Honestly, what was Sony thinking regarding Vita memory cards?

VanceIX said:

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

First Nintendo handheld that doesn't use a proprietary storage format.

Compared to a handheld whose predecessor had a huge rate of piracy.

an updated code base isn't gonna stop pirates, formatting storage mediums is a much better solution but even then there isn't any 100% solution.

Piracy is just not commonplace on the system especially with its demographic.

Meanwhile, the Vita is the PSP's successor, so while obviously the Mem Cards are a cash grab, piracy is a substantial concern.

"updated console code" What, are they gonna copy and paste the PSP code?

No, completely redone console code. And Sony had a console (granted, home console) that used HDDs, SDs, USB drives, etc as well, with no problem. People hacked the DS even though it used a proprietary format. It's all about making good code and keeping it updated, things Sony was not able to do with the PSP and Nintendo was not able to do with the DS.

If you honestly believe piracy was what they are going for, I'm pretty sure the GIF would work well for your post.

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It doesn't matter, you can't stop piracy only stymie it.

I never suggested they where gonna use PSP's Code, thats why I flat out said that cracked firmwares and downgrades to those formats easily makes an updated codebase practically meaningless. Most codebase alone, is peanuts to any seasoned hacker

If a pirate wanted Vita games and it used standard unformatted memory, all they would need to do is not update.

At least with a formatter, they need to decrypt the games and then encrypt in the propreitary format of the storage, which is a lot more trying cause thats 3 walls of security rather than one.

And if your referring to the PS3, you are clearly mistaken,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherOS

Hardy

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/300180/otheros-returns-to-ps3-via-hack/

http://www.ps3news.com/ps3-hacks-jailbreak/ps3-rsx-driver-is-released-for-freebsd-via-otheros-cfw/

Har

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121025/12413220829/final-sony-ps3-hack.shtml

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/25/sony-ps3-hacked-for-good-master-keys-revealed/

Har

The main cause of the infamous PSN hack was because Sony removed OtherOS from the PS3, because it was being used as a backdoor.

No problem indeed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Network_outage