Sony can completely disable your PS3

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ghost_of_fazz said:

ethomaz said:

DKHustlin said:

but cant pirates just keep their ps offline?

Yeah.

Indeed, pirates would probably buy a very cheap PS3 for hacking and playing single player games on it, and if they really want to play online, they will keep an unmodded PS3 with the sole purpose of it.

Also... come on, you guys think hackers won't find a way to revive any PS3 that Sony disabled? Hah!

This.  Sony may have control on an individual PS3 from a firmware and software aspect but it's not like they can make hardware destroy itself from their servers.