Well... And money too... From what I have noticed, hardware hacks usually come before software hacks and they charge a hefty price for hardware hacks ranging from $40 to $100+ so I think its a bit of both loll

I forgot about him. I never understood what the outrage was against Sony going after hackers. 

How would this justify MS bringing back DRM. If the bone still had DRM it would probably have been hacked already by now to play second hand games.

exactly,.. and i fucking hate pirates.

there is a reason the industry is turning to free-to-play and online-only and dlc.   for all the complaining people like to do about these new business models the pirates are to blame.  why some people have such a problem with paying for the things they want that others put a lot of time into i will never understand. 

typically those selling the hacks aren't the ones who discovered them in the first place. You can also pirate hacks ;) pirateception.

Lolll, true true... Its like Pirating the Pirates, oh where the world has gone

http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/18/xbox-360-dvd-firmware-hacked/

public release of the firmware to flash the drives:
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2006/05/15/xbox_360_ts-h943_dvd-rom_hacked_firmware_released

Well they aren't fully hacked, but people have still done some work on them:

3DS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3u6G8gUHjE
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/01/3ds_hack_removes_region_locking_for_retail_cartridges

WiiU
http://gbatemp.net/threads/hacking-the-wiiu-a-simple-progress-guide.338900/

Xbox Live fans: "I am paying for security". :)

Reality: There is no security where hackers reside. ;)

X360 in Croatia is far far less popular than PS3, but out of those that are sold, about 95% are modded.
Heck, even stores offer modification as a service, you purchase it, pay taxes to the government, everything...

http://sophoslab.hr/modifikacije-i-servis/86/x360-ixtreme-firmware-lt-30-ltu-12-update-firmware-a/5340.html

http://sophoslab.hr/modifikacije-i-servis/86.html

(Sorry, it's in Croatian).

It is commonly used theory that Microsoft purposely made modifications simple, to gain foothold in countries in which they wouldn't be sold much or at all. They know that their main markets for software sales are USA and UK, and in those countries piracy laws and enforcement are very strict, so they don't have to worry about mass modification.
In Eastern Europe, where Playstation is synonimous with gaming console, they know they would never sell games... so they just try to shift consoles and make a quick buck. They offer no support, no customer service, no localized Live service, no retail games unless imported by individuals.
Heck, all X360s in Croatia have a UK power brick with a free outlet adapter, so basically every XBox sold in Croatia is tallied in the UK sales report...