http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/ Engadget Comments for PSP Go Rewards program hitting DRM-laced brick wall http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/
PSP GO = Portable Souless Puppies on the GO?]]>Oct 8th 2009 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/
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I have a dozen UMDs around, and although I don't play them, I probably would if I could store them all digitally on something like the Go. Never would I repurchase any of them.

Man am I getting sick of all these gaming companies and their blasted proprietary software and DRM.]]>Oct 8th 2009 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/
What companies like Sony need to do is make it easier to migrate games and data from one device to another rather than forcing them to buy a game again. Nothing too serious. And I was actually thinking of the App Store with that last line. Companies should be both firm and fair with their own platform environments, and yet Apple has been in so much controversy with their app approval process and what not. It's nuts. Their store, their rules, I know, but sometimes they went over the edge a bit. Me, I'm just tired of hearing other people complaining about it. What bothers me about this story is that Sony is trying to force previous PSP owners to abandon their old UMD collections if they want the Go. They should offer some sort of compromise that allows for the least amount of piracy. It's certainly possible, but practicality plays an issue too, but I digress.

And yet, I still like the look of the Go...]]>Oct 8th 2009 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/
There's no point in treating the consumer like a criminal when your own protection can't protect your software.]]>Oct 8th 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/
Pirates crack DRM and take pride and joy in doing so as fast as they can. Last I checked, the latest batch of PSP games took only a week to crack after a new DRM scheme. Might have only been 3 days if that, too.

So, what stories have you read where pirates have been thwarted by DRM? My stars, it seems I only read about everyday consumers being screwed by DRM. Imagine that! At best, DRM slows them down and the longest probably hasn't even been a month when something really formidable comes around.

Also, for the last time, a pirated game is not ALWAYS a lost sale. Most pirates are cheap and broke. Thus the cost saving measures they take. Certainly some can afford the crap they steal but not all. Buying a used game IS a 1:1 lost sale for the developers. 90% are buying the game for the first time, I'm sure, and while an original sale was made - another one has been lost. Is that a bad thing? No, but even "honest" folks can cost a game company money. So, there is no high horse to be on...]]>Oct 9th 2009 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 9th 2009 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/
Go Sony!]]>Oct 9th 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/
You're talking about physical storage formats. It wouldn't cost Sony anything to allow UMD'ers to download back their games. And when we changed from cd to mp3, you could actually rip your physical data to HDD. So sorry, but your logic Failed, it isn't the same thing.]]>Oct 10th 2009 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 8th 2009 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/
1. Download the movie from thepiratebay
2. Load on whatever you want
3. Watch]]>Oct 9th 2009 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/rip it and convert it
watch it on any device you want

100% legal and convenient well look at that.]]>Oct 9th 2009 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 9th 2009 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 9th 2009 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/
I have tried to download the freebees on the PS3 and while one worked the other two do get the error, but whats the problem? Get on the PC or direct from the PSP GO, simples? ]]>Oct 9th 2009 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/1. Repack your PSP go
2. return your PSP go
3. shell out $50 more and buy a PS3
4. Enjoy.]]>Oct 9th 2009 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 9th 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 9th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 11th 2009 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/Oct 11th 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/psp-go-rewards-program-hitting-drm-laced-brick-wall/
There's no way to get your UMD's on the Go which forces consumers to buy the game...again. Here's a proposal that I wonder if Sony even thought of, "Trade-ins". EB Games/Gamestop and the likes already do trade ins. Why doesn't Sony ask resellers to do a special trade in where consumers can bring back their UMD's in place of "credits". "Sony is worried of piracy" is what some of you are thinking. Traded in UMD's pretty much puts a stamp of approval that it is a legitimate copy. There's only so much that can be done to "duplicate" or create a clone of a physical UMD. There are still markers that sales clerks are trained to identify on cartridges, etc. to determine if the chassis and internals are duped or not. Once traded, all they're doing is getting the UMD back to be sent back to Sony or be "field destroyed" and exchanging the physical object with Sony credits to be used for online purchases towards the same game.

I'm sure it can't be that difficult.

Wanna see a magic trick? Wait 3 - 5 months from now for Sony to announce something similar to what I said. Once that happens, all those who already bought a digital copy of what they already physically owned will go berserk for shelling out the $'s.]]>Oct 14th 2009 11:30AM