PS3 TIFF Exploit found: Hackers frothing at the mouth...

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HappySqurriel said:

zackblue said:
Well this is terrible, they have already taken the wii and psp, since the ps3 is more hardcore than casual, this means software sales would die if they succeed. There own install base can actually kill them..

If they're successful in producing a soft mod this could be even worse because the concern about opening your system, damaging the hardware, and voiding your warantee would be gone...

And that is why this is a *very* bad thing. A lot of people don't mod because they have to open up their consoles and void their warranty or they don't want to just go through the effort. This is (presumably) easy and it doesn't void your warranty.

Since the PS3 already has a pretty good little handy browser, someone just has to follow a random link they mght find on a forum, think it could be fun to try, and suddenly they're hooked on free games.