[Cloverfield]

I am starting this topic because of a comment MB had in the future topic when I said I was looking forward to getting my PSX chipped. She said "isn't that piracy".

Chipping in one sense is considered piracy. Especially when you get your PSX chipped for the sole purpose of playing illegal copies of games.

But the other side of chipping is that it also lets you play official release games from other countries. Like US games if you live in Australia.

So if some games you really want to play are not released in your country, what are you to do? Never play them? Buy a US PSX just to play them? Or get your PSX chipped?

Never playing them would suck. Buying a US PSX is pretty pointless as you already have a console. Getting yours chipped is all you can really do.

Sony and Game companies are against chipping for piracy reasons. But it is these companies that don't give some games the release they should (I am referring to decent titles, not cheap-ass 2 bit titles). And I can't see how non-release would profit them in any way.

They should release a chip that only plays OS games... I don't see the big deal, NTSC videos are standard now here... a lot of countries still accept multi-zoning DVD. Why not gaming systems? They could sell the chip as an add on device (goes in the memory card slot or on the memory card much like the DVD operations for the Xbox and PS2).

OK... it wouldn't prevent piracy, but it would sure be a start.

What is everyone's opinion on PSX chipping ... is it right or wrong. Or do you have a mixed opinion?

Abe Babe...