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Sony's very first gaming console, as we all know, was the Playstation (PSX). It was a 32-bit machine, that also ran on unique, black-coloured CD's, unlike any other console. The SNES is one of the best 32-bit machines ever to be created, and it's Nintendo games ran on cartridges. Nintendo started with the use of cartridges for console games, and have since become very successfull. Sony have also grown in success, with their CD's, but should they have started off with plain old carts?? Have they moved into the latest tachnology too fast, meaning that they'll soon find that they've got no way of improving???
Nintendo's descision to stick with the good old plastic carts has helped them to continue profitting well. Even though the N64 didn't sell too well, and lost out to the PSX, Nintendo did gain several advantages over the electronics geniuses! One main gain was in the field of piracy. CD's (including Sony's) can easily be copied and sold ilegally around the world for a cheap price. But this cannot be done with carts!
Many Sony fans decided to get their PSX's 'chipped' for a small fee, so that they could get all the games they wanted for around £10 or less! Sony did not profit from the piracy and imports, and they did in fact begin to lose money! As many of their gamers preffered cheaper games to full-priced PAL versions, and the loyalty was lost.
The PS2 is Sony's latest attempt at a different console, and is their best shot at winning the 'console war' as the best 'next-generation console'. As far as we know, there is no way that the PS2 can be 'chipped' so that piracy can continue into the next-generation. But with technology these days, anything's possible!! But if the piracy issue does come back to haunt Sony again, this time on the PS2, it could all go wrong again for Sony!
But it wasn't all that bad for Sony. To play these games you'd need a console and controllers, so that meant money was coming in, even if the games weren't being brought! But by reducing the price to less than £100, Sony weren't doing themselves any favours. This meant that import-fans could get a cheap console ASWELL as cheap games!
If Sony had started with cartridges, like Nintendo and Sega, they'd have avoided piracy and be earning a lot more money. They'd also have been starting with basic software, meaning that they'd have a whole new world of technology to work with in the not too distant future! So, there are chances that they'll run out of ideas soon...
Could this mean that the PS3 will be their last attempt???
Or will they rush into the use of mini-DVD-discs (like the GC) or Mini Discs (MD's), and get stuck in a whole, miles behind the rest??? Only time will tell! I believe that Sony should've started with basic carts, you can get the same gaming-quality as in their CD's, and there'd be so much more to use in the future...
I think they should think very carefully about what their first hand-held console runs on!
Nintendo's descision to stick with the good old plastic carts has helped them to continue profitting well. Even though the N64 didn't sell too well, and lost out to the PSX, Nintendo did gain several advantages over the electronics geniuses! One main gain was in the field of piracy. CD's (including Sony's) can easily be copied and sold ilegally around the world for a cheap price. But this cannot be done with carts!
Many Sony fans decided to get their PSX's 'chipped' for a small fee, so that they could get all the games they wanted for around £10 or less! Sony did not profit from the piracy and imports, and they did in fact begin to lose money! As many of their gamers preffered cheaper games to full-priced PAL versions, and the loyalty was lost.
The PS2 is Sony's latest attempt at a different console, and is their best shot at winning the 'console war' as the best 'next-generation console'. As far as we know, there is no way that the PS2 can be 'chipped' so that piracy can continue into the next-generation. But with technology these days, anything's possible!! But if the piracy issue does come back to haunt Sony again, this time on the PS2, it could all go wrong again for Sony!
But it wasn't all that bad for Sony. To play these games you'd need a console and controllers, so that meant money was coming in, even if the games weren't being brought! But by reducing the price to less than £100, Sony weren't doing themselves any favours. This meant that import-fans could get a cheap console ASWELL as cheap games!
If Sony had started with cartridges, like Nintendo and Sega, they'd have avoided piracy and be earning a lot more money. They'd also have been starting with basic software, meaning that they'd have a whole new world of technology to work with in the not too distant future! So, there are chances that they'll run out of ideas soon...
Could this mean that the PS3 will be their last attempt???
Or will they rush into the use of mini-DVD-discs (like the GC) or Mini Discs (MD's), and get stuck in a whole, miles behind the rest??? Only time will tell! I believe that Sony should've started with basic carts, you can get the same gaming-quality as in their CD's, and there'd be so much more to use in the future...
I think they should think very carefully about what their first hand-held console runs on!
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I've got 43 games for my N64 so far!
Hope I have that many+ for my Gamecube!
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Hope I have that many+ for my Gamecube!
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Finally, someone agrees with me!! Yes, piracy did rocket the sale of PSX's, and their games! Importing was also envolved.
I brought an N64, and do far have paid full price for all my games, except my GAD's and presents. So, that means I actually payed for about.....3 games!!
And I am getting a GameCube! And I also intend not to miss out on any Cube games, like I did with the N64!!
I brought an N64, and do far have paid full price for all my games, except my GAD's and presents. So, that means I actually payed for about.....3 games!!
And I am getting a GameCube! And I also intend not to miss out on any Cube games, like I did with the N64!!
Well, I never chipped my PlayStation and still bought games. Furthermore, people still bought N64s (allegedly) and people might buy GameCubes. Piracy is gone now, except for maybe Microsoft but I think they would have something to say if they found out their games were being chipped.
Don't forget, it's still possible to chip a PS2, it just... not a good idea.
Don't forget, it's still possible to chip a PS2, it just... not a good idea.
Piracy made the PSX.
If people had to shell out £40 a time for new PSX games it wouldn't of shifted would it? But, those dodgy people chipped PSX's letting people buy any game for a sub £3 price.
£3 for a new game, and you had a PSx, you can resist.
Damn pirates..
If people had to shell out £40 a time for new PSX games it wouldn't of shifted would it? But, those dodgy people chipped PSX's letting people buy any game for a sub £3 price.
£3 for a new game, and you had a PSx, you can resist.
Damn pirates..
Piracy DID help Sony!
If the Playstation hadn't been as easily chipable so that it could play pirated games, it would NOT have sold half as well as it did! This is a known fact, and even people in the games industry say this!
The Playstation 2 won't be as successful as the PS1 if they make it piratable proof!
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If the Playstation hadn't been as easily chipable so that it could play pirated games, it would NOT have sold half as well as it did! This is a known fact, and even people in the games industry say this!
The Playstation 2 won't be as successful as the PS1 if they make it piratable proof!
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I don't really think piracy has hurt Sony terribly. Also, Sony change the design of the PS2 every few months, so every few months someone has to invent a new chip. Also, proper games won't play on chipped PS2s, and neither will some illegal ones. I think Sony are on top of it.
Doh! Dam pressin' the Esc key and adding extra stuff!
Sorry!
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Sorry!
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Well I'm just a world of knowledge!
Well about computer gamin' stuff anyways!
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Well about computer gamin' stuff anyways!
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Well I'm just a world of knowledge!
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WOW! I didn't know that Cooky, thanks. Just imagine where Sony'd be today if Nintendo had used it...
The N64 may have run on carts and been known as the Nin-Sony 64 or something??
There'd be no PS2, and the everyone would be playing N64's, Dreamcasts and PC's, rather than PS2's...
INTERESTING...
The N64 may have run on carts and been known as the Nin-Sony 64 or something??
There'd be no PS2, and the everyone would be playing N64's, Dreamcasts and PC's, rather than PS2's...
INTERESTING...
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