Except theres no sacrifice of liberty- I can still hack my ps3 if I want and do with it what I will

Then you are on the same boat as me. 

Plus, I am a RPG gamer. Online means little to me.

By the way, PSN isn't going to die if Sony loses this case. Only thing that happens if Sony loses this case is that things remain the way they are, which is the way it has been since... forever.

I think people are getting paranoid about piracy and hacking. XBox360 has been hacked forever and people still seem to prefer it over PSN.x

If Sony wins then your PS3 modding could be punishable by law. Even so little as putting a new casing on it.

Think about that for a moment.

Will they find out about a case mod? Probably not, but it is still the principle of the whole thing. You bought it, it is yours, end of story. Sony doesn't like you modding or hacking, then ban your PSN account.

Unless of course instead you want them to rightfully kill consoles. 

Just hope you don't end up as one of those "victims of the system" who do nothing wrong but somehow end up with an unfixable bricked console because guess what, it will happen.

I agree. The wii also has the most pirates of the 3 consoles yet Nintendo sell the most hardware and software.

I'm pretty sure consumer rights is in the left field and actual minority rights is in the right field. As for the rest of your argument, if you guys want to hack your own systems, go ahead. But I won't fault Sony for wanting to protect their business and normal customers, especially if this might come back to hurt regular PS3 owners. And Sony gave you an option to keep Linux. I don't think Sony is required by law to update your machine or provide PSN access to you.

This is the worst post i have ever read from you. It sounds like pirate talk and just completly disrespects the hard earned money spent by people who purchased Castle Crasher and PSN plus AND to the developers of the game. 

Whatever these guys do won't just hurt Sony, it hurts the consumers and the developers. The only thing they care about is themselves. 

Are we talking about the Geohotz case? Because they are only going after him for distribution. 

I actually don't want to hack my system.  I'm just not self centered enough to think only about myself.

Also, you do realize that if you don't update your firmware you can't play any new PS3 games right?   Sony is literally forcing you to choose between to components they promised would exist.

Not true actually.  I'd suggest reading the charges against him.

http://www.groklaw.net/pdf2/SonyvHotz-1.pdf

Black Ops also sold more than MW2 and was also pirated less!

Meaning that it is possible that some who pirated MW2 enjoyed it and ended up buying Black Ops.

As I have always said and will continue to say, "The effects of piracy are incredibly overblown" and gamers need to wake up.

This argument didn't matter at all until PS3 got hacked and to be honest it only adds fuel to the fire about PS3 fans being the worst. They are the only ones getting bent out of shape about piracy while at the same time witnessing that the big pirated consoles sell more software!

Edit - Actually I believe Black Ops was pirated a bit more, but still, it ended up selling more than MW2 and continues to do so, even with all 3 consoles now being able to play pirated software.