Andre Yoskowitz
20 Oct 2009 11:59
Q-Games, developer of the popular PixelJunk series has said that they will no longer be porting games to the Sony PSP due to the rampant piracy on the handheld.
PixelJunk is an exclusive PSN series for the PS3, and one version, PixelJunk Monsters was ported to the PSP this year.
Founder and CEO Dylan Cuthbert says that anti-piracy measures on the PSP handhelds will not stop the unauthorized distribution of his game. Cuthbert was also "shocked" to read comments by users in chat rooms who openly admitted to playing pirated versions of the game.
"I don't think we'll port anything else to the PSP, we have to see how [PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe] does as there's a lot of piracy," Cuthbert said. "Because Monsters is such a good fit it is being pirated I think, maybe the pirates will buy the full version out of guilt?"
Adds Cuthbert in response to question of whether the company would add serial numbers: "Unfortunately the pirates could just hack those kinds of things out," and that "a PSP demo is in the works but I don't think it makes any difference to piracy."
"It was a shock to login to a [PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe] chat room and hear them talking about how they were all playing ripped versions."