Honestly, what was Sony thinking regarding Vita memory cards?

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

VanceIX said:

Does the PS3 have a wide-spread hacking problem like the PSP had, now? No? That's what I thought.

After Sony removed Linux support and updated the firmware to seal off potential threats, everything was mostly fine. There is still a bit of homebrew here and there, but nothing to the extent of the PSP, not even close.

Once again, the DS was proprieetary and it still got hacked, while the 3DS is just fine (at least not as bad as the PSP). Sony being heralded as a better hardware company, I'm sure they could have designed the system better than the PSP. 

And the Vita uses downloaded games as well, if they were so worried about the storage format why allow people do download it on solid state memory? Hackers have easily accessed such memory in the past as well, whether it be recognized by a PC or not.

No, this was about getting the extra dime out of the consumer.

I never said it wasn't a cash grab.

But the levels of Piracy on the PSP, the direct predecessor of the Vita was extremely substantial. Piracy or really hacking, cannot be stopped, no system is 100 percent secure, and the PS3 is already hacked. Whether or not its mainstream or not isn't simply a matter of ease its a matter of popularity as well.

Especially when, the Sony Brand of handhelds typically sell at a loss to be recouped in software, Piracy is a BIG problem. Nintendo could care less cause they profit off the hardware anyway

Ofc the DS was hacked, but just like you said with the 3DS, not to the extent of the PSP. Not to mention, Sony as a better hardware company, supports the idea that they would use proprietary storage mediums a la the memory cards. A formatting process would instead use any storage medium and format it so it cannot be used on anything else.

So little Timmy, can't plug in his SD card into his mom's computer, download Tearaway, and then stick it back in his Vita, but his mom doesn't have to pay ridiculous prices for a memory card thats doing the exact same thing.

This is regardless of whether or not the games are downloaded, Sony's method is proprietary storage hardware aka hardware modified flash memory (SD Cards) when they can just use proprietary storage software aka formatting the storage medium.

Granted its less secure, but its also much cheaper. We're talking 99% of hackers with Mem Cards and maybe 90% with a formatter.