So basically, all this means was that they found keys that will allow people to modify the firmware and install linux?
No, they found keys that will let them install ANYTHING. The claim was that they did this primarily to restore linux, but thats what theyd say anyway. Whatever the actual reason they did it, it opens up some very nefarious possibility, the most obvious is widespread, easy piracy.
From my point of view:
Big whoop, another sign why PC gaming has been and will continue to be above consoles. Better hardware, better software, less trash.
Sony is not gonna be happy, overflow knows the Interpol are gonna be knocking on the door soon with a court date notice.
What they did is now perfectly legal, in the US at least. Interpol will not come knocking.
Believe it or not, multi-billion dollar international corporation > internet hackers, hell is gonna break loose and sony will eventually find a fix. If they find a way to separate consoles that are hacked, from those not hacked, they'll gladly do the same thing microsoft did.
You clearly have not been on this earth for very long if thats what you think. The hackers always win. ALWAYS. Sony might find a fix, and the hackers will break it, again and again. This has been the story for every other console that has ever existed, and will likely continue to exist. What youre not understanding here is its not the hardware thats been hacked, but the software. The playstation doesnt have to be modified at all to run whatever software people want, including backups.
What is this going to lead to? Sony & microsoft are soon going to start forcing software developers to establish DRM methods, CD keys and active internet connections to even play single player would not surprise me for next gen consoles, or even current gen.
Perhaps, but hackers will probably find a way around that too, just like they have on the PC, no matter how crazy the DRM. And the reason people use consoles is because theyre easy - making it difficult for the sake of preventing piracy is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. They want to sell these things to grandma, not just hacker kids.
Even worse? possibility, open your console beyond what they allow you to? bye bye forever, ain't gonna turn on again.
That would be unprecedented, and probably illegal for them to do that. And hackers would still probably find a way around it.
By the way, what do these hackers get out of all this? A smile on their faces and spending the next two years fighting billion dollar corps in an international court? Not my kind of like style...
They get prestige I guess, but the actual hackers have every right to do what they did. Maybe youre too young to have a worldview thats a little less fond of authority, but I'll be shocked if anything legal comes out of this.
In the end, i'll keep buying AAA titles on PC for $10-$30, buy a few console exclusive titles such as uncharted, resistance, etc. and keep enjoying gaming like i already do, legitimately, spending my hard earned money to buy their hard worked products.
Good for you, I guess?
