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A system intended for emerging countries, with more far more potential than the various "famiclones" which came out in 80's/90'S...
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I'd be surprised if it was anything other than a failure. The markets its targeting are so piracy-laden.
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Hardware wise it's not all that powerful but at 640x480 resolution it doesn't really need to be. From the specs it seems like it's a boxed up PDA with a 3g qualcomm chip.
They might actually get a limited market for this although "new" titles will be lacking.
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[QUOTE=ActRaiser]That's actually pretty interesting. It looks like piracy won't be much of an issue as it appears the only way to play a new game is to download it wirelessly over 3g connection.[/QUOTE]
Anything that relies on hardware/software alone to prevent piracy is not going to make piracy a non-issue. Even as inconvenient as this setup would be, I don't doubt the ingenuity of thieves in making it possible.
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[QUOTE=m0zart]Anything that relies on hardware/software alone to prevent piracy is not going to make piracy a non-issue. Even as inconvenient as this setup would be, I don't doubt the ingenuity of thieves in making it possible.[/QUOTE]
A favorite quote comes to mind..."trying to make digital files uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet.” — Bruce Schneier
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Still I'm pretty sure another cancelled console called Phantom tried to do the same thing not to long ago.
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[QUOTE=ActRaiser]That's actually pretty interesting. It looks like piracy won't be much of an issue as it appears the only way to play a new game is to download it wirelessly over 3g connection.[/QUOTE]
Anything that relies on hardware/software alone to prevent piracy is not going to make piracy a non-issue. Even as inconvenient as this setup would be, I don't doubt the ingenuity of thieves in making it possible.
[/QUOTE]While piracy may be an issue, we've seen examples in the past of systems thriving in spite of piracy. The first two playstations, for instance. In fact, some speculate part of their success may have been related to piracy.
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While piracy may be an issue, we've seen examples in the past of systems thriving in spite of piracy. The first two playstations, for instance. In fact, some speculate part of their success may have been related to piracy.
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This may be true, but I suspect the opposite may be the case for the PSP.
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While piracy may be an issue, we've seen examples in the past of systems thriving in spite of piracy. The first two playstations, for instance. In fact, some speculate part of their success may have been related to piracy.
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In spite of piracy -- possibly. Success due to piracy? Not unless we've moved to bizarro world.