| From: | Kevin Fairhurst |
| Date: | 11 Aug 2000 at 12:36:02 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Piracy |
On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:24:44 +0100, Simon Preston (spreston@free4all.co.uk) wrote:
> > There does seem to be no solution to Piracy. Unless Amiga have had a
> > brainwave. (Gary?)
>
> Dreamcast doesn't seem to have a pirate scene at the moment. Mainly because
> of their GD-ROM drive technology. AFAIK, no-one has the ability to copy
> them. I'm doubting you'll be seeing GD-R in the shops as well.
Ahem, errr *nudge nudge wink wink* you'll find that this is no longer the
case. Cracking groups have suddenly (it coincides with the announcement
about the PS2 in America/Europe) been able to rip the information off a
GD-ROM and write itto a normal ISO, which uses a special boot disc to load.
It is because of piracy that the PSX has been so popular, and Sega know
this. After a couple of years of selling Dreamcasts and lots of uncopyable
games, surely it is in their best interests now that they've got a
competitior to have their games copyable. Their R&D is all paid for, and
the money they get from selling DC units is now almost 100% profit.
Okay this is just me mouthing off, but i think Sega helped the "pirates" to
crack the GD-ROM format to compete with the (AFAIK) as yet uncrackable
and twice the price PSX2 ...
And what happens? DC sales are up 300% - coincidence? I think not ...
Kev
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