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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic Walter Mitty <mitt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > He's kidding, right?  If anything, it's EASIER to pirate console
> > games.  

> You really think? Even if it was so, that isn't the point. Piracy isn't so
> prevalent. I have never seen anyone playing a pirated PS2 game for
> example - they are all legit copies. A lot of console gamers do not have
> access to PCs and peripherals for copying & burning console disks.

Most console gamers have a PC in their house, and most PCs come with a 
DVD-R burner, which is all you need for the majority of PS2 games (very 
few are dual layer discs.)

To use a copied game, you'll need a modded PS2.  You can either buy a kit 
to do this yourself, or even send the PS2 to someone who'll do the mod for 
you.  This  violates your warranty and federal law, but let's not deal 
with the details here.

If you have an older model PS2 that can support a hard drive, it's 
possible to modify the PS2 to run games directly off the PS2.  Not only 
does this give you much better loading times, but allows you to copy a 
game directly to the HDD - no PC necessary.

Acquiring PS2 games is easy as well.  You can rent them from Blockbuster 
or online services like Netflix.  You can download them from the usual 
sources on the internet.  You can even buy copied games (look for 
"backups")

About half of the people I know who have a PS2, have had theirs modded.  
Note that this doesn't mean they're running pirated games.  The PS2, like 
all other consoles, will only play games for the country it was sold in.  
There's a sizable sub-culture within console gamers who enjoy playing 
games from other countries - especially Japan, which gets many more titles 
than what you see in the US or Europe.  However, the only way to play 
these games is to either buy a console from each country you wish to 
import from, or mod your console so it ignores the country check 
altogether.

> > Plus you can rent and buy used console games easily.  I've yet to see a 
> > store selling used PC games, and with some games, it's not even
> > possible.

> You have not seen a store selling used PC Games? I have seen hundreds.

Well, ok, I know of a used bookstore that sells some used titles, but 
nothing compared to the chain of EBGames/GameStop which are stuffed to the 
gills with used console games, and DVDs.  At some point, someone said it was 
actually illegal to sell used PC software.  I don't know if that's true or 
not in the US.

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