Game Consoles Beat Down Piracy in Hyperdimensional PS3 JRPG
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That has got to be the most amazing thing I've seen and the absolute most horrendous thing I've seen. Bravo, you have just broken my brain.A random person said:
OT: It's about damn time we get a game parodying the industry, you always wonder how it would play out but nobody has the balls to poke a little fun at everyone. This is on my radar.
It's kind of funny how many people are assuming this game is going to be pirated.
The whole "jailbreak" thing is way overblown. A lot of people (probably plenty of Sony haters among them) gleefully assumed that it meant that it was the beginning of yet another long running game of cat and mouse between a company and pirates. But this is actually highly unlikely to happen.
The reason for this is because the "jailbreak" code is not a real hack. It by all accounts is just something that was cloned from a stolen Sony service key. It doesn't crack or break through anything. All it does is exploit a loophole. It's not a real hack. If it was then the hackers might be able to adapt. But "jailbreak" is just a workaround or an exploit and that makes a very big difference. Now that the loophole has been closed via firmware the pirates are effectively back at square one.
The hackers and pirates couldn't pick Sony's locks so instead they stole a key and made copies of it. So Sony simply changed the locks. Now all the pirates can do is essentially scrounge around for and play with the old locks. There is not going to be any "Jailbreak" 2.0 or anything of the like. In order to overcome Sony's newest security the hackers would have to steal another service key and start all over again from scratch. Not an easy thing to do as Sony is guaranteed to be doing everything in it's power to prevent that.
Medal of Honor is just the beginning. More and more PS3 games are going to be supporting the new security and therefore the "jailbreak" code is going to become less and less relevant.
Whether or not this particular game gets pirated is entirely up to Sony, NISA, and Compile Heart. Specifically there is the question of whether or not this particular game will also support the new security.
Essentially, "jailbreak" was just a loud and unpleasant but brief bump in an otherwise smooth and comfortable road. The PS3 is indeed an appropriate exclusive platform for this game because the PS3 is the most piracy resistant console on the market. It has been and it still is.
Incidentally I am definitely going to be buying this game when it comes out.
The whole "jailbreak" thing is way overblown. A lot of people (probably plenty of Sony haters among them) gleefully assumed that it meant that it was the beginning of yet another long running game of cat and mouse between a company and pirates. But this is actually highly unlikely to happen.
The reason for this is because the "jailbreak" code is not a real hack. It by all accounts is just something that was cloned from a stolen Sony service key. It doesn't crack or break through anything. All it does is exploit a loophole. It's not a real hack. If it was then the hackers might be able to adapt. But "jailbreak" is just a workaround or an exploit and that makes a very big difference. Now that the loophole has been closed via firmware the pirates are effectively back at square one.
The hackers and pirates couldn't pick Sony's locks so instead they stole a key and made copies of it. So Sony simply changed the locks. Now all the pirates can do is essentially scrounge around for and play with the old locks. There is not going to be any "Jailbreak" 2.0 or anything of the like. In order to overcome Sony's newest security the hackers would have to steal another service key and start all over again from scratch. Not an easy thing to do as Sony is guaranteed to be doing everything in it's power to prevent that.
Medal of Honor is just the beginning. More and more PS3 games are going to be supporting the new security and therefore the "jailbreak" code is going to become less and less relevant.
Whether or not this particular game gets pirated is entirely up to Sony, NISA, and Compile Heart. Specifically there is the question of whether or not this particular game will also support the new security.
Essentially, "jailbreak" was just a loud and unpleasant but brief bump in an otherwise smooth and comfortable road. The PS3 is indeed an appropriate exclusive platform for this game because the PS3 is the most piracy resistant console on the market. It has been and it still is.
Incidentally I am definitely going to be buying this game when it comes out.
.....wow......I don't even......jeez.A random person said:
Good thing the Software Publishers Association says that video can be copied for the non-profit purpose of promoting the ethical and legal use of software.
This is the most awesome thing I have heard in some time. Seriously, that's just such a great idea for a game, and leave it to NIS to come up with this kind of crazy shit. If I had a PS3 I'd have it on my buy list for sure, they always make awesome and crazy games. Just makes me excited in getting ZHP in 2 or 3 days.
Oh and the delicious irony of a pirate pirating and playing this game is just off the wall.
Oh and the delicious irony of a pirate pirating and playing this game is just off the wall.
-Seraph- said:
Assuming of course that Sony actually allows that to happen.
Nevertheless I very much agree with you about the awesomeness. Turning video game companies and consoles into anime girls. This is exactly the kind of brilliant insanity that a lot of people have come to expect from Japanese companies.
Actually Neptune is referring to the Sega Neptune: a stand-alone 32X that was never released.
[img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Sega_Neptune.jpg" /]
[img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Sega_Neptune.jpg" /]
I wouldn't worry too much about Nippon Ichi. I truly think that this game has a good shot at financial success. It's essentially a healthy dose of originality going into a market that's often starved for originality. And that's just talking about the game's premise alone. There are also the game's highly unusual customization options to take into account.Mstrswrd said:
On top of that NIS has also got Disgaea 4 coming out soon, which I think speaks for itself. Nippon Ichi may be in a storm right now, but it's one that I think is going to pass before long.
