PS2 and Xbox Mod Chips in Akihabara
I have noticed quite a few of my friends who haven’t been to Tokyo believe that Akihabara is some kind of haven for DVD movie and video piracy. That really couldn’t be further from the truth. After spending many, many weekends going through every little corner of “Akitown”, I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve seen anything related to piracy. I have seen a few guys on the street selling video game ROMs for absurd amounts of money (¥30,000 or about $300 for one disc full of Neo Geo game roms) and cable TV decoder boxes, but that is about it.
However, Dragon Computer is a physical shop that carries mod chips for both the Xbox and PS2. That’s not to say I believe the only reason to buy a mod chip is for piracy purposes (legit uses include playing personal game backups or running homebrew software) but usually pirated games and tools that enable piracy (i.e. mod chips) can be found in the same place. Dragon Computer doesn’t appear to be selling any games, just chips. I haven’t bought anything from Dragon Computer and can’t vouch for them in any way.
