ELSPA: 90 percent of American DS owners are pirates, Us: Huh? [update]

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Captain babypirate is now a meme!

Sadly, this picture does actually depict the average age of anons these days (inb4 broke rules 1&2)

Admit it, you don't have friends.

I have two friends who pirate DS games using a flash card but I have many, many more friends who purchase all their games for their DS (myself included).

There's simply no possibility that any rational person would believe that 90% of American DS owners pirate games - I don't even think the people that released this report actually believe that.

Seriously, this is such an asinine stretch of the truth that Mr. Hillier must either be joking or was misquoted.

I've got an M3 Lite and M33 3.90 PSP, modchipped Xbox and PS1. Not a pirated game at all. I'm really into getting the most out of a system with homebrew, streaming apps.

Really good on the PSP actually, 333mhz removes so much lag.

None of my friends pirate either. But we're rich so *shrugs*.

Yeah, I really don't think knowledge of pirating on the DS is widespread, let alone usage. I worked at EB Games and none of my customers or gaming friends knew that it was possible to pirate DS games, let alone what an R4 was. The wacky statistical claim is almost like assuming 90% of Americans pirate movies instead of watching them in theatres, which is also obviously erroneous.

They're just calling all, or most, American DS owners scumbag pirates who are nothing more than pilfering thieves.

How soon they forget World War II and how we saved them from the goose steppers.

What has World War 2 got to do with DS pirates?

*inserts obligatory "yarrgh"

They're called Nintendo DS ROM dumpers, but I think they're somewhat pricey and complicated to use.

It's easier to just download ROMs off of websites, but according to Nintendo's legal page, that's illegal.

Oh I see what you did there!

Lol, I really don't get where this data comes from. I mean, I thought that most DS owners were more casual than anything and really wouldn't know how to go about the process of pirating.

I agree.

I've noticed over the last year that a large number of my DS-enabled friends have purchased an R4, or G7 or somesuch.
Heck, I'm nearly on the precipice of buying one for myself!

But although it is most definitely a piracy device, none of my friends have stopped buying games.

LMAO I am giving you a plus just cause you have the evil Michael Knight as your avatar. LOL man it owns. Wasn't his name like Something Black. I mean it just owns I can't stop laghing.

I just realize that. I am admitting that I own a R4 for gaming and I have a Garth Knight avatar. LMAO

I think it's actually probably around 20%. There are just too many parents and casual folks that have DS systems for me to believe they all decided to take the plunge into piracy at the same time they finally got a handheld.

I mean, I just don't see Joe Gamer buying his mom a DS + R4 bundle.

However, hang around on the Gamefaqs boards, and you'll see a pretty substantial amount of responses indicating that people are just d/ling games. I'd buy 20%, but nothing higher than 30%.

R4*

Can you use it to play GBA backups as well?

agreed. I sell a DS to someone over the age of 12 maybe once a month.

Yes. I agree. With you.

It's the same with roms for me. It just feels cheap if it's pirated and something I won't properly enjoy. Plus more money going to devs helps them continue to roll out the good games.

Don't you mean ... 9000%?

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I hate you.

I saw the fist a split-second before it slammed into my face. My entire body spun to the right as I fell, my head narrowly avoiding hitting the nightstand and my body colliding with the cement floor hard enough to knock the wind out of me. As I lay on the floor gasping for breath, the goon walked around the bed toward me.
"You knew we'd catch up to you eventually, Jonny."
I did know that. As a matter of fact, I had just been on my way out the door forever when Gorilla Fist decided to play tether ball with my face. My thought process was interrupted as I was abruptly hauled to my feet by my jacket.
"Now you're gonna tell me where it is. If you don't, we'll repeat what just happened."
I raised my hands weakly.
"Sure," I croaked. "You wanna let me go so I can get it for you?"
As he let go of my jacket my knees buckled and he instinctively reached out to catch me. Unfortunately for him, I was faking. I spun and caught him on the nose with my elbow and heard the satisfying crunch of bone. He yelled out and fell backwards at which point I kicked him in the chest to discourage him from getting up. Not wanting to wait around for the goon's back-up to arrive I charged through the back door and into the alley behind my house. As soon as I stepped outside I realized my mistake. That'll happen when you're looking down the barrel of a gold-plated Desert Eagle Mark XIX.
"NOW, do you want to tell me where that R4 is?" asked Reggie Fils-Aime.