Maybe if game/movie companies did away with 'region codes', piracy would be lessened dramatically as well would eliminate the need for mod chips etc. across the board.
Regulating formats for the benefit of a corporation leading to price discrimination and creating a barrier for free trade is technically illegal too and has yet to be officially fought against...
But, "pirates" are the only bad guys according to popular opinion...
As far as I'm concerned, if I bought a Japanese/PAL region game or movie and wanted to play it on a US 360 or Wii etc...and paid good money for it...I should damn well be able to do so without some message coming up onscreen giving me BS about it.
I find it mighty funny that this guy sported off to space a little after this game had a mildly set user base...and then afterwards he 'quits' the company...and nearly days after that, the game is announced to be tanked on the last day of Feb.
And now he's coming back crying that he missed out on some cash...
Next time, budget your cash before you sport off thinking your an astronaut?
I smell an incredible amount of BS all over this story on both sides....
Bees terrorize GameStop employees, various New Yorkers
May 24th 2009 2:29PM (Joystiq)Survey: 93 percent of Dutch youngsters download illegally
May 23rd 2009 10:23PM (Joystiq)Regulating formats for the benefit of a corporation leading to price discrimination and creating a barrier for free trade is technically illegal too and has yet to be officially fought against...
But, "pirates" are the only bad guys according to popular opinion...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_lockout
As far as I'm concerned, if I bought a Japanese/PAL region game or movie and wanted to play it on a US 360 or Wii etc...and paid good money for it...I should damn well be able to do so without some message coming up onscreen giving me BS about it.
Period.
Garriott hits NCsoft with $27 million lawsuit
May 6th 2009 11:18AM (Joystiq)I find it mighty funny that this guy sported off to space a little after this game had a mildly set user base...and then afterwards he 'quits' the company...and nearly days after that, the game is announced to be tanked on the last day of Feb.
And now he's coming back crying that he missed out on some cash...
Next time, budget your cash before you sport off thinking your an astronaut?
I smell an incredible amount of BS all over this story on both sides....
Report: Jason Rubin's Iron and the Maiden sued by ... Iron Maiden [UPDATE]
May 5th 2009 10:21PM (Joystiq)FFXIII producer says FF franchise 'straddles genre,' not just a JRPG
May 5th 2009 10:19PM (Joystiq)I'd like to play an updated version of my favorite game sometime this century.
Don't hate, you know most of you want it too.
Rumor: PSP Go! to use Memory Stick HG-Micro or something like it
May 1st 2009 4:38PM (Joystiq)C..can I ask something??
What's wrong with the PSP they have now?
It looks the same to me...the only difference is they are shrinking the memory card and taking off the disk drive.
I like the one I have now...and I really don't get the change.
Parting shots: Reeves expects PS3 to be dominant in 3-5 years
Apr 30th 2009 5:12PM (Joystiq)...I want rocket pants :(.
Parting shots: Reeves expects PS3 to be dominant in 3-5 years
Apr 30th 2009 5:04PM (Joystiq)Despite swine flu fears, E3 progressing as planned
Apr 29th 2009 11:05AM (Joystiq)No offense to Mexico, but that country is not known for their medical standards. Maybe this will wake them up to how bad the treatments are there.
Not that the US can talk though considering health/insurance coverage.
And don't troll because I worked in that field and left it due to stuff I can't and don't want to talk about.
Trade in a PS2, get $100 off a PS3
Apr 27th 2009 6:49PM (Joystiq)(Spirals out of control trying to make up mind...)
:p
Screw it, I'm making waffles.