PS3 Being Hacked - Good or Bad?

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loves2splooge on 23 January 2010

Damnyouall said:
People can't get on Live with a hacked 360, but that doesn't seem to stop (m)any pirates from modding their Xbox.

Unfortunately yes. It boggles my mind how far people will go just so that they could be able to play games for $1 a piece (pretty much the price of each Verbatim DL DVD+R if you buy them in bulk) + 6.8 GB worth of bandwidth. Risking a live ban (which won't allow you to install to the hard drive or transfer save files) or staying off live completely, no access to XBLA games (there is a hack out that allows you to play pirated XBLA games but it's not common and not user-friendly), no patches (though some games have patches available for download on torrent and piracy sites), no free DLC, etc. Then if you are unlucky enough to need repair, there is the possibility that MS will notice you tampered with the console when you send it in for repair.

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SamuelRSmith on 23 January 2010

Burning Typhoon said:

Uh.. people can't get on PSN with a hacked PS3. Also, the 360 was hacked much earlier on than the PS3 in it's life... And, it still has to become popular. Again, no one wants to spend the time it takes to download something like Metal Gear Solid 4 when it would be much easier to go to the store and buy it... and then, you can't get on PSN after spending all that time with it?

I just don't see what would make hacking the PS3 so worth anything.... Playing bootlegged games isn't enough... and, you can't use the online store? Why?... why hack the thing if it'll hamper you... then, when you get banned by Sony, you have to turn around and buy another PS3 right?... What if the hacking will cause them to update the hardware within the PS3 (OMG, NEW SKU)... Then people will complain because there's another SKU out on the market that they don't own... like it matters....

Are you prepared to download Uncharted 3, just because you want to play it 3 weeks early? What? You say you don't have a Blue-ray disc burner? Well, get one... And, after that, be prepared to wait for the 1 month download of a 60+ GB game....

No PS3 at the moment reads 67 GB blu ray discs, and who knows how long the hacks will take to enable the feature... Maybe Sony did that on purpose.... There will be so many complications and time considerations... No 360 game will ever be more than 16 GB, but, the PS3's bluray drive can be updated to read the bigger discs, and games already require that you download the latest software to play them... which is included on the disc if you can't get online and download/install it..... It's just... like I said... not worth the trouble... You still have to pay for the Bluray disc burner, discs, and wait for the thing to download for 4 months, assuming there's always a seeder feeding you at a decent speed.... Then for other, larger games you have to find the 67 GB discs to hold the entire game... Then, by the time the game comes out, you may as well had bought it, because when it releases, you'll still be downloading... and that's all assuming you dont brick your PS3, and void the warrenty...

Do you know how many games you'd have to download to justify the costs of bootlegging? You may as well go get the official game.

Or, you could just rent a game and rip it to the PS3, no need for downloads or blu-ray burners, there.

As for the PSN thing: most of the countries where piracy is rife (South America, Eastern Europe, Asia), the PSN is mostly unavaliable or its services are severely limited, not too much to lose out on, really.

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Sephiroth357 on 23 January 2010

Bad.

The software wouldn't keep up with the hardware.

We don't need a second coming of the PSP.

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Dgc1808 on 23 January 2010

Bad.

4 ≈ One

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All it is is a blog.. There's no solid proof of this hack.

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Damnyouall on 23 January 2010

It'll be interesting to see the attach rate of new games after a hack becomes available. This could be used as a prime example of the effects of piracy.

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Damnyouall on 23 January 2010

Smashed said:
All it is is a blog.. There's no solid proof of this hack.

As I said in the original thread, there is little doubt that Geohot's claims are legit. He is famous as it is; he has no reason to lie in order to attract attention.

"Well certainly with the Xbox 360, we had some challenges at the launch. Once we identified that we took control of it. We wanted to do it right by our customers. Our customers are very important to us." -Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb (10/2013). Note: RRoD was fixed with the Jasper-revision 3 years after the launch of 360

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Icyedge on 23 January 2010

Legend11 said:
If Sony is still selling PS3 hardware at a loss it will be bad. Not only that but some existing owners will turn to piracy along with many new ones which will hurt potential software sales. Add to that having to provide free online to pirates and you can see where it'll be an even bigger burden on Sony. It could also be truly disastrous and turn the PS3 into another PSP.

Good points there!