The PS3 may have just had its front door kicked open

[Saucycarpdog]

http://kotaku.com/5720995/the-ps3-may-have-just-had-its-front-door-kicked-in

So....now what? This is something bad, right?

 

[Pr1de]

well if sony over reacts its goin to be bad. but as someone who likes homebrew on my psp. homebrew on a ps3 would be awesome

 

[Swaki]

eh, i dont know if its a bad thing it might hurt sales but unlike so many other consoles going pirate on the ps3 still demands some tech savvy so i dont think it will hurt sales that much, and personally, the ps3 has gone the way of every other console i have ever owned, its nothing but a dust collector that will be gifted at the next possible opportunity, it was supposed to go to my cousin, but then he got one a week before his birthday, then my brother but then he got one, i might need to start procreating if i wanna get rid of all this stuff.

 

[Scizophrenic Llama]

It depends on how both sides handle this. Sony could start doing updates out the ass to attempt to counter the piracy that could come from this and in turn hinder legitimate customers in the process.

Or Sony can ignore it and let homebrewers play tons of illegally obtained games on their consoles, which would also in turn up the ante on sales of illegal copies of PS3 games.

Neither side is good, but then there is also other merits like adding linux to a PS3 and such. Something that if I remember correctly even the United States Air Force wanted to do something of that sort but Sony had blocked it.

All in all it's going to be a back in forth between Sony and those who have claimed to have done this.

 

[Pr1de]

It depends on how both sides handle this. Sony could start doing updates out the ass to attempt to counter the piracy that could come from this and in turn hinder legitimate customers in the process.

Or Sony can ignore it and let homebrewers play tons of illegally obtained games on their consoles, which would also in turn up the ante on sales of illegal copies of PS3 games.

Neither side is good, but then there is also other merits like adding linux to a PS3 and such. Something that if I remember correctly even the United States Air Force wanted to do something of that sort but Sony had blocked it.

All in all it's going to be a back in forth between Sony and those who have claimed to have done this.

Well like i like using homebrew, it makes the psp worth the money ive invested into it, as far as piracy goes, thats a tricky one, with homebrew comes the pirates like dark before dawn, but homebrew has inspired Sony in the past to make some good updates instead of the garbage they have been pumping out for the psp

 

[Dielan9999]

I actually have both a hacked and not-hacked PSP. I honestly use the non hacked one more. Unless of course I'm playing Monster Hunter Portable Tri (with the english patch) but I will likely buy the american version when it comes out anyway

 

[ScottyMuser]

Neither side is good, but then there is also other merits like adding linux to a PS3 and such. Something that if I remember correctly even the United States Air Force wanted to do something of that sort but Sony had blocked it.

The issue with Linux though was to combat piracy. why - as it was found that if you installed linux, you could, rather trivially, mod it (certainly easier then it is with the new system of modding) to play illegal games. Not homebrew, nothing was mentioned of that at the time; the haackers were instead talking about playing copies of games. So Sony saw this, realised it was an easy way of people getting pirated games on the PS3 (easier even then for the XBox at the time!) and closed that loophole. The USAF therefore couldn't use the option of linux as an OS like they could before for new consoles they purchased - but old ones they already had could, and they were able to find a work around to install it anyway with sony.

 

[Atmos Duality]

The PS3 has its master signature hacked (which is built into the hardware; it cannot simply be patched over), so now all of that anti-piracy bullshit Sony threw up in the last year has been completely invalidated.

Way to go Sony!