what do you guys think of dreamcast piracy
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"Beef up security"? Beyond having a properietary disk format (GD-ROM), what else can they do? Disable CD-R use? Not very good of an idea considering their grassroots support (and they're even helping with the NetBSD port).
I'm sure you have real copies of NFL2K1 and NBA2K1 or else you wouldn't be publicly admitting to downloading warez.
i wish i had a dreamcast. they have mp3 capabilities now. i read about it somewhere but i don't know the link.
Yeah, the DC rocks.
They can also play proprietary VCD's. Although I'm not sure why this hasn't been exploited more.
They can also play proprietary VCD's. Although I'm not sure why this hasn't been exploited more.
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I own a Dreamcast, and I'm very happy with it (Playstation Who? That's the crappiest piece of gaming hardware I've ever seen!)although I don't know how it supports Mp3's, are the hard drives already out for Dcast? If so, I'd like to know about it. Anyway, I'm all for emulation, but not piracy. I own bleem, for example, (I also own a Playstation, but bought it much later). Anyway, I bought a bunch of Playstation games that I would not have bought if Bleem! hadn't come around. See how that works? I wasn't gonna buy a Playstation, although that changed later, so they made $$$ from me that they normally wouldnt have. It's like Mp3's for me, I don't download Mp3's in place of buying the album, only if I would never buy the album anyway.
If I buy a Dreamcast right now at the store, should I expect it to have CD-Rs disabled or not (the anti-piracy "feature"
?
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dont freak out, wait for a mod chip (if not already available) for the cdrless dc's. i think the vcd thing is bad ass
Dreamcast piracy? They should allow you to backup games
I think now I've got like 150+ games for the DC.
I think now I've got like 150+ games for the DC.
Thanks, but that still doesn't answer my question: Have the locked DCs hit the US yet, or will it be later on, like later this month or next month?
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Mosdef - most likely, unless you get one that has been on the shelf for a while.
General Rant:
DC piracy sucks - if the damn pirates kill Sega I'm gonna be really cheesed. D@mn - just pay for the software! Is that so hard a concept to grasp? :| :| :| :| :|
General Rant:
DC piracy sucks - if the damn pirates kill Sega I'm gonna be really cheesed. D@mn - just pay for the software! Is that so hard a concept to grasp? :| :| :| :| :|
Optimus, not that I'm for or against piracy, but PSX games have been pirated as much if not more than DC games. It hasn't really seemed to hurt Sony. I realize Sony is much bigger than Sega, but I don't think pirating is on a large enough scale to really affect them as of now.
Think of all the software type things that can be stolen, now think of how many people you actually know that know how to do it or where to find it. Not that this justifies it, I just don't think it's that big of a threat.
Think of all the software type things that can be stolen, now think of how many people you actually know that know how to do it or where to find it. Not that this justifies it, I just don't think it's that big of a threat.
Personally, I think piracy helps market software to some degree. It may sound like an outrageous statement, but I find it to be true.
Take Windows for example. Do you think that Windows would be so popular in this day and age if every copy installed was paid for? With all the free alternatives to Windows you have to at least entertain the notion that Microsoft turns a blind eye to ?casual piracy? in order to gain marketing foothold. I really doubt that the college kid running Win2k Server on his dorm computer is going to shell out the cash for a real license. At the same time, by him learning to operate Win2k will ensure that there is another Win2k trained professional out there when he graduates. Would they rather have the kid use a free copy of Win2k or learn Linux? You decide.
The same goes for games. I don't think Quake, Half-Life, etc. would be as popular as they are w/o a healthy amount of pirating. I really doubt that half the people who pirated Q3A would actually go out and buy it if they had to. At the same time, I really believe that for every one person who pirates Q3A, five people will go out and buy it based on the popularity and "wide-spreadedness" of the product.
The same applies Dreamcast games, perhaps even more so. Sega needs to keep that platform alive however possible. In the States piracy of Sega games is somewhat limited to people downloading GD-ROM images off the net and burning them. A lot of people are not going to do that. It's basically people with high speed network connections and burners who have the patience to wade through the hassle of tracking down the pirate images. A very small percentage of the DC community is going to go through all the hassle. At the same time that small percentage is beefing up the DC user base and keeping the platform alive. In Asia, however, the problem is more widespread with pirated versions being sold on the street and in storefronts.
I admit that I have pirated software in the past. Heck, my copy of Win2k Pro is "borrowed." If I had to buy it, I wouldn't. I would turn to an alternative such as Linux or BeOS. I personally think that Microsoft are going to get screwed with the "active registration" in Whistler, but only time will tell.
I have a DC but I refuse to use pirate games on it. I own over a dozen titles, all paid for. I don't want to run games where the video and sound has been degraded. The games are cheap enough that paying for them is not a problem for me. At the same time I have a friend who has a large collection of pirate games for the DC. Based on his opinion I have gone out and purchased at least half of my DC titles.
Grrrrr, I know this post is probably unclear, I am on low sleep mode this morning. I hope I got my point across without confusing anyone.
Take Windows for example. Do you think that Windows would be so popular in this day and age if every copy installed was paid for? With all the free alternatives to Windows you have to at least entertain the notion that Microsoft turns a blind eye to ?casual piracy? in order to gain marketing foothold. I really doubt that the college kid running Win2k Server on his dorm computer is going to shell out the cash for a real license. At the same time, by him learning to operate Win2k will ensure that there is another Win2k trained professional out there when he graduates. Would they rather have the kid use a free copy of Win2k or learn Linux? You decide.
The same goes for games. I don't think Quake, Half-Life, etc. would be as popular as they are w/o a healthy amount of pirating. I really doubt that half the people who pirated Q3A would actually go out and buy it if they had to. At the same time, I really believe that for every one person who pirates Q3A, five people will go out and buy it based on the popularity and "wide-spreadedness" of the product.
The same applies Dreamcast games, perhaps even more so. Sega needs to keep that platform alive however possible. In the States piracy of Sega games is somewhat limited to people downloading GD-ROM images off the net and burning them. A lot of people are not going to do that. It's basically people with high speed network connections and burners who have the patience to wade through the hassle of tracking down the pirate images. A very small percentage of the DC community is going to go through all the hassle. At the same time that small percentage is beefing up the DC user base and keeping the platform alive. In Asia, however, the problem is more widespread with pirated versions being sold on the street and in storefronts.
I admit that I have pirated software in the past. Heck, my copy of Win2k Pro is "borrowed." If I had to buy it, I wouldn't. I would turn to an alternative such as Linux or BeOS. I personally think that Microsoft are going to get screwed with the "active registration" in Whistler, but only time will tell.
I have a DC but I refuse to use pirate games on it. I own over a dozen titles, all paid for. I don't want to run games where the video and sound has been degraded. The games are cheap enough that paying for them is not a problem for me. At the same time I have a friend who has a large collection of pirate games for the DC. Based on his opinion I have gone out and purchased at least half of my DC titles.
Grrrrr, I know this post is probably unclear, I am on low sleep mode this morning. I hope I got my point across without confusing anyone.
SmiZ - That's weird because my friend got a Dreamcast around Christmas from Amazon and his plays burned copies. Oh well I'll just try my luck. Don't think I'm not gonna buy games though. I just like trying out games from my friends who have burned copies so I know what I'm spending my money on.
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