Chipped X - Box's

Null · 11-02-2004, 01:24 PM

actually putting a mod chip in a console isnt as cut and dry as illegal / legal. it depends on what your doing with it.

And emulators from past consoles i have no problem with. They dont make the games amymore, and they arent getting any money off thoes games either way. your always finding them re sold by people. So finding emulators for thoes such as old NES games, doesnt hurt anyone.

new games however, i'd suggest people get off thier lazy ass and buy the damn thing. people who made the game deserve the money for the work they put into em. downloading copies of thoes is the same as walking into a store and putting it in your pocket.

Blackmane · 11-02-2004, 01:33 PM

Same view as most here, I have no problem with old emulated games because they are so bloody hard to find anyways, and also I hate having to have all the different consoles to play the games.

However, new games are bad to be ripping like that, because that just encourages that sort of thing more.

Crash · 11-02-2004, 01:47 PM

yeah, but there is no one that does emulating that does not rip games to their XBOX harddrive.

this is why xboxnext is not putting a harddrive in. they are sick of pirates (they deserve it for not taking better measures)

piracy is retarded.... this is why games are freaking 50 bux at launch. i'd bet more games would be 39, or 29 if piracy comes down.

thatmariolover · 11-02-2004, 03:31 PM

No. Games are $50 because they can be $50.

And honestly, if I'm never going to buy a game - but it's fun to play from time to time - I've got no problem with people pirating games.

I don't have any of my systems modded. But I just don't care. Yeah, there are legitimate pirates out there that download everything they can. But if you're never going to buy the game - then the company isn't going to make any money off of you anyway and nobody really loses anything. I don't know about anybody else, but I'm extremely picky about buying games. I don't buy games unless they've either gotten rave reviews, or they're part of a series that has entertained me time and time again.

And I know I'm going to get flamed for that, but it makes no difference. It's like the South Park episode when it's showing all of the recording artists living lives of "semi-luxury" because of pirates.

Oh, and by the way, the Xbox can be softmodded so it doesn't even need a chip (using a Mech Assault bug).

Null · 11-02-2004, 03:40 PM

i agree on the price thing. i really doubt prices would come down at all without piracy, because people do and still would pay. they got no reason to drop price.

Typhoid · 11-02-2004, 04:01 PM

They would still make a profit on games at like, $30. Like everything else, games are grossly overpriced, because they can get away with it.

I dont like piracy, but theres nothing i can do to stop it. I look at piracy like smoking. I dont like either, but there is nothing I can do to convince anyone to stop.

Now, like, i download music, (technically its legal though, considering its Canada and all) But i NEVER burn CD's with the songs I have. I still buy it. Like, I DL'ed all 3 Hives CD's, i liked then, so i bought all 3 real CD's.

Same with games. A while ago i DL'ed Civilization 3, liked it, and bought it.

I know thats computer though, not like, Xbox or anything.

Null · 11-02-2004, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

Same with games. A while ago i DL'ed Civilization 3, liked it, and bought it.

I know thats computer though, not like, Xbox or anything.

Why would because its computer make any difference? pirating on xbox is not a bigger deal the PC. games are games.