{"id":68,"date":"2007-11-16T00:09:56","date_gmt":"2007-11-16T07:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/?p=68"},"modified":"2007-11-16T14:36:04","modified_gmt":"2007-11-16T21:36:04","slug":"who-needs-a-playstation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/who-needs-a-playstation\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Needs a PlayStation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">When you can have a PolyStation?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"PolyStation.JPG\" height=\"384\" width=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Believe it or not, it doesn\u2019t actually take CD\u2019s. It\u2019s actually a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polystation\">cartridge system<\/a>. I saw this fine bit of trademark infringement while checking out a local game stand in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">Brazil<\/st1:country-region>, which is rife with piracy. Tons of PS2 and PC games were available for about $5 each, on CD\u2019s burnt and labeled by hand. I couldn\u2019t actually find <em>Civ4<\/em> in the big pile of PC games and was unsure whether to feel good or bad about that. There is only a fledgling retail games business in Brazil \u2013 Sony won\u2019t even sell legitimate PS2\u2019s there \u2013 so it\u2019s hard to fault gamers too much for relying on these shops. Nonetheless, the piracy is absolutely crippling the chances of Brazilian game developers to bootstrap themselves up by selling within their native market. The developers and students I talked to at the conference were jealous of the copyright protection we enjoy in the <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">U.S.<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> Most of them are turning to either mobile or online games as it is their only chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inf.unisinos.br\/~sbgames\/index-eua.html\">SBGames Conference<\/a> was a great experience. Many universities around the country are building game development programs, and the students have a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Brazilian developers have significant challenges to face, but I wish them the best of luck. It was a wonderful country to visit, with friendly people and great food. Brazilians sure do love soccer. Here is a picture from the baggage claim in <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Sao Paulo<\/st1:placename>  <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">Airport<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"Soccer.JPG\" height=\"384\" width=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Normally, the TV over the baggage claim shows the number of the flight and the origin city. Not in Brazil, though \u2013 they\u2019d rather watch a local soccer match!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you can have a PolyStation? Believe it or not, it doesn\u2019t actually take CD\u2019s. It\u2019s actually a cartridge system. I saw this fine bit of trademark infringement while checking out a local game stand in Brazil, which is rife &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/who-needs-a-playstation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3EGlq-16","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}