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Solid_Snake4RD on 19 August 2010
KylieDog said:
nikosx said:

From OzModChips FAQ:

Q. Can Sony block this with firmware updates?

A. Probably. The have have the USb dongle firmware upgradable, but you can never predict the future. This is made to work with 3.41. If you happen to download an install an update which is higher then this then it is your doing. We will not accept stock back as "faulty" if you have upgraded your firmware


So all Sony would need do is require new games to run with a new firmware (and can easily bundle it on the disc for offline people). 

 

It wouldn't stop old games from being pirated but any new ones could be prevented.

they could actually make the firmware available on the old ones now selling too



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haxxiy on 19 August 2010

Another video has arisen it seems.



 

 

 

 

 

Sweep on 19 August 2010
Solid_Snake4RD said:
KylieDog said:
nikosx said:

From OzModChips FAQ:

Q. Can Sony block this with firmware updates?

A. Probably. The have have the USb dongle firmware upgradable, but you can never predict the future. This is made to work with 3.41. If you happen to download an install an update which is higher then this then it is your doing. We will not accept stock back as "faulty" if you have upgraded your firmware


So all Sony would need do is require new games to run with a new firmware (and can easily bundle it on the disc for offline people). 

 

It wouldn't stop old games from being pirated but any new ones could be prevented.

they could actually make the firmware available on the old ones now selling too

Even more vicious : Next Sony's firmware could make the console refuse to start if there's a usb peripheral plugged in...

Bye Bye PSJailbreak.... 

You could only plug a peripheral when the console has booted



Vetteman94 on 19 August 2010
Sweep said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
KylieDog said:
nikosx said:

From OzModChips FAQ:

Q. Can Sony block this with firmware updates?

A. Probably. The have have the USb dongle firmware upgradable, but you can never predict the future. This is made to work with 3.41. If you happen to download an install an update which is higher then this then it is your doing. We will not accept stock back as "faulty" if you have upgraded your firmware


So all Sony would need do is require new games to run with a new firmware (and can easily bundle it on the disc for offline people). 

 

It wouldn't stop old games from being pirated but any new ones could be prevented.

they could actually make the firmware available on the old ones now selling too

Even more vicious : Next Sony's firmware could make the console refuse to start if there's a usb peripheral plugged in...

Bye Bye PSJailbreak.... 

You could only plug a peripheral when the console has booted

Or the PS3 could just ignore the USB ports until the boot up is completed.  But yeah thats a good idea 



sieanr on 20 August 2010
Solid_Snake4RD said:
sieanr said:
Kantor said:
haxxiy said:
KylieDog said:

So presumably you need the disc first to make a back-up of it?


Yes, but torrents of PS3 games will most likely start to pop up soon if this thing ends up being a success. People won't even need a blu-ray burner, just transfer it to an external HDD.

Anyways I guess one could just rent games and be done with it for now.

As I said in the other thread about this (this is the third fucking thread on this topic), that would require a 50GB upload, followed by a 50GB download, and either a blu-ray burner or a rather large external HDD. A pretty massive internal PS3 HDD, too.

As far as I know, not a single PS3 game has been close to 50gb in size. The closet I know of was MGS4, and that was just 32gb. Most PS3 titles fall somewhere in the 10-20gb range.

So I don't see how size is going to deter anyone who wants to get a game for free, especially when there are plenty of people downloading full bluray rips of 50gb movies.

MGS4 wasn't 32gb,stop bullshiting

it was near 50gb

and LBP was near 45gbs

 

and there aren't many downloading 50gb blu-ray rips,they download MKV vlu-ray rips which are 2-5gbs

sieanr said:
Vetteman94 said:
sieanr said:
Kantor said:
haxxiy said:
KylieDog said:

So presumably you need the disc first to make a back-up of it?


Yes, but torrents of PS3 games will most likely start to pop up soon if this thing ends up being a success. People won't even need a blu-ray burner, just transfer it to an external HDD.

Anyways I guess one could just rent games and be done with it for now.

As I said in the other thread about this (this is the third fucking thread on this topic), that would require a 50GB upload, followed by a 50GB download, and either a blu-ray burner or a rather large external HDD. A pretty massive internal PS3 HDD, too.

As far as I know, not a single PS3 game has been close to 50gb in size. The closet I know of was MGS4, and that was just 32gb. Most PS3 titles fall somewhere in the 10-20gb range.

So I don't see how size is going to deter anyone who wants to get a game for free, especially when there are plenty of people downloading full bluray rips of 50gb movies.

Most Blu-ray movies are on Single Layer 25GB Blu-ray discs.    

Wasnt LBP up around 40GB?

Are you just making stats up?

After quickly checking a torrent site 7 of the  24 bds were under 25gb. The rest were around 40gb or so... and with plenty of seeders.

The  size of PS3 games will do little to prevent piracy.


those torrents have extras and other shit.normal movies are alot less

Hahahaha, you seriously don't know what you're talking about.

There may not be a lot of people downloading full 50gb blurays on piratebay and the like, but if you had access to private trackers you'd see how popular full rips are. Not to even mention usenet...



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Solid_Snake4RD on 20 August 2010
sieanr said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
sieanr said:
Kantor said:
haxxiy said:
KylieDog said:

So presumably you need the disc first to make a back-up of it?


Yes, but torrents of PS3 games will most likely start to pop up soon if this thing ends up being a success. People won't even need a blu-ray burner, just transfer it to an external HDD.

Anyways I guess one could just rent games and be done with it for now.

As I said in the other thread about this (this is the third fucking thread on this topic), that would require a 50GB upload, followed by a 50GB download, and either a blu-ray burner or a rather large external HDD. A pretty massive internal PS3 HDD, too.

As far as I know, not a single PS3 game has been close to 50gb in size. The closet I know of was MGS4, and that was just 32gb. Most PS3 titles fall somewhere in the 10-20gb range.

So I don't see how size is going to deter anyone who wants to get a game for free, especially when there are plenty of people downloading full bluray rips of 50gb movies.

MGS4 wasn't 32gb,stop bullshiting

it was near 50gb

and LBP was near 45gbs

 

and there aren't many downloading 50gb blu-ray rips,they download MKV vlu-ray rips which are 2-5gbs

sieanr said:
Vetteman94 said:
sieanr said:
Kantor said:
haxxiy said:
KylieDog said:

So presumably you need the disc first to make a back-up of it?


Yes, but torrents of PS3 games will most likely start to pop up soon if this thing ends up being a success. People won't even need a blu-ray burner, just transfer it to an external HDD.

Anyways I guess one could just rent games and be done with it for now.

As I said in the other thread about this (this is the third fucking thread on this topic), that would require a 50GB upload, followed by a 50GB download, and either a blu-ray burner or a rather large external HDD. A pretty massive internal PS3 HDD, too.

As far as I know, not a single PS3 game has been close to 50gb in size. The closet I know of was MGS4, and that was just 32gb. Most PS3 titles fall somewhere in the 10-20gb range.

So I don't see how size is going to deter anyone who wants to get a game for free, especially when there are plenty of people downloading full bluray rips of 50gb movies.

Most Blu-ray movies are on Single Layer 25GB Blu-ray discs.    

Wasnt LBP up around 40GB?

Are you just making stats up?

After quickly checking a torrent site 7 of the  24 bds were under 25gb. The rest were around 40gb or so... and with plenty of seeders.

The  size of PS3 games will do little to prevent piracy.


those torrents have extras and other shit.normal movies are alot less

Hahahaha, you seriously don't know what you're talking about.

There may not be a lot of people downloading full 50gb blurays on piratebay and the like, but if you had access to private trackers you'd see how popular full rips are. Not to even mention usenet...

sure they do download 50gb one but they are scare

 

the majority only downloads the MKV things

 

i am a part of Demonoid the biggest private tracker and one of the biggest torrent sites,i go there looking for the movie and tv theme songs as they are very difficult to find,hell i don't even know the names of the theme songs

and i have seen what they download there,its MKV

 

your comment is just blowing it out of your ass and thinking oh they would be doing this and on that basis you try to prove other wrong



NJ5 on 20 August 2010

Now will Sony allow people to use Linux again?

And have they learned that forbidding Linux made it more delicious for hackers to crack the PS3?



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Solid_Snake4RD on 20 August 2010
NJ5 said:

Now will Sony allow people to use Linux again?

And have they learned that forbidding Linux made it more delicious for hackers to crack the PS3?


FOR WHAT TO ALLOW A FULL BLOWN HACK

if they hadn't banned linux then there would be even bigger problem

 

and hackers actually didn't do anything,this is using SDK tools which hackers didn't make they just took advantage of the leak



Spankey on 20 August 2010

I wouldn't think it's too tricky for sony - they could get nasty and sell an unlock key with every game that's tied to the PSN account. - something like with premium content unlock keys or full-game demo unlock keys

Would kill rentals and 2nd hand market though



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dorron on 20 August 2010

Just my thoughts exactly!

 

Sorry, double post.