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Sony will ban Playstation 3 hackers for life
CONTROL FREAK gaming console maker Sony has given a final ultimatum to Playstation 3 hackers - stop doing it or we'll ban you from online game playing for life.
In a statement Sony said that anyone using circumvention devices or running unauthorised or 'pirated' software "will have access to the Playstation Network and access to Qriocity services through Playstation 3 system terminated permanently".
People have already reported seeing warning emails come up as soon as they get online. Sony has been getting tough with anybody using tools to run other software and 'pirated' games on the PS3, claiming that they are breaking copyright laws. Recently George Hotz, alias geohot, was hit with a Sony lawsuit after hacking the Playstation 3.
To those people fond of hacking this might seem draconian, but Sony gamers in the main seem quite supportive of the stance. Obviously they are upset about people getting games for nothing by breaking the law, but online cheating in games through mods has become quite a nuisance.
But people hack the Playstation 3 for a number of reasons that don't involve running illegally copied games. For example, you can use it as a Playstation 2 emulator or make it run Linux. You can also downgrade the firmware if you so choose, if you aren't happy with Sony's software upgrades.
But Sony's statement means that any fiddling with its custom firmware can result in a complete ban. µ
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I think SONY is just killing themselves. He did not enable piracy he re enabled OtherOS. Did SONY send out checks for taking away functionality? Piracy was made possible by SONY, WARNER, DISNEY, etc. by exporting the means of production guess what the goose has come home to roost.
Sony reminds me a lot like Apple. I use neither of the two brands anymore.
The last thing I bought from Sony was a PSP slim. Was ok, but the model for buy movies seemed broken and the vast quantitiy of shite games made me ill. I hacked the psp in the end so I could try out games from torrent sites. Fair enough, I bought a few- god of war and pataton. Great gaming system, nothing to play on it. I think you can probabily say the same for PS3 for the first year it was out.
I laughed when my brother bought one... Slowely he bought more and more games (they seemed to last him about a day to complete). then one day after 2 years he sold the lot (maybe 50 games and the unit and accessories) for a paltry 450 quid. What a pile of shite it all was. I think he got addicted to the pathetic 'achievement' system, some kind of meta-game where you need to buy lots of games to get more, whatever. I think during that time all I needed was CoD:4 and Let for Dead 1 + 2. Maybe deadspace. there we go, 4 games with over 400 hours between them during that period that he had a PS3 with 50 games and unknown number of downloaded games.
And for Apple, lol. I was gifted a 1st gen Ipod nano once. It lasted me about a month, Itunes nearly killed my PC and my mind. Never ever will I use that POS ever again.
since i enjoy FPS games on PC mostly i just missed som few arcade games but now im actually thinking about buying a PS3 since Sony seems so desperate now
THEY'VE GOT A SIMILAR DEAL WITH THE PSP, WHICH I BOUGHT ONE OF FOR $40 SECOND HAND BY THE WAY, BUT I RUN PLENTY OF PIRATED AND EMULATED SOFTWARE. I JUST DONT USE THEIR DOGGONE ONLINE SERVICE, AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I GOT A PS3 FOR $125 ALSO SECOND HAND, FROM SOMEBODY WHO JUST GOT TIRED OF THE DOGGONE THING, AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO RUN PIRATED AND EMULATED SOFTWARE ON IT AS WELL. ITS NOT AS EASY AS THE XBOX360 BECAUSE THAT DVD HACK IS COMPLETELY HIDDEN FROM THE CONSOLE, BY MICROSOFT'S DESIGN, SO THE HACK HAS NO EFFECT ON MY ABILITY TO GO ONLINE WITH PIRATED SOFTWARE. CANT RUN EMULATED SOFTWARE THOUGH.
HEY I PICKED UP ANOTHER PS3 FOR $50, SAME DEAL SOMEBODY GOT TIRED OF IT AND DITCHED IT, SO MAYBE I'LL EXPERIMENT WITH THAT TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO HACK THE PS3.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, ITS KIND OF POINTLESS HACKING A PS3 BECAUSE MOST GOOD GAMES YOU CAN GET FOR SUPER CHEEP FROM GAME WEARY CONSUMERS BLOWING OUT THEIR COLLECTIONS ON CRAIGSLIST ETC. CAVEAT: THATS IF YOU DONT MIND RUNNING USED EQUIPMENT.
I FIGURE WHEN ANYTHING BECOMES ABOUT 1 WEEK OLD IT TRANSITIONS FROM 'NEW' TO 'USED' ANYWAY.
OH YEAH: WHY I SAY "BACKFIRE". WELL THE THING IS, MOST OF THOSE ONLINE SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO UPSELL ADDITIONAL CONTENT FOR MORE INCOME. SO BANNING SOMEONE FROM ONLINE EFFECTIVELY CLOSES OFF THAT REVENUE STREAM.
FOR INSTANCE ON MY XBOX360, WHEREAS I AM RUNNING MANY PIRATED SOFTWARES, I STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE CONTENT UPSELL. SO MICROSOFT MAKES MORE MONEY FROM ITS FLAWED SECURITY THAN PS3 COULD WITH ITS IRONCLAD SECURITY.
HEY ISNT THAT HOW DOS AND WINDOWS GOT THE ORIGINAL FOOTHOLD? DUE TO THE NONEXISTENT SECURITY?
HMM..........
"I'm OK with banning hackers."
Me too.
For example, Sony hacked everybodys PS3 so it wouldnt run Linux any more, after they had bought the product on the specific understanding that it could.
Therefore I banned Sony from appearing on my "to buy" list ever again. And thus far Ive been absolutely delighted with the decision.
So I couldnt agree with you more. Hacking is a crime, and criminals like Sony should be brought to book for it.
Sony products are crap! Anyone dumb enough to pay a premium to have half the functions removed from a capable device deserves the product they get. I booted Sony out of my life permanently after the whole DRM audio CD fiasco. Here's a Big FU! to Sony from both myself and Microsoft.
I'm OK with banning hackers.
Last thing I bought from them was a Sony Bravia TV back in 2007. I regret that decision, as I had problems with a colored pixel from the first month. They wouldn't return the money. Nor change the TV. Rootkits, DRM, no support for customers. Fuck Sony.
Another Sony Fail. I banned Sony products from my life some time ago, and have been blissfully happy without them ever since. Their proprietary products (Atrac, Minidisc, memorystick, UMD etc etc) and Sonymusics utter ineptitude at dealing with both their artists and paying customers (CDs with rootkits, DVDs with unplayable DRM) left me cold. The PS3 with OtherOS was a ray of light, but after a return to form this was pulled and I once again gloated that Sony have directly received precisely none of my hard earned cash. Do yourselves a favour and ditch them.
"Does not emulating PS2 games already fall into piracy? They are not owned (bought) so then this means illegal use under the systems usage Terms etc."
No this is simply (re)enabling yet another PS3 feature that was "deprecated" by sony with newer PS3's.
The original fat PS3 was capable of playing PS2 games (a tactic to win over existing PS2 owners with a catalogue of old games) and running Linux (a tactic to win over the techie geek crowd).
As you know OtherOS was removed and the later PS3's do not have PS2 capability despite being perfectly capable of it (as the hacks show).
I found the article funny near the end! People hack the PS3 for not playing pirate games, but to emulate Playstation 2 games or Linux software etc?
Does not emulating PS2 games already fall into piracy? They are not owned (bought) so then this means illegal use under the systems usage Terms etc.
I think miss leading people that its correct to use emulaters on the PS3, is a bad example of poor understanding of the difference between piracy and hacking.
...a person is banned, they sell there console on ebay, someone else buys it. Is the console banned or the user?