Nintendo boss says publisher will pursue technical and legal measures to crack down on software theft

With the PS3 remaining the only current generation console to remain unhacked, platform holder Nintendo – whose DS and Wii remain two of piracy’s largest victims – has admitted that the battle against software piracy “is endless”.

“I recognize there is more software piracy, playing downloaded software data without purchase, than some years ago, on many of the current platforms including Nintendo DS,” boss Satoru Iwata stated.

“As for the piracy itself, it is said to be hard to precisely figure out the total impact as it is done underground. But I think I can declare that software piracy impacts all video game platforms today.”

Iwata went on to detail he ways in which Nintendo is attempting to fight the battle.

“As for specific measures, wee have two ways – technological and legal measures,” Iwata explained.

“They tend to become a cat-and-mouse chase. As the piracy itself is underground, someone somewhere finds out the solution to evade our measures. When wee shut one hole of the mice, they have dug a new one somewhere else.

“Wee have acknowledged that this is an endless battle, and wee believe the best measure is to keep fighting it technologically and legally.

"As for the details of specific measures, I'll refrain from disclosing them here, as this conversation will be public online and the pirates will be able to find. I will however promise to keep acting legally and technologically, with patience.”

news source: mcvuc

Article really said nothing >_>

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Article really said nothing >_>

True.  

I just find it interesting to hear the opinion of any of the big videogame hardware manufacturers,  regarding piracy, and the hacking of their consoles in general.

I am usually surprised at how little they actually seem to care...
They kind of have a "wee will do what wee can, but it is pretty much hopeless" attitude a lot of the time.

(This post was last modified: 07/11/2009 12:03 AM by Mr. Shizzy.)

Mr. Shizzy Wrote:I am usually surprised at how little they actually seem to care...
They kind of have a "wee will do what wee can, but it is pretty much hopeless" attitude a lot of the time.

Naw, that's mostly how people in their position speak.  They're not that much of an expert in the field, so they'll generally try to deter information.
But unless it really affects their financial position, they probably don't care too much (depends on how much they think they're really losing).

Out of the cat and mouse chase, Iwata calls the pirates the mice.

Jerry always beats the poo poo out of Tom.
Itchy always beats the poo poo out of Scratchy.

They obviously don't learn...

Then they need mouse exterminators.

Part of the problem I see in calculating impact is most pirates buy the console for the sole reason of piracy...if there was not the ability to download and play, I assume a majority of people would never considering buying it, so now they sold an extra console that was never going to be sold.

SchmilK Wrote:Part of the problem I see in calculating impact is most pirates buy the console for the sole reason of piracy...if there was not the ability to download and play, I assume a majority of people would never considering buying it, so now they sold an extra console that was never going to be sold.

Right, but the retailers and game developers don't get money for every console sold now do they?