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Sony: PSP Piracy Levels Are "Sickening" [Peter Dille]
Kotaku —
... it's not good for the development community," Dille tells Gamasutra. "We can look at data from BitTorrent sites from the day Resistance: Retribution goes on sale and see how many copies are being downloaded illegally, and it's frankly sickening. We are spending a lot of time talking about how we can deal with that problem." One of those changes may be a move to more digitally distributed titles, as games like echochrome and Patapon 2 go download only. Sony: Piracy Has Taken 'Big Chunk Of Game Sales' From PSP [Gamasutra]
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No sh*t: PSP piracy has taken a 'huge chunk' of game sales
Destructoid —
SCEA's Peter Dille has been chatting to Gamasutra about a number of things, not least the infamous PSP piracy problem. With Sony not really doing much with its handheld system until recently, homebrew developers and piracy fans have taken it upon themselves to release games on the barren platform, whether Sony likes it or not. Sony doesn't like it. "I’m convinced and we’re convinced that piracy has taken out a big chunk of our software sales on PSP," states Peter Dille, channeling Captain Obvious. "It’s been a problem that the industry has to address together; ...
Sony: PSP Piracy Levels Are “Sickening”
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
Sony has acknowledged that the PSP is facing a massive challenge with piracy, as illegal game downloads have hit alarming levels."I'm convinced and we're convinced that piracy has taken out a big chunk of our software sales on PSP," Peter Dille, SCEA senior VP of marketing, told Gamasutra ...
Peter Dille Says PSP Piracy "Sickening"
The Escapist : Latest News —
Peter Dille, vice president president of marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America , says the level of piracy on the PSP is "sickening" and that the company is continuing to work on ways to address the problem. The PSP has been a popular platform for Sony , which announced in February that 50 million of the handheld gaming devices have been sold worldwide, but rampant piracy of PSP games has been an ongoing problem . Dille said Sony is "very concerned" about piracy on the PSP, which he believes has cut significantly into the system's software sales. "It's not good for us, but it's not good for the development ...
PSP Piracy Levels 'Frankly Sickening,' says Dille
GameDaily BIZ Features Feed —
Speaking to Gamasutra , senior vice president of marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America Peter Dille said that many third parties were looking to pull their support from the PSP not 18 months ago. He said that SCEA evangelized to developers on making titles particular to the platform and not just PS2 ports. With titles like Dissidia Final Fantasy , Assassin's Creed and Rock Band Unplugged in the pipe, Dille thinks the PSP is making a comeback, but still has to contend with the problem of piracy. "I'm convinced and we're convinced that piracy has taken out a big chunk of our software sales on PSP," Dille explains. "It's been a ...
Piracy is huge on the PSP
That VideoGame Blog —
... Sony is convinced. Piracy has been riding the PSP without putting more quarters in it. In an interview with Gamasutra, SCEA’s senior vice president of marketing Peter Dille explains how more than a year ago, developers were about to abandon the platform because piracy was such a huge concern. ...
