PS3 hackers claim the console is now definitely cracked

bizzaro said:
To get the games will involve downloading files of between 30 and 60GB though right which is a bit of a big ask here in SA. Or can the PS3 be modified to read copied blu-ray discs now?
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Most PS3 games aren't bigger than 5-10GB, especially true if the game is multiplat. No idea on copied BluRays.
 
People really shouldn't support piracy, look at how the gaming industry has grown in SA since the PS3 was released. Look at all the shops like BT Games and GameExchange that are popping up everywhere. These shops would never have worked 5 - 10 years ago.

And it's not like PS3 games are that expensive. Ok, they are when they are first released but if you can wait a couple months you can get games for well under R300, and you can get pre played games at BT games from like R80!
 
Does PSN have anything like the "Indy" section on XBox Live Arcade?
How easy does SONY make it for people who might want to develop such content to do so.

I have been wondering why SONY does not make it possible for single/small developer groups
to develop small games and applications for their console they way people can for Android
and iPod Touch/iPhone?

SONY would of course still vet any homebrewed PS3 software submitted to it.

Would this still make it easier for people to steal games?
 
phoenix said:
Does PSN have anything like the "Indy" section on XBox Live Arcade?
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Yes. Google for games such as Flower or Braid** on PS3.

phoenix said:
How easy does SONY make it for people who might want to develop such content to do so.
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Very easy, Google for "Sony Pub Fund"
or click here

phoenix said:
I have been wondering why SONY does not make it possible for single/small developer groups
to develop small games and applications for their console they way people can for Android
and iPod Touch/iPhone?
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They already do. Google for "PS3 Mini's"
here's a sample game

phoenix said:
SONY would of course still vet any homebrewed PS3 software submitted to it.
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Anyone can now sign their own apps so that it runs on an PS3, there's no need to submit it to Sony for approval.

phoenix said:
Would this still make it easier for people to steal games?
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Pirates will always pirate or move to a platform that has piracy enabled, if they cant have it on PS3, its part of* the reason why Xbox360 and Wii are more popular IMO, hell even PC gets played purely because the games are 'free' among certain people I know. More people considering getting PS3 after hearing about this hack supports this view.

Legitimate consumers will be legitimate consumers regardless of piracy on their chosen platform (part of* why Xbox360 and Wii still get game sales despite being hacked for years,
perhaps because of stronger morals,
the need to act lawfully,
because they have an understanding of the cost of producing such goods,
or understanding that some people who worked on this product are not being compensated for it.

It's also why CD's, MP3's, DVD's and Blurays are still being sold despite piracy.

*Attention fanboys, trolls and other forms of idiot: "part of" does not mean "the sole reason"
**Yes I know Braid is cross platform
 
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I don't thin this is going to be a huge issue on the PS3 because of the 50GB a PS3 game can take up to. I'm really looking forward though with what kind of awesome homebrew the community can come up with. The PSP on the other hand is finally dead and it doesn't surprise that Sony just announced its successor.
 
well well... seems like things ain't all happy in "i just want to run linux" land...

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/108693-PS3-Hacker-GeoHot-Owned-by-Sony-Flees-Country

George Hotz, the hacker who posted the PS3 root key this year, tampered with evidence before running to South America.

The plot thickens. George Hotz aka GeoHot first came to internet prominence by "jailbreaking" the iPhone and PS3 and posting the software necessary to unlock the capabilities of each device without the restrictions set by Apple or Sony. This January, GeoHot might have crossed a line by publishing online the root key that allowed complete control over the PS3 hardware, posing huge security risks for Sony. Never a company to take such issues lightly, Sony has brought the full force of its legal team against Hotz.

And even though GeoHot was able to raise enough legal funds to fight back, Sony today filed a motion saying that the hacker has not cooperated with court orders to hand over the hard drive of his PC and that he lied about having a PSN account. Sony claims that Hotz has now left his home in New Jersey and traveled to South America in order to escape further legal action.

"After Magistrate Judge Spero ordered an inspection of Hotz's devices and ordered Hotz to appear at a deposition in California, SCEA learned that Hotz had deliberately removed integral components of his impounded hard drives prior to delivering them to a third party neutral and that Hotz is now in South America, an excuse for why he will not immediately provide the components of his hard drives as requested by the neutral," the motion read.
In the understatement of the year, the opposition stated: "Hotz's attempts to dodge this Court's authority raise very serious questions."

Beyond just running off to tropical locales, Sony has proof that Hotz created a PlayStation Network account and therefore agreed to the PSN User Agreement. "Hotz identified four PS3 Systems in his possession," the motion said. "He explained that he had purchased one of these consoles new in February 2010 and provided the serial number for that console. SCEA used that serial number to determine that on February 25, 2010, Hotz purchased the PS3 System at a Gamestop store just miles from his home. CEA's records show that the same PS3 System was used on March 10, 2010 to create a PSN account under the user name 'blickmanic.' The IP address associated with the registration is located in Glen Rock, New Jersey, where Hotz lives."

Sony's opposes the motion made by Hotz's lawyers to dismiss the case "for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue." The judge has yet to rule on the motion, but I have to admit that it doesn't look very good for GeoHot.
Source: Court Document via VGHQ
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What I think he did was ethically wrong, because yes the PS3 isn't the cheapest system to own and yes the games are not cheap either, because we pay for quality and I think that Sony have done great up until now to secure their system to the best of their abilities. Unfortunately there will always be people who have to tweak and mod here and there because that specific company has pissed them off in such a way, that it leads to anarchy.

But this is also a lesson which Sony as well as other companies should learn from this, and that is no system of theirs will ever be safe and it will only be a matter of time before someone comes along and sees the boundaries that they can go to crack the code.

I do take my hat off to Geohot for actually being the first to crack such a code for PS3 and considering it's the one console that has taken forever to break into and ja quite frankly hes the only person we have seen that has actually achieved what no other has...

So where I'm getting at is, that we gotta give him credit for taking on a challenge but at the same time, no one should condone his actions for breaching the Sony T&C's. :)
 
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