PlayStation 3 'hacked' by iPhone cracker

[Lyris]

Err, this is Sony, remember, so don't put that idea past them.

Not a chance in hell. It'd be stupid for them and they'd likely have the living pants sued out of them for removing heavily advertised functionality.

[randombs]

Lol, imagine stopping BD on PS3. BD's are its primary function. It'd be like a telly with just sound.

Gonna read that article, now. Cheers for the heads-up.

[Grapple Convoy]

Not a chance in hell. It'd be stupid for them and they'd likely have the living pants sued out of them for removing heavily advertised functionality.

Again, we're talking about Sony, remember.

[MikeRox]

Cue a game or two of cat and mouse with Sony and the hackers.

And then Sony will do away with usb ports altogether in the next PS3 revision lol.

Christ we'd have fun an games if they did that new controller each time ur battery dies?

[speedlolita]

They'll charge via any USB port so you could use your 360 if you wanted.. haha

I'm glad my PS3 has 4 USB ports though, couldn't stand just 2 on my slim.

[MikeRox]

Aye I know, was more just how inegral USB is to pretty much everything that goes with the PS3. Removing USB ports would be a total disaster as a result.

Only thing funnier would be removing BD support given that all the PS3 discs are BDs too. (yeah I know it's possible to use media and not ahve it the same like Wii games are on DVDs yet the thing can't play DVD discs)

[randombs]

BR? USB? Pah! Small fry. Do an update to turn it into a big black paperweight.

Sorry.

[wakka]

Sony will definitely remove Blu-Ray playback. It's Sony guys. It's Sony.

[saturn-gamer]

Not that I agree with the hackers' motivation to do it, but the 'niche' userbase that used OtherOS were reportedly the hackers. So it could be true that removing OtherOS for safetyness actually did trigger what they did just now. That would be ironic, and typically todays Sony. The hackers said that the Ps3 was 'open enough' with Linux on board. Although I find it hard to believe; RSX was disabled after all.

I don't see the problem, really. This will drive hardware sales, but I doubt it will hurt software sales. 360 has been hacked long ago and was playable online for quite some time, attachrates went through the roof however. Ps3 doesn't work with DVD, has big ISO files unless heavly compressed... its on the surface less attractive to buy for pirated software than an Xbox360 is.

Maybe if there is no solution regarding banning from PSN there might be a problem. Online play is most valuable these days, Blops was downloaded like 3 million times but still broke sales records. Most, or only, succesful PC games are MMO for a reason. DRM, yes, that would suck ass if thats the result as the honest buyer will get the finger. But its the same as 'Stichting Brein' (foundation brain, lol) in Holland. You see, if we buy original DVD's, we'll get this 2 minute long intro about this foundation... we CAN'T skip. If you pirate that same movie, you're saved from that crap. Its the world upside down. So yeah, the honest buyer always gets the finger.

[Flabio]

The removal of Linux might've been the catalyst for this round of hacking, but it's not really an excuse. Hacking out the security is hacking out the security, and someone would've done it eventually because a lot of the people in that scene need no more motivation than 'because it's not been hacked yet'.

On the 'unskippable anti-piracy message' on DVD and Blu-Ray, I've noticed that in the UK at least it's changed from 'Don't copy stuff! Even though you clearly aren't cause you've bought this' to 'Thanks for buying this, you're ace for not copying it'

[randombs]

I bet the thanks message is unskippable, too? I haven't bought a DVD/BR recently but I've seen them at the cinema.

The joke nowadays is that it's usually quicker and easier for someone to download a film than it is for their mate who bought it to copy it for them. So not only are they downright patronising to actual consumers(both messages), they're also probably a bit inaccurate. I wouldn't be surprised if they did a survey with a question like "Would you copy a film for a mate?" and got a lot of "yes"es back by people who would in theory because they're such nice guys but actually can't rip a DVD for love nor money.

The moral of this story is that Sony should've got behind HD-DVD. Problem solved.

[Phar]

The removal of Linux might've been the catalyst for this round of hacking, but it's not really an excuse. Hacking out the security is hacking out the security, and someone would've done it eventually because a lot of the people in that scene need no more motivation than 'because it's not been hacked yet'.

True, they definately had outside help from certain folks in the industry leaking USB Jigs, software and docs to speed it along though.

[Flabio]

The thing that annoys me most with Blu-Ray at the moment is the number of discs that go off and try to download stuff from the net when you start them up (in the case of the Scott Pilgrim blu-ray, it goes off and downloades some *trailers* to play before the front end). It's reached the point where I purposely disconnect my PS3 from the net when I want to play a Blu-Ray so that it'll boot up quickly...

[Dogg Thang]

Does it not ask you if you will allow it to access the net? My PS3 does and I just say no every time.

Because, if you don't, the secret camera on the PS3 spies on you and sends your data to George Bush or someone.

[saturn-gamer]

I am a bit worried about online play though. With the signatures being cracked, I figure anyone can alter a games' code at will and still get it signed by the Ps3. The console probably can't be serial banned too as its impossible to detect pirated software this way unless I missed something.

Reported cheats might trigger a banhammer, and perhaps playing games way too early too... but on the whole I doubt Sony can treat it like MS could.