Sony Gets Other OS Class-Action Lawsuite Dismissed

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fordy said:

o_O.Q said:

"in order to control the few bad eggs?"

the few bad...? you may disagree but i'd say without a doubt that the majority of people that hack their consoles do it solely to pirate games 

so i suppose when you and others speak of liberty and user freedom one question that comes up is does that apply to any activity the user can partake in? regardless of how those activities may have a negative effect on others?

it seems to me that the only thing that matters to some people is that the hackers get what they want but beyond that other ps3 owners and the people who provide content for the platform don't really matter

"$599 was the..."

that doesn't answer my question at all, this was my question

"$600 dollars for a device to run linux is cheap? what would you usually pay on a pc for linux?"

Are you implying that the maority of PS3 USERS are pirates? Because that's what my point is. Why enforce security on the maority in order to reguate the actions of the minority? And don't start wth this "if you're doing nothing wrong, then you have nothing to worry about" crap. What if Sony released a patch that effectively spied on everything you do with your PS3, showing your entire hitory against the console? After all, it would make it easier to track pirates, right? Even though the majority are getting their own rights violated.

I've already mentioned this. People removing PS3 security in no way violates your right as a gamer, nor does it violate publisher's right to pursie compensation. You want to know why? Firstly, if the platform was open to be modified, that gives anyone the right to move their PS3 to ANOTHER online service, one that would better suit them. Once again, Sony has every right to regulate the users on their PSN network, but in no way does it have the right to lock out user purchased hardware. That is corporate nanny-state action.

It really depends on what the machine would be used for. I've paid anywhere from the range of $50 to $2000 for a Linux machine, and once again you weren't just paying for the privilege of Linux, but it would have been enough to sway some people who were on the fence deciding on a game console.

"Are you implying that the maority of PS3 USERS are pirates? "

this is what i said : 

"the few bad...? you may disagree but i'd say without a doubt that the majority of people that hack their consoles do it solely to pirate games"

how do you get me implying that from that? what you said was completely unrelated

 

" that gives anyone the right to move their PS3 to ANOTHER online service, one that would better suit them "

i think you lost me completely there

 

"but it would have been enough to sway some people who were on the fence deciding on a game console."

yeah people that instead of paying attention to the promos and advertisements on the tv, box of the console etc chose instead to pay attention to pr speech...

i've made the point before that if thats how you choose to look at it then, for example, nintendo's declaration for stress sensing tchnology in games via the vitality sensor can also be compared ( from the point of view that someone may be swayed to purchase a console because of the features coming to that console as you said yourself ) but you don't seem to think so...

the reality is that all companies overhype their products in interviews in ways that are at times misleading