Since the original thread was locked because the mods couldn't move it to the Sony section, I'm continuing the poll here.
My opinion is that it could actually be beneficial, because it attracts people who would otherwise not buy a PS3 (=larger install base) and as we all know, pirates too buy accessories and even the occasional game. After all, Microsoft's and Nintendo's systems are also doing well despite being hacked.
Until the lock, the results were:
| PS3 Has Been Hacked! | |||
| Good: At this point it will help sell more PS3s | 52 | 32.10% |
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| Bad: Software sales will go down | 71 | 43.83% |
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| I'm not sure | 39 | 24.07% |
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| 162 |
"Well certainly with the Xbox 360, we had some challenges at the launch. Once we identified that we took control of it. We wanted to do it right by our customers. Our customers are very important to us." -Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb (10/2013). Note: RRoD was fixed with the Jasper-revision 3 years after the launch of 360
"People don't pay attention to a lot of the details."-Yusuf Mehdi explaining why Xbone DRM scheme would succeed
"Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity; it's called Xbox 360,”-Don Mattrick
"The region locking of the 3DS wasn't done for profits on games"-MDMAlliance
