No and their definitely not doing Hotz any favors.

They only thing they have done is help Sony in their case against the "Hacker" GeoHotz. With these "waves" of attacks going at Sony Reps and even the Judge himself, he is going to see that anything having to do with "hacking" is not for the better of society and judge against Hotz. Atleast that is my hope so that Hotz thinks twice before releasing private keys that he never owned/owns.

Yes they are helping large companies realize they are not untouchable in their quest for more profits.

Whatever... Hotz and Anonymous Rules!

They're ultimately doing themselves a disservice and hampering their own goals with attacks like what they did in all fairness and honesty.

However they personally helped me.. they helped turn a somewhat mediocre and dull day at work into something at least mildly eventful coming on here and reading all the sony fanboys condemning these people to hell for going after their beloved sony.

It's helping me lol I'm not seeing a lot of comparison screenshots as much anymore and brings interesting stories

"Is Anonymous Really Helping Anyone?" yeah, cos bring down PSN, which is the service that let PS3 owners play on-line is really helpful -_________-

Bunch of d-bags only make the things worst for PS3 owners

i think these guys are totally full of shit, just like they were full of shit when they attack Scientology and not Christianity.

they're good at humiliating people and hacking websites. self proclaimed heroes, they aren't really doing anything productive politically and they fail to see that this was probably the most public, and most cocky team of hackers who ever home-brew a system. ive honestly never seen that much hatred, not from geohot, but from the actual teams, for the own system they hacked.

usually i get the feeling that hackers love the systems they hack, thats why they hack them in the first place, but this time it was a very bitter feeling and it was mostly due to the extreme amount of bias and hate for sony that probably mostly comes from the xbox community in the united states.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised that the only reason why anonymous wanted to do this was because the huge amount of influence from the internet that is just destined to make the ps3 look like it isn't worth anything.

right now its just a fucking snowball effect and as long as people like this exist who have the ability to do things and they want to harass a certain company and leave the other companies alone its just bullshit.

When the government and corporations tighten up internet security and looking for high internet traffic users, install caps, invade privacy..

I want to remind the supporters of these fools that they in part why we are there.

Report any hacker in your community to the internet crime unit.

The people? We are the people and I refuse to be be collateral damage to a corporation and a group of people hiding behind a mask and a keyboard. I refuse to be either sides pawn.

You are not Neo, you are not the one, this is not the matrix, this is not the movie vendetta, your future self is not going to send a robot to save you from the big bad corporation.

The attacks on families is despicable. Anyone who finds that funny is either a child or just doesnt have a family to love or that loves them. You don't know if a family member of those execs is going through depression and these invasion of privacy attacks are pushing that member to suicide or further deep into depression.

Attacking a judge, lawyer, corporation and families of a court case? really? yeah that's going to work out for everyone, including us innocent by standers, i mean collateral damage.

WE ARE THE PEOPLE. Report known hackers.

wow gamers actually discussing an issue in a humane fashion, it's a shame it takes some bullshit like this anon situation to get everyone talking all civilized and shit lol

I don't believe they are. Let's face it, these are a group of middle-class teens with nothing better to do.

Their track record doesn't expend past downing a few sites for a few days. Big whoop.

I can't wait until this blows over so we can go back to worrying about which game to play, rather than if we'll be able to play the game online b/c some group had it shut down.

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.