sieanr said:
And yet Sony hasn't banned anyone through this method, and there is a good chance that they never will. Even if they do it would be trivial for someone with a little know how to get around it. But feel free to call me ignorant again. |
Not that trivial:
Make life hell for other Home users, and you'll probably need to get a new PS3 if you want to go online again
Sony Computer Entertainment warned at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2007 that users making a nuisance of themselves on the PlayStation Network's social networking service stand to have their PlayStation 3 consoles permanently banned from Home, and possibly other PSN online services as well. Based on information SCE plans to collect on troublemakers, banned users will likely need to acquire a new PS3 and access Home from a different location in order get their consoles online again. This is reminiscent of Microsoft's decision to lock out modified Xbox 360 consoles from Xbox Live.
Of course this will be the most drastic action Sony intends to take when other options fail. On any other day, the usual options will include communication blocking for disruptive users; members should be trusted to be able to do their part in reporting problems.
"Ultimately we know a user's details, we know machine details and we know where they live," said [Home Platform director Peter Edward].
"If you really feel like you've been abused or that someone has just shown wholly inappropriate behaviour then you are able to complain about it. If you really, really misbehave you can have your console disconnected at a machine level, so you would actually have to move house and buy a new PS3 before you could get online again.
"Clearly that's not something we would want to be doing very often but as a disincentive to mess round too much it's in our power," he admitted.
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