DJ Max Portable series have an option called "Link Disc" where you swap discs to access new features. DJ Max Portable Black Square edition can link with the series' Clazziquai edition to unlock new features within the Black Square edition. Simply put, some games might be worth it to pay for them, if you're enough,a die-hard fan.

But the prospect of paying to download fairly sickens me. I think the deal is that game piracy involves more than one person lending a game to a friend. More like they copy the game, upload it to the internet via sharing site, and thus many people have access, reducing game sales.

They should give up. The more they try to secure the system, the more strength the fanbase will put into cracking those systems.

The PSP numbers also include the bigger PSP 3000 sales, which it seems to have been spured buy the fail PSP Go (so I guess PSP Go was good for something. Everyone who really wanted one has a Wii.

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=102807

One of the drawbacks of DD is storage space, so say I want to download a game I've purchased. I'd have to take into consideration the the amount of space it takes, the space left on my PSP's memory stick, and if I even have access to the internet at that moment. Pretty much if you don't have the appropriate storage you'll have to delete something, and if you happen to want the software again you need access to the internet at that time.

Now the stupid thing about the Go is that it doesn't really offer anything that the 3000 can already do except for a few throwaway features. You can already download games to it's memory stick, and the 16GB cards recently took a price drop with the introduction of the 32GB card. You can essentially get all the Go has to offer with the 3000 and more.

What I'm saying is that there is no viable reason to pay the same price for what is essentially data on a memory stick, when you can get the software with a nice cover, a manual, and the actual software on physical media. NOW if they actually priced most digital downloads at a lower rate then I'd agree, but right now it's cheaper to walk into a used game store/go on craigslist/trade with a friend than it is to buy digitally. I'm using some data from XBL and PSN articles I've read a while back so correct me if I'm wrong.

Agreed...

Well, at least you *realise* you're being illogical.

same with ps3 --- im started waiting like, when the ps3 first released! and until now...

And I dislike the ability of someone to know what games I play. They can then either market (ie: spam the shit out of my email inbox from third parties), or tell the police if I have something I've gotten off the 'Net due to a friend's generosity (a copy of a game which might not make it to my side of the Rock). It's only game piracy when you download and sell what you've gotten. Sharing between friends should never factor in, but the legal vultures still count that as technical piracy.

Demos of upcoming titles might help whet the appetites of avid gamers in that area, but I haven't seen as many demos floating around these days as when Sony used to start marketing their PS1 on the American Market. Have they forgotten that most of us prefer to play before buying?!?

Anyway, the consumers rarely get heard out unless we speak with a loud enough voice. That, or live in Japan and actively buy/play their domestic games.