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PS3 Being Hacked - Good or Bad?

Good: At this point it wi... 40 22.35%
 
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Damnyouall on 23 January 2010
Tridrakious said:
I don't know why people keep talking about with this "hack" story. It's a useless hack.

And any hack is bad for any system.

That is nonsense.



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"People don't pay attention to a lot of the details."-Yusuf Mehdi explaining why Xbone DRM scheme would succeed

"Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity; it's called Xbox 360,”-Don Mattrick

"The region locking of the 3DS wasn't done for profits on games"-MDMAlliance

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Smashed on 23 January 2010
Damnyouall said:
Tridrakious said:
I don't know why people keep talking about with this "hack" story. It's a useless hack.

And any hack is bad for any system.

That is nonsense.

Actually he is right, in the other thread about this someone proves this.

This hack is most likely going to be useless.



Damnyouall on 23 January 2010

News from Geohot: http://geohotps3.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-know-some-function-names.html



"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

"People don't pay attention to a lot of the details."-Yusuf Mehdi explaining why Xbone DRM scheme would succeed

"Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity; it's called Xbox 360,”-Don Mattrick

"The region locking of the 3DS wasn't done for profits on games"-MDMAlliance

Solid_Snake4RD 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.

WE DON'T KNOW if people with this new hack will be able to go on the PSN or not.



Tridrakious on 24 January 2010

Please mister Damnyou, explain how my post is nonsense.



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gamelover2000 on 24 January 2010

whats the point of piracy on PS3.. it requires you to get it modded.. for like what? 50$, then you have to buy blu-ray discs for the games and those are like 20$ each..



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Damnyouall on 24 January 2010
Tridrakious said:
Please mister Damnyou, explain how my post is nonsense.

 

Certainly. You made two nonsensical statements, which, given that you made two statements is a 100% quota:
A) "I don't know why people keep talking about with this "hack" story. It's a useless hack."

B) "And any hack is bad for any system."


A) Geohot gained total access to the memory of PS3, which means in time he will learn how to make it do anything. That is the oposite of what we refer to as 'useless'.

B) How is it bad for people to get additional features for their digital cameras? Or their cellphones? Or their toasters? If anything, there are a great number of hacks that increase an article's value and can positively influence purchasing decissions, leading to more revenue for the makers of said devices. For instance, I decided to buy a Canon camera after learning that there are custom firmwares that allow me to do many things I originally wouldn't be able to. Hence, your blanket statement is obviously false.

In the case of game consoles, the jury is obviously still out. We have seen cases in which it was harmful (PSP) but also cases in which it helped to increase the userbase (PS1), which in turn led to many more legitimate sales as well (and which helped to make video games mainstream).



"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

"People don't pay attention to a lot of the details."-Yusuf Mehdi explaining why Xbone DRM scheme would succeed

"Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity; it's called Xbox 360,”-Don Mattrick

"The region locking of the 3DS wasn't done for profits on games"-MDMAlliance

Ping_ii on 24 January 2010

OK i'll give you my opinion when I see the first pirated ps3 game finally out.



snoddas on 24 January 2010

when did hacking ever hurt a console? sony allready has taken it into count and know they will go home with profit anyway. PS2 was most popular last gen much due to users being able to hack it. The X-box 360 wasn't hurt even though it was hacked before release (in EU atleast)

but anyhow. so the ps3 has been hacked finally? I haven't seen anything about that.



impur1ty on 24 January 2010

People seem to care more about Sony's interests than their own/public interests.

PS3 Hack = very bad for Sony

PS3 Hack = very good for public.


I wouldn't bother with PSP at all if it wasn't hacked.