be getting profit just by selling PSP since the hardware production is definitely cheper than it cost you so they are selling it on profit.

DS has a huge piracy problem as well, and the DS lite is selling like hotcakes.

It was made by a company that knows nothing of hand held game let along games period, so that lack of good software plus outdated cd media kept it from being any good.

will feature a chip like silverthorn than cell 2 just based on the power consumption alone. I know cell 2 is better but nowhere near the 1-3 watts that siverthorn takes to get 2 ghtz celeron processing which is more than 6 times what the psp is doing now.

I bought all my games from Socom to Monster hunter...but i think im in the minority..

Sony definitely needs to do something drastic. While a security increase would be nice, it's inevitable that losers like Dark_Alex are just going to work around it. Releasing PSP titles for a lower starting price would probably be a lot more effective. Patapon is one such release where Sony has risked putting a game out for $19.99, so hopefully that title sells Really well.

Sure the games for Nintendo DS are technically an entire generation behind their PSP counterparts, but that doesn't mean PSP games should be $10~$20 more.

More like Piracy is the only thing SUSTAINING the PSPee. If all you droids couldn't play SNES on it, it would be utterly worthless, and we all know this.

Piracy is killing the PSP. THe systems sell and get hacked. Then it's ISO time. THere is nothing that can be done to save this. Sony took too long to make it worthwhile and Dark_Alax capitalized on this. He made the PSP more interesting than sony could. And seeing you can get all Sony has to offer on the PSP while using a modded PSP, other than principle, why would you not mod your system? I'm not encouraging it, but with all the prices going up, people are looking to get the same things for cheaper. Unfortunately, alot are taking the illegal route. Maybe using a download only game distribution system, Sony could code the games to only work with the system it was downloaded on. This would kill trade-ins and stores that profit from it.

and don't pay for it, you're a thief, plain and simple. You can use whatever rationale you want, but it's stealing, and it's wrong. Just because you "can" do something, doesn't mean you "should".

Sony has learnt a hell of a lot with the introduction of the PSP and you can bet they'll kick butt massively with the PSP2 and correct alot of issues they either didn't initially see or took for granted.

I most certainly see the PSP2 taking over in market share as leader in hand held gaming market for it's respective generation, I have no doubt about this.

Well since alot of people hacking there psp lately and getting free game in the format of ISO and have homebrew that rip the UMD. They just not realize that they are killing PSP and setting the downfall in motion.

The only reason why I bought a PSP is because of the pirated games. :D

I agree with Chubear this is Sony's first handheld system and it has managed to get 30 percent of a formerly Nintendo only market. Sony will learn lessons for the psp2.

ruining??...the PSP is living 'cause piracy, 'cause dark_alex, 'cause homebrew...otherwise would be dead

What a BS article. Why ask the question without posting some sales data? I thought this website is for news, why is the source some forum page.

I have purchased a some games for the psp and I have also downloaded some to see if i like them. I have bought Daxter, Katamari, Ratchet and Clank, Lumines, Wipeout Pure and GTA: LCS.

how many of my friends buy games for their psp. *hint, less than 4 fingers*

the other 10+ people i know with psp? they dl everything else.

heck, my 10 year old nephew can run homebrew on it, and i don't even know where to get started :/

Lack of good games is killing the PSP. There are a handful of really good games, but not too many killer apps.

Its great seeing snes,nes emulators with 25 games a piece also God War,burnout,Metal gear solid from first playstation,star wars renegade squadron all on my memory stick pro duo =). I love my PsP GOOOOD JOB ALEX!!!

its been going on long enough that sony has already changed the business model to make up for the piracy. they bundle big titles with an exclusive psp color. That way big budget titles are guaranteed to get some of the action no matter what. They also made money by making the extra hardware slightly different on the new psp. so you have to go buy new head-phones and now a tv adapter and memory sticks (which are the same, but bigger sizes). And soon america will have the camera and gps. And they expanded on the social networking to push hardware sales. And they are selling titles online for download which almost pure profit. Piracy really doesnt affect sony, it hits the game devs. but im sure sony compensates them somehow. A good game that is bought legally or downloaded illegally will still sell a psp.
im sure madcatz, pelican ,and sandisk dont mind the piracy.

dam this is hurting the software sales, but people are cheap only the hardcore gamers will go out and buy the games.