Some Sony stores close shutters on Anonymous protests

Buying a PS3 is not like buying a OS, it's more like buying a PC or a laptop from Dell. I bought my PC from Dell and I own it. Yes it came with Windows, which I replaced with Linux since neither Dell nor Microsoft own my PC. They can not tell me what OS i must use. The PS3 is a computer made for gaming, networking, and surfing the internet. When I purchased my PS3 I was promised that I could use any OS I wanted, and now alas Sony comes in and takes back their promise to me and the hundreds of thousands out there who bought the PS3 for the same reason. To me Sony owes me money and should be forced to buy back the computer that does not work as advertised to me. Now if I keept the original OS on my PS3 than yes Sony would have the rights to change any firmware they desired, but when they took out AnyOS, they deliberately made my computer(PS3) useless. And they have no rights at all to hack my PS3 and affecting my use of Linux. Sony does not own the rights to do that.

Well done for your honest report and giving consumers their honest opinion, without the influence of a large global company.

Ok so let me get this straight Sony pissed you off over charging for additional stuff that is just stupid but then the Anonymous people "hack" the playstation network so that people like myself can't even go online to play the games that I like.
So that just makes you as bad as "Sony" I don't care about half the stuff you guys are talking about I accepted all that I was required by law to be charged for it is just redundant to act like children and throw a temper tantrum all I want is to be able to play for an hour or two and then go about my day GROW UP I'm 34 and I do work for a living and the ps3 was just a luxury to me my husband and I even watch Netflix together and I do pay my bill and my games if it's too expensive to buy the games then buy used I do

dear anonymous,
you are all pimple faced cowards, and losers. you are not needed. you are not wanted. you are not relevant. argon18 will destroy you all.
that is all.

You really think i'm a paid sony shill? An astroturfer? ROFL! I guess you missed the part of my post where I said "vote with your dollars". You know what I think of Sony? F@#$ Sony! Bunch of DRM shoveling jerkoffs. I don't like Sony one bit. But the way to take them on is through the legal system. Get a ruling in your favor. Set a legal precedent, so other corporations won't try the same shenanigans. A bunch of pimple-faced anonymous kiddies, pulling their pud in their parents basement: that is NOT who I want championing the cause. Fight Sony, absolutely, but cowardly keyboard-wielding teenagers are not the way to go about it.

To say Sony licences you a piece of hardware is one of the most idiotic arguments of our time. If that was the case, then they'd have to replace your unit if it breaks, they don't, therefore the device is yours when you purchase it.

The device is a computer equipment designed for entertainment, but a computer nontheless. Therefore the buyer should have the right to do whatever the hell they want with it, including reverse engineering it, which to my knowledge is no crime as long as you don't plan to break the law by selling illegal copies or sharing them.

Sony licencing anyone a 600 bucks on launch console my ass. Just because you're ready to let them stick it to you doesn't mean everyone else should, that's why I say go anonymous, well done!

If the authorities won't do anything, then someone should. that's them.

While argon may be a noble gas, neither of you gentlemen(?) seems the slightest bit noble from where I sit. In fact, you strike me as the worst sort of astroturfers - paid by Sony to attempt to whitewash the actions of a greedy and evil corporation, one know for knowingly and deliberately infecting consumer PCs with a rootkit virus, and for using "bait and switch" sales tactics, as well as unlawful access to protect computer systems with the intent to alter or delete data.

The "OtherOS" capability of the PS3 was widely adverised, and indeed, the US military purchased thousands of them in order to build a Beowulf supercomputer cluster. Had that cluster been (stupidly) connected to Sony's PSN, it would have been destroyed by Sony's malicious attack on Son'y own customers.

Like it or not, what Sony did was malicious, evil, and premeditated. It was NOT necessary to damage the firmware in existing PS3s in order to prevent future piracy; all that was necessary was to issue a newer version of the firmware in *new* consoles (and, arguably, that wouldn't stop the pirates anyway, because in my experience, pirates will spend $600 to avoid paying $60 for a game disk; they'd just go find a ROM switch, like the Xbox pirates did).

You two are the arrogant gits waxing your poles. Have fun, though. I'm sure Mum doesn't mind if you stay in the basement and avoid shaming her in front of the neighbors. The intelligent thinkers will boycott Sony until the Sun (the large shiny thing in the sky; you wouldn't have heard of it) becomes a red giant.

"a playstation and the software that runs on it is not - no different from microsoft windows, you do not own it. you're merely purchasing the rights to use it according to the end user license agreement."

Sony: We have determined that we no longer want you to use our products anymore. You will not receive a refund. As stated in the EULA, this is not your property. It your responsibility to mail all Sony products to us now, we will not pay S&H. Thank you.

argon18: But, I paid for this, with my hard earned dollars!

Sony: We apologize for this, and will be offering nothing in return for your loss.

argon18: But, but, I wasn't able to read the EULA until after I purchased my product!

Sony: We have various legal forms on our website for review.

In short, buyer beware. Consumerism sure is great!

P.S, your attack on my living conditions, contradicts what I stated. If only you could see the fabulous view 17 stories up, but alas you still cannot see the forest from the trees.

Loose from anonymous or Hotz there are a million reasons to boycott sony, long before Hotz even got a PS3 to hack.

To hell with those assholes

How come no one ever complained about the PSX or PS2? I'll tell you why, you couldn't download the games illegally online. All this jailbreaking talk to get other OS back is just code for "I want to pirate games". I own a PS3, and I have absolutely zero complaints against it. 50 million other people have the same opinion. Sony is not taking a "dump" on me, they are not taking me behind the woodshed, or anything else that people are claiming by trying to keep cheating hackers and piracy douches from hacking the PS3. Hackers need to shut up and learn a thing about consumerism..

...If cops are smart they can arrest the "anonymous" protestors and they won't be anonymous any more.

Stow your arrogant self righteous hot-air. you are not there for me or my freedom of speech. i don't want or need the cowardly anonymous children. your analogy with the ford car is as flawed as your pathetic mission. a car is sold to you outright. a playstation and the software that runs on it is not - no different from microsoft windows, you do not own it. you're merely purchasing the rights to use it according to the end user license agreement. don't like it? fine - don't buy it. vote with your dollars. or continue to play your silly keyboard games while you beat your bishop in your parents basement.

"If I could jailbreak a PS3, without repercussion, I would buy one-no hesitation."

Indeed, I'd personally love to play Katamari and LBP but Sony's continued legacy of customer abuse led me to boycott their products after they started putting rootkits on everything. Let's not forget this is the same company that thought staging a goat sacrifice would be a good idea. Presumably their motto is "let's be evil!"

It's a shame to see they've not changed their ways and are unlikely to ever do so.

Not affiliated with Anonymous, who I perceive as 99% idiot child cannon fodder and a few clever individuals who continue to amuse.

Some might say anonymous are "hacktivists" or whatever. The fact is, a group like this is an eventuality. When large corporations take a regular dump on customers etc someone, sooner or later is going to do something about it.

You may not agree with the methods, you might question the motives but the bottom line is that every action has a reaction. Sometimes the reaction brings consequence, more often than not.

It's strange really, they always talk about the pirates, about "stealing" about "lost sales"...Mass Effect was heavily "pirated", Oblivion, The Sims etc etc. Windows is the OS king & is subject to widespread "piracy". Nintendo wii is the most hacked console available, you can load it with "pirated" games easily & yet it outsold the Playstations & the Xboxes of this world.

Do I own a legally purchased copy of Mass Effect 1 & 2? a copy of Fallout 3? a copy of Windows 7? Office 2010?! (not the sims mind you, I deleted that shít)

I actually bought a PS3 & have never bothered to jailbreak it. I never ran anything on it beyond the default software. Instead of a cool console all I really found was a money sucking electronic device. Games cost more on PS3 than on PC, the graphics are worse & even the dumbest things will cost you extra. Want to change the default background? that costs money! almost any simple usage costs extra AND FOR WHAT ?

To play some games? I'll play Call of Duty on my PC, the most pirated & financially successful game ever.

I'm gonna have my pint soon; here's for every cent Sony lost, may there be many more to follow.

For the record, I am not a member of, affiliated with or know anything about anonymous beyond what's in the media.

Bravo, Anonymous peeps.

Sony clearly want to, and apparantly have, brainwash a generation to defend it's greedy controlling bullcrap.

P.s. Sony products really are inferiour to nearly everything else out there. Open you minds, and vote with your wallets, etc.

"anonymous is a bunch of pimple faced wankers, living in their parents basements and masturbating to internet pr0n every night."

A very generalized term from the uneducated. I own my own condo on the lakeshore. I have a well paying job, and have for the last 15 years. My hygiene is, by some standards, very top-notch. There are people who would, and have, kill(ed) to have skin as radiant as mine. I have beaten the bishop, so to speak, but then again who hasn't? Not the best way to get one's point across sir/madam.

Anonymous is there for YOU and YOUR freedom of speech and information, that is all. If that is so wrong, then you obviously have lost sight of what really matters-your freedom as a human being. There is a reason Anonymous has done what they/we have done. It's NOT about being able to jailbreak a piece of hardware. It's about the freedom of information that Sony is trying to prevent.
Would it be right if Ford charged you for modifying your car because it was "not for it's intended use"? No, they would encourage it as it would relate to more sales for them. This is something Sony does not seem to grasp. If I could jailbreak a PS3, without repercussion, I would buy one-no hesitation.

anonymous is a bunch of pimple faced wankers, living in their parents basements and masturbating to internet pr0n every night. they are losers and dorks, worthless human beings. hear that anonymous? bunch of cowards.

... then why are they still boycotting?

Look this is the deal. ANONYMOUS got what it wanted. Sony has done something to "stop" the sit ins that ultimately will disrupt sales. It just goes to show that even the threat of boycotts and protests by the Group are taken seriously and should be. There are an unknown number of Members. You do not want to take ANONYMOUS on.

... “We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us .”