Why no 360 cover uploads?

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AppleQueso:
Ok wow, I'm going to be blunt here, but the argument that we shouldn't host current gen scans because "pirates will use them to cover their downloads" is the biggest bunch of crap that I've ever heard.

In no way does having current gen covers on the site encourage piracy. I don't even see how you made that connection. I can almost guarantee that most people downloading those covers are doing so for the same reason the rest of us are: because we bought a copy used without the case or our own case is damaged and we want a high quality replacement. Not hosting them because they have the potential of being abused is absurd. That would be like banning pencils because they can potentially be used as a deadly weapon.

Also, someone mentioned that the ps3 is behind simply because piracy isn't as easy on it. Here's a news flash: piracy isn't quite as rampant or widespread as it seems. The PS3 is in third place because of its high price point and lack of worthwhile (in the average consumer's eyes) exclusives. I can guarantee that piracy has little do to with it. If that were the case, the Dreamcast might have actually sold systems!

EDIT: One last thing, I don't think it's any of our business what people do with the covers on this site anyhow, regardless of if they're using it to case pirated games or not. I know that TCP is officially against piracy, and I'm fine with not allowing things like say, emulated SNES games getting custom ps2 covers (though I think we should allow covers for unreleased games and repo carts and such, but that's a different story). However, we can't just not allow retail covers in certain section simply because someone MIGHT use it to cover pirated games. If you're going to do that, we might as well not have retail covers at all.

Hero's Shade:
I have several 360 covers to upload, but I have yet to get around to it, because I'm lazy, and tend to procrastinate on that kind of thing.

Mick Dundee:
I think I'll look into getting a cheap scanner soon, I have 30+ 360 games, I'm pretty sure I have a few covers that aren't on the site, and I need to contribute a bit more round here.

Snowcone:
Satoshi,

I've made you an admin with the goal of helping us catch up on the current gen stuff. If you have questions, ask me or one of the other admins.

tiktektak:
Always care about the quality satoshi when uploading stuff!!!!!! Please be as eagle-eyed as you can be and adhere all our standards!!!!

Quality is the most important thing nothing else!!!!

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