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disolitude on 19 January 2011
radiantshadow92 said:
disolitude said:

I don't want to jump to conclusions as i don't know if its true...but if its is, Sony has bunch of apes calling the shots for the PS3.

This behaviour encourages piracy in my books. I think Id rather pirate a game I am unsure of buying if I can't rent it or buy it used. I bought 5 games last year and rented over 20... I ain't paying 60 bucks for something I don't even know I'll like. 

Also, whats the point? Copywright protection implemented on PC games hasn't stopped a single game from getting ripped and distributed on the net for free. And since PS3 master key is up for grabs, hackers are just going to rip these games and put them on the net for you to enjoy. You may not be able to play on PSN with them but still it solves nothing, as I'm sure they can figure out a way of booting illegal users off psn now as things are without locking their software to 5 uses...

So it does fuck up gamefly?

According to my understanding of the OP, yeah renting wouldnt work anymore. Gamefly, blockbuster and whoever could possibly get special copies or some shit like that... Copies of games that aren't locked. But that would beat the purpose of the whole experiment as people could just pirate the rental copies...

I dunno, I still don't believe this is true because its retarded.



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radiantshadow92 on 19 January 2011
disolitude said:
radiantshadow92 said:
disolitude said:

I don't want to jump to conclusions as i don't know if its true...but if its is, Sony has bunch of apes calling the shots for the PS3.

This behaviour encourages piracy in my books. I think Id rather pirate a game I am unsure of buying if I can't rent it or buy it used. I bought 5 games last year and rented over 20... I ain't paying 60 bucks for something I don't even know I'll like. 

Also, whats the point? Copywright protection implemented on PC games hasn't stopped a single game from getting ripped and distributed on the net for free. And since PS3 master key is up for grabs, hackers are just going to rip these games and put them on the net for you to enjoy. You may not be able to play on PSN with them but still it solves nothing, as I'm sure they can figure out a way of booting illegal users off psn now as things are without locking their software to 5 uses...

So it does fuck up gamefly?

According to my understanding of the OP, yeah renting wouldnt work anymore. Gamefly, blockbuster and whoever could possibly get special copies or some shit like that... Copies of games that aren't locked. But that would beat the purpose of the whole experiment as people could just pirate the rental copies...

I dunno, I still don't believe this is true because its retarded.





NoobSlayer92 on 19 January 2011

This is not that big of a deal.  Just buy your damn games like you're supposed to and move on with your life.  And who the hell goes through 5 PS3's?  Bullshit.



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Squilliam on 19 January 2011

You know guys it actually doesn't make sense. How do Sony make 1,000,000 Blu Ray discs and then give each a unique key? If it were possible to give each disc a unique key then surely the PC publishers would have done so years ago.



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dsister on 19 January 2011
Notorius.A.i.G said:

We don't even know if this is true ... why are so many people flipping out ?!


Because "oh guys, this is just a rumor" "yeah, you're right. Lets hope it doesn't happen". Is a boring thread >_>



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poroporo on 19 January 2011
dsister said:

Looks like the Sony's destroying it's console one step at a time... xD. I feel sad that I am laughing this much. I'm tempted to believe this is false and leave it at that 

Squilliam said:

You know guys it actually doesn't make sense. How do Sony make 1,000,000 Blu Ray discs and then give each a unique key? If it were possible to give each disc a unique key then surely the PC publishers would have done so years ago.


Yes, it's all Sony's fault and George Hotz is an innocent little lamb who honesty expected that his CFW would prevent pirates from playing backups.

Sony would indeed be destroying its platform by doing nothing at all. Going the serial way might not stop piracy, but all these a**holes will at least be kept offline.

And yes, producing millions of keys is very possible, just ask Microsoft. The difference with the PC world is that Sony has a private network to protect. If the integrity of PSN is compromised, then the PS3 is finished.



dsister on 19 January 2011
poroporo said:


Yes, it's all Sony's fault and George Hotz is an innocent little lamb who honesty expected that his CFW would prevent pirates from playing backups.

Sony would indeed be destroying its platform by doing nothing at all. Going the serial way might not stop piracy, but all these a**holes will at least be kept offline.

And yes, producing millions of keys is very possible, just ask Microsoft. The difference with the PC world is that Sony has a private network to protect. If the integrity of PSN is compromised, then the PS3 is finished.


*looks at PS2, Wii, DS, x360* 

I don't get it...



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DeadNotSleeping on 19 January 2011

Will this affect rentals at all?



dsister on 19 January 2011
DeadNotSleeping said:

Will this affect rentals at all?


yes



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poroporo on 19 January 2011
dsister said:
poroporo said:


Yes, it's all Sony's fault and George Hotz is an innocent little lamb who honesty expected that his CFW would prevent pirates from playing backups.

Sony would indeed be destroying its platform by doing nothing at all. Going the serial way might not stop piracy, but all these a**holes will at least be kept offline.

And yes, producing millions of keys is very possible, just ask Microsoft. The difference with the PC world is that Sony has a private network to protect. If the integrity of PSN is compromised, then the PS3 is finished.


*looks at PS2, Wii, DS, x360* 

I don't get it...

PSN is a fundamental part of the PS3.

The PS3 is now wide open to hackers.

Hackers can/will eventually annoy the hell out of PSN users by hacking games and potientially even accounts.

If this happens to a /- large extent, then PSN will not be a pleasant/safe experience for its user base anymore.

When this happens, Sony might just release another console sooner and abandon this one. With the master key out, there is nothing except major hardware revisions that can stop hackers from doing whatever they want with the system.