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That probably isn't all that a good a title for what this topic is about, or maybe it is. I would like to talk to you about video game piracy, it is illegal you know.
Anyway now for the first time in their history nintendo have deided to move away from the cartidge and onto a cd type thing known as an optical disk. Does this mean that they will fall victim to the computer fraud known as game copying. I know that the nintendo boss has said that he thinks the games will be safe and won't be able to be copied but people have away of getting around these things dont they.
Do you think that nintendo's optical disk will eventually be cracked by a pirate, so he can make as many copies of it as he wishes? It probably wont be as hard for the pirates to make copies of the optical disks as it was for them to make copies of the old nintendo cartidges. I feel that it was a risk nentendo were forced to make though cos now as the gaming world developes, more space is needed on the sofware to make bigger and better games.
Will criminals evetually find a way to copy the disks? If so nintendo will lose profits juat as the playstation did. Only time will tell if the optical disk really is as safe as nintendo make it out to be.
Thanx for reading, that is if you did read it.
From stick474 on Sunday the 22nd of July 2001.
Anyway now for the first time in their history nintendo have deided to move away from the cartidge and onto a cd type thing known as an optical disk. Does this mean that they will fall victim to the computer fraud known as game copying. I know that the nintendo boss has said that he thinks the games will be safe and won't be able to be copied but people have away of getting around these things dont they.
Do you think that nintendo's optical disk will eventually be cracked by a pirate, so he can make as many copies of it as he wishes? It probably wont be as hard for the pirates to make copies of the optical disks as it was for them to make copies of the old nintendo cartidges. I feel that it was a risk nentendo were forced to make though cos now as the gaming world developes, more space is needed on the sofware to make bigger and better games.
Will criminals evetually find a way to copy the disks? If so nintendo will lose profits juat as the playstation did. Only time will tell if the optical disk really is as safe as nintendo make it out to be.
Thanx for reading, that is if you did read it.
From stick474 on Sunday the 22nd of July 2001.
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Stick474 wrote:
> RastaBillySkank wrote:
Yup, but the
> equipment they'd need
> and the cost of the actual blacnk Opticals
> would cost TOO much
> for them to be cost effective.
Are the optical disks expensive
> to buy as blanks,
Yes, very.
Upwards of 20 quid each.
> RastaBillySkank wrote:
Yup, but the
> equipment they'd need
> and the cost of the actual blacnk Opticals
> would cost TOO much
> for them to be cost effective.
Are the optical disks expensive
> to buy as blanks,
Yes, very.
Upwards of 20 quid each.
RastaBillySkank wrote:
Yup, but the
> equipment they'd need and the cost of the actual blacnk Opticals
> would cost TOO much for them to be cost effective.
Are the optical disks expensive to buy as blanks, i wouldn't have thought they were but if they are then that could cause a problem for the pirates.
It isn't really a problem that the equipment needed is expensive though becuase the profits made through the operation would be huge, this would more than pay for the equipment.
The profits would only be huge so long as the blank disks are cheap to buy.
Yup, but the
> equipment they'd need and the cost of the actual blacnk Opticals
> would cost TOO much for them to be cost effective.
Are the optical disks expensive to buy as blanks, i wouldn't have thought they were but if they are then that could cause a problem for the pirates.
It isn't really a problem that the equipment needed is expensive though becuase the profits made through the operation would be huge, this would more than pay for the equipment.
The profits would only be huge so long as the blank disks are cheap to buy.
Stick474 wrote:
> That probably isn't all that a good a title for what this topic is
> about, or maybe it is. I would like to talk to you about video game
> piracy, it is illegal you know.
Anyway now for the first time in
> their history nintendo have deided to move away from the cartidge
> and onto a cd type thing known as an optical disk. Does this mean
> that they will fall victim to the computer fraud known as game
> copying. I know that the nintendo boss has said that he thinks the
> games will be safe and won't be able to be copied but people have
> away of getting around these things dont they.
Do you think that
> nintendo's optical disk will eventually be cracked by a pirate, so
> he can make as many copies of it as he wishes? It probably wont be
> as hard for the pirates to make copies of the optical disks as it
> was for them to make copies of the old nintendo cartidges. I feel
> that it was a risk nentendo were forced to make though cos now as
> the gaming world developes, more space is needed on the sofware to
> make bigger and better games.
Will criminals evetually find a way
> to copy the disks?
Yup, but the equipment they'd need and the cost of the actual blacnk Opticals would cost TOO much for them to be cost effective.
> That probably isn't all that a good a title for what this topic is
> about, or maybe it is. I would like to talk to you about video game
> piracy, it is illegal you know.
Anyway now for the first time in
> their history nintendo have deided to move away from the cartidge
> and onto a cd type thing known as an optical disk. Does this mean
> that they will fall victim to the computer fraud known as game
> copying. I know that the nintendo boss has said that he thinks the
> games will be safe and won't be able to be copied but people have
> away of getting around these things dont they.
Do you think that
> nintendo's optical disk will eventually be cracked by a pirate, so
> he can make as many copies of it as he wishes? It probably wont be
> as hard for the pirates to make copies of the optical disks as it
> was for them to make copies of the old nintendo cartidges. I feel
> that it was a risk nentendo were forced to make though cos now as
> the gaming world developes, more space is needed on the sofware to
> make bigger and better games.
Will criminals evetually find a way
> to copy the disks?
Yup, but the equipment they'd need and the cost of the actual blacnk Opticals would cost TOO much for them to be cost effective.
That probably isn't all that a good a title for what this topic is about, or maybe it is. I would like to talk to you about video game piracy, it is illegal you know.
Anyway now for the first time in their history nintendo have deided to move away from the cartidge and onto a cd type thing known as an optical disk. Does this mean that they will fall victim to the computer fraud known as game copying. I know that the nintendo boss has said that he thinks the games will be safe and won't be able to be copied but people have away of getting around these things dont they.
Do you think that nintendo's optical disk will eventually be cracked by a pirate, so he can make as many copies of it as he wishes? It probably wont be as hard for the pirates to make copies of the optical disks as it was for them to make copies of the old nintendo cartidges. I feel that it was a risk nentendo were forced to make though cos now as the gaming world developes, more space is needed on the sofware to make bigger and better games.
Will criminals evetually find a way to copy the disks? If so nintendo will lose profits juat as the playstation did. Only time will tell if the optical disk really is as safe as nintendo make it out to be.
Thanx for reading, that is if you did read it.
From stick474 on Sunday the 22nd of July 2001.
Anyway now for the first time in their history nintendo have deided to move away from the cartidge and onto a cd type thing known as an optical disk. Does this mean that they will fall victim to the computer fraud known as game copying. I know that the nintendo boss has said that he thinks the games will be safe and won't be able to be copied but people have away of getting around these things dont they.
Do you think that nintendo's optical disk will eventually be cracked by a pirate, so he can make as many copies of it as he wishes? It probably wont be as hard for the pirates to make copies of the optical disks as it was for them to make copies of the old nintendo cartidges. I feel that it was a risk nentendo were forced to make though cos now as the gaming world developes, more space is needed on the sofware to make bigger and better games.
Will criminals evetually find a way to copy the disks? If so nintendo will lose profits juat as the playstation did. Only time will tell if the optical disk really is as safe as nintendo make it out to be.
Thanx for reading, that is if you did read it.
From stick474 on Sunday the 22nd of July 2001.
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