| thismeintiel said: You do have to laugh at the same exact people in here trying to spin this as a loss for Sony. Come on. Is your dislike for Sony that strong? I bet if it was the 360/Wii, a lot of you would be like, "You go MS/Nintendo, kick Geohot's ass." Can anyone explain how Sony lost? How did this injunction hurt them? Geohot got nothing out of the deal. Sony can continue selling just as many PS3s as tthey want to, continuing to lead the home consoles for this year. Geohot was the only one hurt here. He can't even touch a Sony product with the thought of hacking it again, unless he wants to face fines that not even his loyal fans will help pay for. Of course with his bruised ego, he's trying to play it off like some boycott to save face. And if another hacker comes up in his place, Sony can persue the same method. I even remember a month or so ago, there was a story in which on of the hackers deeply involved in the PS3 scene said he wasn't even going to attempt to hack the new FW/security Sony put in place recently, deeming it "unhackable" again. You can bet Sony actions of late weighed his decision. Just wish I could remember his name.
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Actually, that's where you're wrong. I'm all for this kind of activism across all platform. Only the fanboys stick up for their corporation of choice. If they want to hack the Wii or 360, bring it on. More power to the consumer.
Yes, it would be so easy for Sony to pursue the same method, spending untold vast amounts of money on legal fees (you can bet that they outdone GeoHot's legal defense by about tenfold) for every hacker who steps up to the plate. and how is this stopping GeoHot? He can still hack, and probably will, but you'll find that tools will be getting released with no name attached to them. Open Source communities will quickly step up to fill this void, how will Sony go suing each of them individually? Sony lost one thing, and that was a buttload of money, all for a slap on the wrist of GeoHot. Enjoy your games becoming more expensive because of Sony's eager persuance in this matter.
You're truly deluded if you believe the PS3 is deemed unhackable again. This is the master key we're talking about, that's been leaked. In order for a fix to happen, all PS3 software prior to the change would have to be deemed void. People would need to re-buy their entire library of games. Do you see that happening?
