Ps3 price drop/new model coming soon?

[NotStan]

Spankey said:

phinch1 said:

Spankey said:

 

maybe the new key games would be limited to the new games and older games left to the pirates - like remember they postponed GT5's release so they'd make it only work with the new firmware, older games still worked with the older firmware etc.

very hard to say lol

OT: i thought the discounts were for all the consoles?

GDC is so close now lol

Could the older games not be updated maybe to play on the new keys? I;m not entirley sure how it works tbh

I'm not sure - perhaps they'll release a patch per game. but imo that would be a bit pointless (not to mention time consuming) or just wash their hands and leave the older games to the dogs pirates. perhaps it would work if the games are predominantly online based (therefore requiring patches) provided someone doesn't just get a private server or two going or something

I don't think that releasing a new model that requires altogether new keys will be the best of solutions, after all the douchebags are a minority and it will end up screwing over the already existing base of legitimate players, one in ten thousand would be a rough approximation of those who are considering tampering with the console, so what are the others to do short of purchasing a new console?