PSP Piracy Is 'Trending Down,' Claims Sony

Illegal downloads of PSP software have slowed across the past two months, Sony Computer Entertainment America hardware manager John Koller has revealed.

Noting that piracy has been "a significant issue" for the platform, Koller told MTV Multiplayer that "it's trending down right now," adding that "we've seen the piracy not be as such prevalent in the last month to two months."

No explanation was offered as to the lowered piracy rate, nor as to how Sony calculated said rate. The past two months have been a relatively slow period for the

PSP, with roughly 20 games released in the past eight weeks. The system often outsells the PS3 in the U.S., though its games rarely rank among the month's best-selling software.

Koller also commented on the "good vs. evil" battles that piracy inevitably raises.

"There's certainly people that are standing up and fighting for what we consider the good side, the rights of developers and publishers to make money on their IP," he observed. "And then there's certainly the other side that believes that they can take as warranted. It's kind of been nice to see other consumers going and help and fight the battle for us."