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radiantshadow92 on 14 January 2011
Publishers see problems for Sony after firmware crack.
The recent cracking of the PlayStation 3's previously watertight security measures could prove seriously problematic for Sony according to industry figures, with the console opening itself up for piracy on a similar scale to that seen on the PSP.
Sony's PlayStation 3 has been the subject of several hacks that bypass the console's security measures and that hackers claim can only be addressed with a hardware update. Sony has since responded by filing for restraining orders against the group fail0verflow and the prolific George Hotz among others.
"If that hack works as reported, I don't believe that Sony can regain any control," Ubisoft Massive's Martin Walfisz toldgamesindustry.biz. "They could try to employ a similar system to Xbox Live, so that people running hacked systems won't have access to PSN. But Sony won't be able to stop people from running pirated game copies as long as the machines are not hooked up online."
Walfisz went on to claim that Sony's home console could be facing a problem more serious than that which has beset its handheld counterpart. "I would assume that pirated copies can be stored on the HDD as well," said Walfisz, "making it so easy to use that PS3 piracy, given time, might even surpass the handhelds.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/114/1144041p1.html

3492 posts since 20/03/09
I doubt it. The game size is too great in comparison to psp games. I believe handhelds will remain the most pirated systems for a long time because of file size.
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MANUELF on 14 January 2011
Even if you buy pirated games they cost like ten times the PS2 pirated games costed because of blu-ray(300-400 to 30-50 in mexican pesos) so is almost cheaper to buy original


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Mordred11 on 14 January 2011
What a bunch of BS.Give us a break IGN...
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mantlepiecek on 14 January 2011
Well, look at the bright side. You will still be able to run linux on your system, as you always wanted to.
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4k1x3r on 14 January 2011
Spreading IGNorance as always.

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RolStoppable on 14 January 2011
I wouldn't be surprised, if that turns out to be correct. After all, there are more reasons to pirate PS3 games than there are to pirate PSP games.
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mornelithe on 14 January 2011
It's really simple, Sony has already stated they can disable PS3's remotely. Go ahead, see if they're bluffing.