM

I have never seen one nintendo game that have been a victim of piracy

Sovieto · 08-12-2006, 06:17 PM

Yah, so its either you cant pirate them OR no one bothered to pirate them =[

nintendo lover · 08-12-2006, 06:19 PM

I hope that the wii discs have a protection like the games of the previos consoles.

MetroidZ · 08-12-2006, 06:37 PM

will the wii have firmware upgrades?

nintendo lover · 08-12-2006, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MetroidZ

will the wii have firmware upgrades?

whats the firmware upgrades???

MetroidZ · 08-12-2006, 06:40 PM

like PSP, it upgrades to upgrade security and add new features (new features can sometimes cause hacks, lol) upgrades can also stop piracy, but sony sucks at it and didnt change the encryption on 3 firmwares, amking ti easy to hack.

nintendo lover · 08-12-2006, 06:49 PM

I hope nintendo has those firmare upgrades.

MetroidZ · 08-12-2006, 06:52 PM

me too, because if it does get hacked, thers no going back on purchased ones, they could only change them in production.