PSP Go Rewards program hitting DRM-laced brick wall
Posted Oct 8th 2009 9:50PM by Darren Murph
[Thanks, James]
[Thanks, James]
Thats why PSP sales are up 300%.
@)ROFL)
PSP GO = Portable Souless Puppies on the GO?
at this point, the xbox handheld is a better product for the money!!!!!
I'm so tempted to buy one but I already own a PSP-3000
Sony really isn't making the situation any better for prospective buyers. New poster = "PSP: there GOes your money."
I have a dozen UMDs around, and although I don't play them, I probably would if I could store them all digitally on something like the Go. Never would I repurchase any of them.
Man am I getting sick of all these gaming companies and their blasted proprietary software and DRM.
They need the drm, because of the blasted idiots who pirate all their games. When all the games are being pirated at a rate higher than the sale of the game, developers don't want to develop good games, because they will be so easily pirated. This is why Sony is trying, too bad it's not going to work considering all of the people who complain about drm are pirating motherfuckers. And don't use that "I want freedom" excuse. What other devices play psp games? Thought so.
I hope you're not suggesting I'm pirating my games. I can't stand pirates myself. I've always thought that, hey, if you like a band, buy their music and support them right? Same should go for devs and movie studios. I've searched torrents a few times in order to track down ancient films or shows that aren't in syndication anymore. If they were, I'd gladly watch them on my TV. I'd never download games though.
What companies like Sony need to do is make it easier to migrate games and data from one device to another rather than forcing them to buy a game again. Nothing too serious. And I was actually thinking of the App Store with that last line. Companies should be both firm and fair with their own platform environments, and yet Apple has been in so much controversy with their app approval process and what not. It's nuts. Their store, their rules, I know, but sometimes they went over the edge a bit. Me, I'm just tired of hearing other people complaining about it. What bothers me about this story is that Sony is trying to force previous PSP owners to abandon their old UMD collections if they want the Go. They should offer some sort of compromise that allows for the least amount of piracy. It's certainly possible, but practicality plays an issue too, but I digress.
And yet, I still like the look of the Go...
Sorry, but all DRM schemes do is create headaches and problems for those who legitimately buy software and media while failing to stop those who will steal it anyway. Software developers have been trying to secure their software from theft via copy protection schemes ever since i bought a C64 in 1982 and they have been failing at it ever since. If your going to load your software and media up with that crap you can keep it. There are plenty of alternatives that don't trouble me with that crap and i gladly pay for it.
Anit-piracy measures don't benefit the consumer, and are almost always cracked by pirates anyway.
Quite true. DRM just isn't worth it. If you pay for a song or a video, you should be able to put it on any device that you own, etc. Companies shouldn't have to force their customers into doing things against their own benefit. Pirates are a minority and will indeed get into whatever they fancy. In principle, it doesn't always sound so bad, but in reality, DRM has no positive effect on digital media.
Not only do pirates get into whatever they fancy for themselves in short order... they also release cracked versions, keygen tools etc. etc. etc. so that anyone else who wants to steal it can too.
Anthony, you've been mislead and if you disagree, you're an idiot, sorry.
Pirates crack DRM and take pride and joy in doing so as fast as they can. Last I checked, the latest batch of PSP games took only a week to crack after a new DRM scheme. Might have only been 3 days if that, too.
So, what stories have you read where pirates have been thwarted by DRM? My stars, it seems I only read about everyday consumers being screwed by DRM. Imagine that! At best, DRM slows them down and the longest probably hasn't even been a month when something really formidable comes around.
Also, for the last time, a pirated game is not ALWAYS a lost sale. Most pirates are cheap and broke. Thus the cost saving measures they take. Certainly some can afford the crap they steal but not all. Buying a used game IS a 1:1 lost sale for the developers. 90% are buying the game for the first time, I'm sure, and while an original sale was made - another one has been lost. Is that a bad thing? No, but even "honest" folks can cost a game company money. So, there is no high horse to be on...
and when you changed to cd from vinyl you got free copies...and from vhs to dvd you got free copies...and from dvd to hd free copies....oh...hang on, no you didnt, you chose to change and re-built your libraries.
@ g.sykes
You're talking about physical storage formats. It wouldn't cost Sony anything to allow UMD'ers to download back their games. And when we changed from cd to mp3, you could actually rip your physical data to HDD. So sorry, but your logic Failed, it isn't the same thing.
So um...who HAS a PSP Go ?
You have no dignity.
Yippie!! The Spam Bots are in town!!
I live in the US and I happen to have a European UMD to register for the 3 free games. I have also registered for the GT and waiting for the codes to arrive in my email. Hopefully everything works fine.
Solution:
1. Download the movie from thepiratebay
2. Load on whatever you want
3. Watch
How did they discover a problem with this? I thought nobody bought the PSP Go.
I downloaded a game on my PS3 and copied it over to my go. All I got was a video of Rick Astley
I have a PSP GO and got a free copy of GT PSP + the 3 Free games on the rewards program, i downloaded them through Media Go and transferred them across to the PSP (while still having a backup copy on Media Go)
I have tried to download the freebees on the PS3 and while one worked the other two do get the error, but whats the problem? Get on the PC or direct from the PSP GO, simples?
Simple solution:
1. Repack your PSP go
2. return your PSP go
3. shell out $50 more and buy a PS3
4. Enjoy.
Does Sony do any testing anymore, or are they just trying to see how bad they can keep destroying there brand.
Honestly? The PSP Go's not bad. It definitely defines the word portable. What's making it suck is the fact that you're stuck with a portable console that doesn't allow you to play currently owned games. That's what the gripes really all about. It's about unnecessary incurred expenses. Yeah, there may be some bugs with the initial models but they'll get better. My sister has both the Go and the the 3000 and I keep asking her what she's going to do with both? She just looks at me with this clueless look and I say, "yeah...I thought so".
There's no way to get your UMD's on the Go which forces consumers to buy the game...again. Here's a proposal that I wonder if Sony even thought of, "Trade-ins". EB Games/Gamestop and the likes already do trade ins. Why doesn't Sony ask resellers to do a special trade in where consumers can bring back their UMD's in place of "credits". "Sony is worried of piracy" is what some of you are thinking. Traded in UMD's pretty much puts a stamp of approval that it is a legitimate copy. There's only so much that can be done to "duplicate" or create a clone of a physical UMD. There are still markers that sales clerks are trained to identify on cartridges, etc. to determine if the chassis and internals are duped or not. Once traded, all they're doing is getting the UMD back to be sent back to Sony or be "field destroyed" and exchanging the physical object with Sony credits to be used for online purchases towards the same game.
I'm sure it can't be that difficult.
Wanna see a magic trick? Wait 3 - 5 months from now for Sony to announce something similar to what I said. Once that happens, all those who already bought a digital copy of what they already physically owned will go berserk for shelling out the $'s.
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Wow, I think I'm going to get one today, before any more bad news pop up and make me avoid it!