Pirates market probably have already even before the launch

They had Halo 2 here before the launch even though it was French I still don't care

Pirates used to be good... Now GH is better(excluding DjiNn)

haha.... Vista have already b4 it was launches...
famous software do have that kinda problem...
but not the unfamous ones...
jus like the 3D CAD software that i use...

hmmmm....Hamster X...i thought u never used pirate and support the original game.....ehhh come on man...dont just say ur word that u r supporting the Microsoft here...and yet u trappin urself with those statement....and at the last post u said u r hopin that those guys who r using the pirate game...should be banned.....hmmmmm...should microsoft banned u too? huh?

haha got caught burn baby burn

I believe if you mod your casing it also void your warranty.

no
u open the casing inside ...becoz inside got sticker 1

erm actually i have a mod xbox 360
but on second toughts..i wanted to revert back to orginial firmware..any help ??

next time....mind ur words...and pls...i mean it.....i dun even bloody care if u those out there using the pirate one..."BERANI BUAT BERANI TANGGUNG"....bcoz...hell yeah...MALAYSIA is already No. 1 in pirated scence ....that's y microsoft still thinking or dun want to launched their system in Malaysia..... .....all microsoft product are being coppied and bein sold all over low yat and imbi palza or sungei wang....or around malaysia.....dude....even our government cant even did nothing about it...and who the hell we are? yeah we r the consumer....and we have the right to choose....other the pirated or original one....be a matured consumer....I LOVE VIDEOGAME and IM ADDICTED TO IT.....and wut i want the quality...not a quantity....yeah u can afford to buy pirated one for RM20...and u just choose those game massively...i choose the quality one...the best...rated 8.5/10 and above...and yet those satisfied me....yupp...what i want is SATISFACTION...and i do buy original.....BILL GATES already a billionaire...wut i did...i dun even contribute for him, im contributing to the VIDEOGAME INDUSTRIES....yeah...be a PRO...and dun be such a lame who got HATI BUSUK and try to report to microsoft for the one who using pirated or moded one....be matured and HELP THE VIDEOGAMES INDUSTRIES BY BUYING THE ORIGINAL

p/s: kalau takde duit.....simpan la....pilih the best game...jgn la semua original xbox 360 punye game korang beli.....tauke balak pun bankrap maaaaaaa.....choose the one which best for u
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Malaysia, China among worst piracy offenders
ESA releases report on worldwide software and game piracy; says Chinese offenders are hurting legit game companies in the region.
By Beth Winegarner, GameSpot
Posted Feb 11, 2005 5:29 pm PT

Malaysia and China are among the countries pirating the most software, including video games, according to a report from the Entertainment Software Association. The ESA provides a filing each year to the US Trade Representative, which uses it to produce an annual "Special 301" report. This year's Special 301 said Malaysian operations remain the top producers of pirated discs. Malaysian factory-made game and software dubs have been seized in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, the US, and South America.

China was a close second, as its pirated materials there constituted 90 percent of its total software and games market. Many Chinese Internet cafés even offer patrons the use of pirated games and unauthorized servers. That's bad news for Chinese companies attempting to legitimately develop and sell online games, the ESA's report says. "Freeing these markets from the pirates' stranglehold will help empower a local video game economy," said ESA president Doug Lowenstein. Chinese piracy factories also continue to churn out massive numbers of cartridge games.

Now that CD and DVD burners are prevalent in consumer-grade PCs, piracy rates are growing in countries like India, now at 86 percent of its total market; Brazil, at 74 percent; and Saudi Arabia, at 68 percent.

"Despite efforts by the US government over the years, it's déjà vu all over again as these countries ... skirt their global obligations to protect intellectual property," Lowenstein said. "We hope that this year's report will prompt the US to crack down even further."

In some ways, American laws may actually make it easier for pirates to get a leg up. According to an ESA statement released yesterday, "US publishers ... face an arduous content-review process that often takes several months to complete, giving pirates an exclusive distribution window for freshly pirated product that has not gone through such reviews."

A country-by-country analysis of copyright infringement is included in the Special 301 report, which will be available shortly at the International Intellectual Property Alliance Web site. When a country makes it into the report, the US government can impose trade sanctions on the region...once it completes an investigation of the violations.

p/s: so anybody try to be a heroes out there??? (be a good consumer k)....now they r targeting canada....sigh.....the pirates wont stop.....so pull up ur sock and be a MATURED GAMER...support original!!!

This post has been edited by mayatsan: Feb 22 2007, 06:39 PM

IMO, got money support ori no money support pirated, it's that simple.

well i think you can find some one like Djiin or Bernard and ask lo...

pm bro tot31

trust me... some going for pirated not because of no money lah!

they think wan cheaper mah...
haiyo ppl a bit stingy...

Like what they always said on DVDs front cover " TWO THUMBS UP " for mayatsan .

its natural people would buy the cheaper price tag item and serves its purpose still

The problem is, it's already ingrained into the typical Malaysian mentality that piracy is a really grey area where rules are flexible, and therefore can be taken advantage of. Intellectual property has no value here because it's not a tangible object that can be physically valued or passed from hand to hand.

Not only that, the medium by which data can be transferred, either by disc or over a network, is so easily and readily accessible, there is no barrier to prevent widespread duplication and distribution. CD-keys and copy protection is so limited.

So it's a vicious cycle lah. The consumer will opt for the lower price alternative, and the developers will knee-jerk and start avoiding the market altogehter, leaving the true original-buying local consumers with little alternative than to masquerade as Singaporeans in order to get their daily gaming fixes.

Exactly! You can spend 2000 bucks on a video card, but not 800 bucks for Windows XP?

It's not always about the money. Some people do it just because they can. I know I do.
However, I will never try to justify why I'm doing so because no matter how you spin it, you're on the EVIL side.

LoL. if ppl not stingy/miser, how ppl can become rich?


its natural for ppl to gorge themselves when on a buffet especially when their gate-crashing as uninvited guests and no security dares to chase them out
"greed+naughtiness" appeals to almost every human

this sometimes true also.

I never thought of that this idea..

people can buy superb duper video card.. (RM2k ++ ) but cannot purchase the Operating System

Because one can sentuh but the other tak boleh sentuh hanya boleh tengok