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11/06/09
P.S: Before somebody says, yeah. I have played a few isos on my PSP, but only to check them out, to see if they're worth getting. Sometimes you can't tell from a review.
11/07/09
Sorry but the lines of avg and tech people able to modify consoles (minus PS3) is pretty blurry since almost anyone can do it but for the people who pay for others to do it either are too cautious or believe that they can't do it.
Now I'm not saying everyone should do it (to mod it and frankly while I was guilty of it don't see a good reason to do so besides personal research and to NOT make a profit out of it) but the misnomer of thinking it's too hard or complicated doesn't cut it these days.
Congrats XB360 as your popularity is about to be the new PS2 of your era (for home console), with a big library of games and the easy use to mod it. #modernwarfare2
11/07/09
Last time I checked, you had to have a certain model of Xbox 360, and you needed certain special tools to flash/hack it.
I'd say, at the end of the day, it'll cost you quite a bit after you've brought all the things you need.
DVD Burner - £30/$40
Recordable DVD's - £20/$30
And the tools you need to flash the 360, and the different drives you need to install, plus the modchip makes the price quite high. Add in the fact that downloading 360 iso's takes a long time, and some people are too impatient to wait.
I know what you mean about average people being able to mod 360's now, but even then, they're still in the minority. #modernwarfare2
11/07/09
@PoweredByHentai: I just recently soft modded my PS2 so I can beat Ar Tonelico II by getting a patch for my US version (as in I own the original game) but the only way to play it is by modified PS2. I later got a Undubbed version which all the sounds were actually Dolby Digital when I found out that the US version didn't have a DD track (which they advertised). I can totally understand why you modded yours. It's true once you unlock your system, you have a certain responsibility to not to abuse it. #modernwarfare2
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Seriously, put that kid in the circus. #modernwarfare2
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Hello gents,
I am on your website looking to procure illicit/illegal software and/or hardware for my videogame system. More specifically, I am looking for Modern War Pear 2. If you or you know of anyone who can modify my videogame console or is willing to sell me "pirated videogames" please leave your full name, your address, phone number and email here or email me at Gotchasucka@IPCybercrime.com
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
HardcoreGamerzzz3321 #modernwarfare2
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That being said, iTunes is evil and it has increased my music spending ten fold easily just by having stuff available when I want it, now, and don't have to try to track it down. Plus, $9.99 for a CD sounds so much better to me than $17.99. #modernwarfare2
11/06/09
Record Labels really need to get hip to that fact. I only buy what I really want to listen to, and I'm going to do it through iTunes or whatever digital distribution service gives me a good, DRM-free deal. And I will pay. You raise the prices on their licensing and make it to where it no longer make sense to buy, then more than likely I'll go back to my old ways. Grab vast amounts of data with no regard for anyone. #modernwarfare2
11/06/09
Wonder why most music is awful these days? Because real musicians that make truly interesting creations have stopped making music for sorry a$$3$ like yourself. If this is the attitude they get from "fans" then I am not surprised they would rather just make it for themselves to enjoy.
Essentially with an attitude like yours you don't deserve anything better to listen to than the absolute bottom of the proverbial artistic barrel. Keep thinking you have taste in music. #modernwarfare2
11/06/09
Music is awful these days BECAUSE people pay for a full album to listen to two or three songs, thereby giving the idea to a record label that the entire album's contents are sought after and market research goes further into it in order to tailor-make tracks for the slobbering masses.
If it's from a band I like, I buy it. But these are mostly bands not affiliated with record labels. Or if they are, they have other forums of distribution. Like through iTunes.
Also, you don't have to censor "asses", ass.
And then you try to drag musical taste into an argument about the economics. What a red herring. Come back when you're coherent. #modernwarfare2
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Modding is not illegal! Backups of originals are not illegal!
Selling those backups, however, is a different story! #modernwarfare2
11/06/09
I'm more than a little teed off that any corporation can and will tell what you can or cannot do with something you buy. #modernwarfare2
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That ain't no perm, mang. That's just curly hair. #modernwarfare2
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That makes two of us :) #modernwarfare2
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now u know where agent smith gets it from.. #modernwarfare2
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I looked at it as, no matter what, stupid criminals will be stupidly caught. #modernwarfare2
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Are they not seeing this case? Are they not reading the sites? It seems to me like 360 ISO's are getting bigger every year. #modernwarfare2
11/06/09
I say overall PC does have the worst piracy issues. That's not to say that the other consoles don't, but it's just so much more prevalent on PC than any other platform. #modernwarfare2
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As far as PC go it is not as easy as downloading an iso and using a virtual cd rom to mount the iso. That doesn't by itself remove the copy protection on the disc.
On console you have to use the console drm. On PC there are many different types and kinds. If you have something you want to protect there is a difference between using a safe and chain with a masterlock.
I think it is wrong to blame all of PC gamers because publishers use weak copy protection that is widely known to be easy to bypass. They chose to continue to use an inferior system to protect their products, and some of the blame for that.
So far all the stories about piracy and modern warfare 2 have all been about the 360, and not PC. So far the facts have not lived up to the PC piracy excuse created by Activision/IW for gutting the PC version of the game. #modernwarfare2
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According to many game companies and publishers, used game sales are a real killer to sales and a "Piracy" of some sorts.
Lets also not forget people who just swap the disc to single player games. That is basically what the PC game pirates are doing.
I think PC game piracy is larger because it is easier to track, hands down. We only get estimates on used game sales, we have no idea whom let their friends borrow GTA4, but we can see the current number of seeders and leechers, which makes it the obvious target. #modernwarfare2
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11/08/09
Not a commonly accepted definition. Irrelevant.
"Lets also not forget people who just swap the disc to single player games. That is basically what the PC game pirates are doing."
No it's not. The former trade games, the latter copy. Even if people install PC games then sell 'em, it's not really "piracy" unless they copy the disc, or the EULA specifically tells them not to.
I can't believe people serious argue used games--which are linear--are the same as piracy, which is multiplicative. #modernwarfare2
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To the first question, I think you forget the fact that PCs are a much open platform than consoles (you put the software and the hardware you want in it) so no developer can do much more than what they do. And SecuROM has shown us the risks of going to far with copy protection. #modernwarfare2
11/09/09
I am saying Activision has some responisbility for protecting their games from pirates. The protection they used in the past was a joke, and was pretty much the same kind of protection system Quake 3 and the original Half Life had over a decade ago. You didn't even need a cd to play the multiplayer version.
I think it that should be taken more into consideration, instead of scapegoating PC pirates for all the reasons why the PC version has been gutted and stereotyping PC gamers as priates. #modernwarfare2
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