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spenderzz on 07 April 2010
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Vetteman94 said:
spenderzz said:
Vetteman94 said:

Exactly my point,  Sony is no saint, nor did they or I ever claim them to be.   But to say the Geohot hacking the PS3 is for the benefit of the consumer and that we should thank him because he did it out of his free time and goodwill make me sick.  

And he was wrong,  he did do it for profit,  because profit isnt always measured in dollar signs.

If I made geohot sound like some Robin Hood hero of the people, that was not my intention.  Geohot IS a douchebag, I should have been more clear.  He's just 1 one millionth the douchebag Sony is, and the fact that your ire is reserved specifically for him is troubling to me.

 

I don't think you should thank him, but my point was that his douchebaggery benefits normal people while Sony's douchebaggery benefits billionaires at normal people's expense.  Relatively speaking, I think geohot is the lesser of the two evils by a wide margin.

Oh trust me my ire isnt specifically reservered for him.  

What I find troubling is you are comparing what every company in the world does, to a hacker, who exploits what hardworking individuals did for his own benefits.  All Sony is doing is trying to protect an investment, yes they only exist to make money off of me,  but in return I am still getting a product that I will enjoy because I bought it for that purpose.  Geohots actions could prevent me from getting those products if piracy becomes an issue on the PS3 like it has the PSP.   His being a douchebag benefits only him and pirates, and it hurts everyone else in the industry. 

 

I see your point, totally, I guess I just don't believe that piracy is able to cripple a console in any significant fashion.  I hear people say PSP is killed by piracy, but I would argue that PSP is killed by the fact that it's just not that cool and that it's impossible to compete with Nintendo in that market.  I mean, look at multiplatform sales between PS3 and Xbox360.  360 games tend to sell as well or usually better than the PS3 counterpart on a system that is hackable vs. a system that is not.  Wii is an even better example, even easier to play pirated games than the HD consoles, and it is the best selling system and has many of the highest selling titles of this generation.  I don't think there is any significant danger that piracy is going to slow the release pace on PS3.  PS3 will succeed because it is a great machine with a great back catalog and a lot of potential for future awesome games.  The number of people who are going to pirate games is not going to kill the console, just like it didn't kill the Wii or the 360.