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There are a few reasons why the PS3 hasn't been hacked:

1. The special coding on the Blu-Ray drive was unfamilar at release and will take or took a long time to get used to. DVD drives have had hacks for their coding for years. It's not the accessibility of the media itself, it's the drives. They managed to fool the drive to bypass the security coding to trick it into thinking a game wasn't copied, and it came easy because DVD drives have been hacked in that manner for a while now.

2. No one has uncovered any bugs in Sony's firmware updates yet to take advantage of. Either they don't see them, or they don't exist as of yet. Sony has been very careful in making sure their firmwares are secure in that manner.

3. There is an insane amount of security on the PS3, and it's been there since day one. When the PSP and DS released, there was absolutely no security on them, similar to the Dreamcast. They got hacked very quick. The Wii's security wasn't well developed and the Gamecube portion of the console made sure it got hacked quick, since the work done on hacking the Gamecube last gen was still relevant to hacking the Wii also. Microsoft made an honest attempt at first, but the familiarity of the DVD drive coding and a few mistakes in a firmware update was their undoing. Once a console or handheld gets hacked, that's it, hackers are on the inside. No firmware update on the planet is going to save it from piracy at that point, just slow it down a few weeks at worst.

4. Sony didn't allow Linux to access a lot of the console, including the RSX, cell processor, hard-drive, etc. It proved to be problematic for those that wanted to take advantage of the console to make graphically advanced Linux based homebrew for it, but it saved it from getting hacked.

Even if the PS3 does get hacked eventually, which is entirely possible, there's the general lack of Blu-Ray burners, blank media and the cost of both that gets in the way of it ever getting out of hand.



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Even with 360 having pirates subtracting sales, the 360 versions of games still continues to outsell the PS3 version.

 

But i think that they should take ore advanced measures to combat piracy much like Sony does with the PS3.



Garnett said:

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Even with 360 having pirates subtracting sales, the 360 versions of games still continues to outsell the PS3 version.

 

But i think that they should take ore advanced measures to combat piracy much like Sony does with the PS3.

They can't anymore. Once the console is hacked, that's it. Either turn to digital distribution, or better luck next time. Sony is reaping the benefits of being extremely careful from day one and not letting up an inch.



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Yeah, Sony is doing very good combating piracy. 



Off topic, but Garnett what is that girl making the crazy face from?



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@Thismeintiel 

 

Memories of Matsuko 



No because the PS2 was as easy to creack open as a $2 whore. It was also harder to develop for than the PS3.



Tease.

Thanks Garnett. Have to check that one out.



MS knows about the piracy issue. A lot of people got banned from Xbox Live and they can't use their harddrives anymore. I know 3 or 4 people in my friendslist (100 people) who needs to buy a new Xbox.



Imagine not having GamePass on your console...