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If someone actually makes PS5 accept pirated games, I expect a boom to PS5 sales. I believe a good reason why the PS2 was so dominant was because of how widespread PS2 piracy was.
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I would rate this as a very low likelihood, because even if someone did come up with a way to pirate single player games (such as Horizon Zero Dawn/Forbidden West), the number of games now that are persistently online-only means that most people will be unwilling to give up that functionality. Any theoretical PS5 piracy would almost certainly require it to be completely disconnected from the Internet so that the firm…
The reason the PS2 succeeded so massively is that it was an affordable DVD player alone , IIRC at the time you could buy a DVD player for like $199 or a PS2 for $299. It was a no brainer for any family looking to either replace their console or seek to upgrade to DVD - something which was a way bigger deal than the transition from DVD to Blu-Ray.
I always find that interesting, because to my eyes the quality jump from DVD to Blu-Ray is the biggest we've ever seen (and likely ever will see) in home video formats, way bigger than the move from VHS to DVD. I don't think DVD has aged particularly well, especially in a world of non-interlaced digital flat panel displays. A properly mastered Blu-Ray disc still looks considerably better than the HD streams being offered by just about any modern streaming service, but DVD generally looks worse than your typical 480p stream.
If someone actually makes PS5 accept pirated games, I expect a boom to PS5 sales. I believe a good reason why the PS2 was so dominant was because of how widespread PS2 piracy was.
I don't know about that, piracy on the Xbox was a lot easier than the PS2. It wasn't until FreeMcBoot came along around 2007 or 2008 that PS2 piracy really became accessible to the lay person, and that was after the 7th generation of consoles launched.
Question: why would someone believe that responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities that only affect local devices and mostly enable the owner of a device to gain root access to it is the best thing to do, instead of just publishing them outright? I understand responsible disclosure for server vulns that could cause harm to third party's plattforms or devices, but it seems unnecessary for this case.
I just want to play the game like a normal person. But it's no fun anymore.
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I don't know about that, piracy on the Xbox was a lot easier than the PS2. It wasn't until FreeMcBoot came along around 2007 or 2008 that PS2 piracy really became accessible to the lay person, and that was after the 7th generation of consoles launched.
You're in the Western world. In the third world you'd be buying your PS2 pre-chipped, lol.
I have no doubt that viable piracy improves hardware sales in less fortunate economies, I just don't think it's enough of an effect to have the dramatic impact on global sales that was implied above.
If you want a console whose global sales I think were driven in large part by piracy, look no further than the PSP.
1: https://www.vgchartz.com/charts/platform_totals/Hardware.php...
Question: why would someone believe that responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities that only affect local devices and mostly enable the owner of a device to gain root access to it is the best thing to do, instead of just publishing them outright? I understand responsible disclosure for server vulns that could cause harm to third party's plattforms or devices, but it seems unnecessary for this case.
If someone actually makes PS5 accept pirated games, I expect a boom to PS5 sales. I believe a good reason why the PS2 was so dominant was because of how widespread PS2 piracy was.
PS2 was dominant because it had great games, backward compatibility (for awhile) and was also a DVD player. The piracy angle didn't affect sales, despite what Sony says.
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PS2 was dominant because it had great games, backward compatibility (for awhile) and was also a DVD player. The piracy angle didn't affect sales, despite what Sony says.
It was also out for so long that it gave it plenty of time to end up used for cheap. It seemed like everyone had one laying around or in the closet at home by the end of its run, usually a slim one honestly.
Question: why would someone believe that responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities that only affect local devices and mostly enable the owner of a device to gain root access to it is the best thing to do, instead of just publishing them outright? I understand responsible disclosure for server vulns that could cause harm to third party's plattforms or devices, but it seems unnecessary for this case.