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ELSPA distances itself from DS piracy report
ELSPA distances itself from DS piracy report
GamesIndustry - February 1, 2008
Submitted by lstormy10 (294) at 9:26AM PST on February 1, 2008
"ELSPA has told GamesIndustry.biz that a recent story about DS piracy in North America contains false quotes attributed to a company spokesperson. The report, said ELSPA, is a hatchet job consisting of facts from an article from Singapore, false quotes and a genuine conversation with Hillier on the availability of the R4 cartridge in the UK."
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3toymachine12 posted on Nintendo DS (DS) at 7:04AM PST on February 3, 2008. RE: ELSPA distances itself from DS piracy report@lstormy10, I really enjoyed reading about this. Thank you for posting it lstormy10.[ Newbie ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 399 ]bids
1sagexsdx posted on Nintendo DS (DS) at 12:12PM PST on February 1, 2008. RE: ELSPA distances itself from DS piracy report@lstormy10,
i was about to do the whole "already posted here" thing but then i realized the article was them retracting their statements. well that's good that not ALL of them are crazies.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 148 ]bids
3lstormy10 posted on Nintendo DS (DS) at 9:28AM PST on February 1, 2008. RE: ELSPA distances itself from DS piracy reportbids
36lstormy10 posted on Nintendo DS (DS) at 9:26AM PST on February 1, 2008. Article: ELSPA distances itself from DS piracy report"ELSPA has told GamesIndustry.biz that a recent story about DS piracy in North America contains false quotes attributed to a company spokesperson. The report, said ELSPA, is a hatchet job consisting of facts from an article from Singapore, false quotes and a genuine conversation with Hillier on the availability of the R4 cartridge in the UK."[ Oracle ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 294 ]
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No problem, I suggest you also read the other article that was posted before this one where it was the spokesperson making the remarks (if you haven't already).
I find the whole situation kind of funny because almost no one agreed with or even thought that the comments that were made by the guy from the ELSPA were plausible or true. Also, it is kind of interesting and funny that a European organization was commenting on a situation in America.
In the end, I do not see piracy on the DS having much of an effect on DS software sales in most parts of the world and that is a good thing for software publishers and developers that work on the DS.