How about we ban the internet because people get their identities stolen? Or maybe Microsoft should just remove support for internet connections from their operating system to close all the internet related security holes... Giving people a fake choice because of an exploit that cannot even be executed without user knowledge or consent is ridiculous. When was the last time you heard of a phone carrier removing functionality from a handset they sell because people jail break them?
The big picture is that it is almost unprecedented to remove functionality because someone might do something the manufacturer does not like. It doesn't matter how many people were or were not using the functionality, it would be like removing support for proxy servers because a proxy can be used to bypass the firmware version check. This exploit requires direct user intervention and simply is not a danger to anyone at all because you can't build a worm or anything else of an automated natur...
Well all I can say is that I have never heard of any electronic device losing features over time because of an exploit that has to be executed with a user's consent and/or knowledge. Nor have I heard of this being done after the fact because someone might choose to do things someone else doesn't like. Microsoft hasn't removed nic card driver support from their OS just because some people do bad things with the internet.
However that does not necessarily mean that what Sony did with this update is legal. EULAs can and have been invalidated before.
that is what Chris Hanson is for. :)
So basically PS3 should sell more as the hacks become more sophisticated....Which of course means that Sony would make more money, which means that any "lost" sales from software piracy would be negated and therefore not worth doing anything at all about...Which just goes back to piracy (Not the only thing nor the reason for the hack(s) existing.) not being an issue. Think before you type genius.
I understand what you are saying, but we don't see the same thing happen with phones, or traditional PCs. It would be like making it impossible for people to write programs for their phones or PCs because some people make viruses. Or banning car modification outright because some people drag race. Not only is this probably not going to stop the hacks from coming, it is just going to give people even more of a reason to pursue hacking the console. This isn't about our security as customers...
Are you daft? Where is the game sales Armageddon for the Xbox 360 if piracy is such a big deal? They don't even make the original PS3 models anymore, so any effect this would have would be minimal at best over time. Last time I checked the Xbox 360 still sells games by the truckload even with hacking the system being relatively simple to do. Sony also didn't retroactively remove functionality from the older units when they launched the Slim. This is not the same situation.
You only throw away money and time by trying to prevent something that cannot really be prevented. If the millions Sony spent are the justification for removing functionality, how is the hundreds of dollars consumers spend on these products not a justification for hacking the system to do what one feels like with the thing they bought? There really is no "difficult position" when you come to understand that piracy has very little real or quantifiable effect on them, and homebrew i...
Well is the PSPgo actually selling anything? The sales for the thing suck because it is still better to use the regular PSP units and the PSPgo is over priced. (Although there is a new exploit out for it, though it is still in the proof of concept stage.) The fact that Sony felt that they could test the waters with the PSPgo at all should tell everyone that the piracy issue is not nearly as big of a deal as they would like people to think. I still see a healthy amount of games being releas...
The level of idiocy here is remarkable. If anything this move is just going to motivate the hackers more than ever before. Should Microsoft have removed ethernet card support from their OS because it was so full of remotely executable security holes? No? Why is the PS3 any different, especially when you consider the fact that the exploit is not remotely executable.
But..But..We have to stop the pirates! Talk about massive failure, even Sony removing otheros is more justified than Ubisoft with this crap.
The lessons Sony should learn from the PSP is that UMD was a terrible idea from day one, it was never a convenient storage medium. Secondly there are always going to be people who want functionality you did not think of so a homebrew movement is always going to exist. Furthermore if a system turns out to have better functionality after a hack is applied, it is just going to provide people with even more of a reason to use the hack in the first place. The PSP is a much better device when ha...
Sony's decision to remove Otheros for "security" reasons is about as stupid as Microsoft deciding to remove nic card driver support from their OS because people use the internet for bad things. All this does is give hackers even more motivation, the simple fact of the matter is that the homebrew community exists because people like to add functionality to devices without waiting and probably never even getting it from the manufacturer. Personally I would love to have an isoloader ...
So the US patent office thinks that a timer on a demo is patentable? That no one with sufficient skill in the art could come up with that? Yet another reason the US should disallow software patents.
Even if he is correct about the major twist at the end, the main problem with the twist isn't even that it exists, it is that it exists in the context of the player knowing the thoughts of his or her avatars. The fact that this game uses a first person narrative is the real problem.
^^ Did Quantic Dream market the game for years as PS3/360? I think that is the problem people have with Alan Wake.
I think Mass Effect is a great template for shooters to follow in terms of making the story interesting. I'm still not understanding why there is such a lack of armor customization especially for the DLC gear in Mass Effect 2. You can't even remove the helmets....While certainly not necessary it kind of makes getting different armor unnecessary.
I think it is sad that such a character driven game as Mass Effect 2 largely failed to make the characters really come to life. Persona 3's relationship system which is very similar to the loyalty mechanic in Mass Effect 2 is so much better at making you feel for the characters. Mass Effect 2 didn't really give the characters the time they needed to really grow on me as a player. I never felt like I was getting them to open up to me; the loyalty quests really seemed to fall out of the sky,...
The only person who needs to wake up is you. I don't see Apple removing the apple store because people jailbreak their phones/tablets. I don't see them crying when people use the Iphone on T-mobile instead of ATT after buying the phone from ATT then bailing on the contract. (Saving hundreds of dollars in the process.) If Microsoft decided that they were going to just turn off the network capabilities of their Operating Systems because some people get their identities stolen, it woul...