SEGA Saturn DRM protection cracked! SEGA doomed?

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AbbathTheGrim on 11 July 2016

After 20 years of release, Wah (Dr Abrasive) cracked the hardware-based DRM protection for Saturn games allowing for games to be played via USB:

http://kotaku.com/after-20-years-someone-cracked-the-sega-saturns-drm-1783480023

How could this crack impact Sega Saturn sales?

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Veknoid_Outcast on 11 July 2016

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HylianYoshi on 11 July 2016

I guess I'm going N64 and PC this gen.

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Alex_The_Hedgehog on 11 July 2016

Well, I was thinking about getting a Playstation anyway. I heard Final Fantasy VII is going to be exclusive, so...

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Ultrashroomz on 11 July 2016

Screw SEGA, I'm gonna out my faith into that new PlayStation!

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fielding88 on 11 July 2016

I'm predicting the end of SEGA as a console maker

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thepurplewalrus on 11 July 2016

I'm sure sales will recover from this when the a Sonic game comes out on Saturn.

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Slimebeast on 11 July 2016

Why didn't other companies use this method of copy protection if it was so successful?

Is it because in reality it's nothing special, it just stayed unhacked because most hackers simply didn't care?

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Lrdfancypants on 11 July 2016

It won't have any impact. It will still be a huge success and 20 years from now in 2016 Sega will be the only console manufacturer still standing having purchased nintendo.

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burninmylight on 11 July 2016

Sega should have used blast processing! Blast processing is hacker-proof!

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