Via The Wiire: "Anaheim, California resident Matthew Crippen faces federal charges for illegally modifying various game systems in order to play pirated video games, reports the Associated Press.
Crippen, a 27-year-old California State University student has been arrested for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act when modifying his Xbox, Playstation, and Wii game consoles. He was released Monday after posting a $5,000 bond, but may find 10 years in prison if he is convicted.
...Many assume that the main draw for piracy in the games industry are the creation and distribution of video game copies. Rather, it seems, modification of game consoles themselves, and giving players the ability to play these pirated games is proving just as illegal."
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
It should, I hate people who pirate. Why the hell do we have to pay and then there's people who say "who cares, I'll get it for free."
The PS3 is the only console that hasn't been hacked and modded isn't it?
Only possible in the USA.
They forget that the thing you buy is your stuff and you may mod if it you like. Owning illegal games is another thing.
Yet though, one can softmod a Wii to do more. Like running emulators and other homebrew instead of playing illegal Wii games.
American law is sh!tty.
@ Saaking above
Everything gets hacked in the end. Even your beloved PS3. So just wait for it...
What better way to spur the economy than by putting away a grad student for playing games (for the same amount of time a murderer might get)! I guess that frees up one more job he will now not get...
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