According to our good friends at Lan-Kwei, GameCube games are being pirated in Hong Kong.
News is just breaking about GameCube games getting pirated in Hong Kong. Not by way of mini CD or using a modified GameCube, but the Panasonic Q. Read on...
But these news are just too good to wait any longer: Using the Panasonic Q with it's DVD playback availability, the first Gamecube games have been successfully pirated and copied onto DVD-R format. We have seen it with our own eyes and tested them immediately with our machines - no hoax this time. They work flawless with both modded and "naked" Qs. Available titles so far include Super Monkey Ball, Star Wars, Extreme GIII Racing and Hyper Sports 2002 Winter. All titles are japanese versions, because according to our source, "american titles are not widespread in the Hong Kong market due to a lack of potential customers with modified Panasonic machines, which are still very expensive and people still prefer the PS2", but we assume this may change very soon, as we all know, asians are going copy-crazy for everything. The backups retail in the local market for around US$ 12.80 (100.00 HKD) and are pressed on Apple media.
Planet GameCube does NOT promote, condone, or support piracy.
Update:
Looks like we got burned by our own Advertiser. Well played Lan-Kwei! Here's their latest update....
You didn't seriously believe it, did you? :) Apart from the threats, insults and bulk order requests we received yesterday via e-mail, we had our fun reading our own news which spread like a bushfire through the forums, messageboards and newspages of several sites. Anyway, the date of posting, the remarks about "DVD-R" (burnt media, eg with the Pioneer A03) which later suddenly changed to "pressed" (factory pressed and protective film sealed media), and the Apple media (which are not available in bulk such as Fuji or Verbatim blanks) remark should have been dead give-aways. So, GC backups are not available yet, but you also know that the Q is the weak link in this chain, but with so few games and units available, it's not worth a try....yet. But did you find our second april fools joke? Come on, that one was obvious! Thanks to Dave for helping us with that one :)
