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Also companies don't seem to be doing that much about it.The amounts of money Sony game dealers must have been ripped off when the chip was invented is unimaginable.I believe you can get your playstation chipped at a price of about ten pounds now,and to buy a copied game is about a fiva.Therefore,instead of getting 5 video games for christmas for the price of 150 pounds,someone could get 30 games.Unbelievable.
Thankfully PC game producers have got wind of this black market business and have found ways to stop it.As most of you experienced gamers know,a PC doesn't even need a chip to played copied games.Therefore you can copy games off your mates and all your going to have to pay for is the price of a blank CD.I hate it.However,when a CD re-writer copies a disc it looks to copy the music files(as the machines were originally produced to copy music.)Now what companies are starting to do is program games so that the CD re-writable cannot recognise music files.However, I am sad to hear that patches can already be downloaded to get around this problem.
Luckily,none off the criminal masterminds of the gaming world have managed to design a chip that will play copied games on the PS2.Yess!Suckers!But,I can't help wondering how long it will be before they do,never I hope.I just don't think its fair that honest people like me and you are paying £40 for a game,while theeves are paying £5 and ripping us and honest companies, like special reserve off.
The copying problem seemed to have been solved on the N64 as cartridges are used.However,as the GC will be using CD's It looks like another company will be ripped off.
How can we stop them?
Also companies don't seem to be doing that much about it.The amounts of money Sony game dealers must have been ripped off when the chip was invented is unimaginable.I believe you can get your playstation chipped at a price of about ten pounds now,and to buy a copied game is about a fiva.Therefore,instead of getting 5 video games for christmas for the price of 150 pounds,someone could get 30 games.Unbelievable.
Thankfully PC game producers have got wind of this black market business and have found ways to stop it.As most of you experienced gamers know,a PC doesn't even need a chip to played copied games.Therefore you can copy games off your mates and all your going to have to pay for is the price of a blank CD.I hate it.However,when a CD re-writer copies a disc it looks to copy the music files(as the machines were originally produced to copy music.)Now what companies are starting to do is program games so that the CD re-writable cannot recognise music files.However, I am sad to hear that patches can already be downloaded to get around this problem.
Luckily,none off the criminal masterminds of the gaming world have managed to design a chip that will play copied games on the PS2.Yess!Suckers!But,I can't help wondering how long it will be before they do,never I hope.I just don't think its fair that honest people like me and you are paying £40 for a game,while theeves are paying £5 and ripping us and honest companies, like special reserve off.
The copying problem seemed to have been solved on the N64 as cartridges are used.However,as the GC will be using CD's It looks like another company will be ripped off.
How can we stop them?
It uses a VERY anti piracy propriety disc. For gods sake, do your research.
I think Nintendo have also avoided piracy with their small CDs, which wont work in CD Copiers. It's finny how the best solutions are always so simple...
jake
As for the PS2... you are having a laugh??? It WILL be chipped without a doubt... even the DC with propriety format has been. With the cheaper DVD-Rs now, anyone can copy PS2 games, and company's are already beginning to test chips. There has yet to be a console to avoid this!
SonicRav
I will crack if some else comes on here with their head full of crap.