Medal of Honor Gets Head Shot on PS3 Piracy

[Korey Von Doom]

I see a funny trend in this whole Sony vs Piracy ongoing war. Whenever hacker's find a way into the console, Sony disables that feature in next firmware update, so each time it's not hacker's that suffer since all they get is a new challenge, but legitimate user's that loose functionality.
What if someone figures a way to jailbreak PS3 through the cable that connect's it to display ? Will they disable ability to plug to TV too?

I haven't noticed a lose of a single feature.

 

[CtrldChaos]

@ Sgt. Sykes

You can use your computer (or someone elses) download all ps3 firmware updates from the playstation website, all you need to do then is copy it to a USB thumbdrive and run it on your ps3.

 

[Dana22]

And so, consoles became PCs.

 

[Sephychu]

I see a funny trend in this whole Sony vs Piracy ongoing war. Whenever hacker's find a way into the console, Sony disables that feature in next firmware update, so each time it's not hacker's that suffer since all they get is a new challenge, but legitimate user's that loose functionality.
What if someone figures a way to jailbreak PS3 through the cable that connect's it to display ? Will they disable ability to plug to TV too?

I haven't noticed a lose of a single feature.

I quite like being able to move my save files from one PS3 to another. It means that when I play Metal Gear Solid at my mate's, I can take the save home on a USB stick, not lose any of the gameplay time spent on it. Now, no USB functionality. Hoo-bloody-ray.

Hackers will get around this in mere weeks, but we won't get our functionality back.
Hack proof software DOES NOT EXIST.

EDIT: My guitar Hero controllers use USB. How will they stop these being locked out? If there's a way, the hackers can start there. This is absurd. Either the hackers get a free way in or they're rendering popular third party hardware unusable.

 

[Keava]

I haven't noticed a lose of a single feature.

The fact that you don't use something, doesn't mean everyone else doesn't either. When it was hacked through OtherOS they disabled OtherOS, when it's hacked through USB device they disable ability to use USB devices other than those white-listed by Sony, which apparently disabled several third-party pads/PS2-PS3 controller converters.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

This... actually seems sensible.

It's not DRM, or anything similar to DRM, and if downloading new firmware for thr PS3 is anything like the 360 downloading system then it wouldn't be more than ten seconds per new game to start playing it.

I'm checking for flying pigs, but down here in hell, I am pleased to report that the first frost has finally appeared. Anti-pirating software which won't cause trouble for non-pirates.

 

[TheGuy(wantstobe)]

Meh I give it roughly 2-3 days after release for them to get around the autoupdate portion...

I see a funny trend in this whole Sony vs Piracy ongoing war. Whenever hacker's find a way into the console, Sony disables that feature in next firmware update, so each time it's not hacker's that suffer since all they get is a new challenge, but legitimate user's that loose functionality.
What if someone figures a way to jailbreak PS3 through the cable that connect's it to display ? Will they disable ability to plug to TV too?

I haven't noticed a lose of a single feature.

OtherOS would like a word with you

 

[Thunderhorse31]

well this is good new but Sony should really make some other updates like voice chat....

I believe you can do that through the PSN. Works with my Mic

Not cross-game you can't, and I'm fairly sure you can't do it unless you're in-game either (as in, not from the XMB or whatever).

But yes, this is a minor inconvenience for hackers. Very minor.

 

[lacktheknack]

Great! Another fun challenge for hackers.

Sony is fighting a losing war.

Better to fight, inconvenience, and lose then not fight and just lose.

And so, consoles became PCs.

Oh the utter horror of console companies taking small measures to protect their profits. Also, welcome to the real world.

 

[smeghead25]

And so, consoles became PCs.

At least we don't have Windows.

 

[Bobzer77]

And so, consoles became PCs.

At least we don't have Windows.

At least we don't have XBL or PSN.

Let the flamewar begin.

 

[Zer_]

I bet you anything the cracked version of the game will remove that protection...

 

[Jared]

Well, I will give it to Sony, they are certainly doing everything they can to keeo pirates out

 

[Staskala]

People seem to forget that most hackers enjoy taking on every new challenge companies give them.
It's a safe bet that there are quite a few hackers who don't even care about the console/games they're cracking but do it just for fun.
The real pirates are just the dipshits who copy everything someone tells them to do on a forum.

OT: Quite the useless move, because pirates don't tend to play legally acquired games, so this is probably easily fixed by just cracking the game itself.

 

[InsanityBaronOfAtrocity]

Coincidently a mate of mine offered to jailbreak my ps3 yesterday. Probably a good thing I turned him down by the looks of his article.

 

[Scarecrow21]

isn't the whole point of the jailbreaking your PS3 the ability to not have to pay for the new games because you're just pirating them.......
You can't force them to put the update on if their using a cracked copy of the game.

Now MP might be a different situation what with needing the latest patch to play online, but i still don't see how this idea is going to force anything.

 

[RaikuFA]

so theres no usb use anymore?

i gotta just stick with it if i cant put my games data in a usb drive to prevent losing save data?

 

[Pyode]

*salutes as the eagles cry and the jet fighters zoom overhead, then pukes*

We'll see how long this lasts. It'd be nice if people did their own private rundowns on time/monetary costs that went into this piece of anti-piracy and then compare it to how long it took for it to get cracked. But I expect the standard round of self-fellatio of 'fighting the good fight' and 'proudly standing against the vile pirates' rather than an actual analysis of how reducing piracy (as opposed to 'fighting' it) in other ways might take place.

You're implying that "fighting the good fight" by using things like what Sony has done here and trying to reduce it in other ways (such as releasing a full game on Steam for 2-3 days completely free of charge and giving players the option to buy after the time is up) are mutually exclusive.

The simple fact of the matter is that piracy will always exist and it is a developer/manufacturers right and obligation to do everything in their power to stop it. Be it with DRM, reduced pricing, trial programs, or other methods.

That's all I was saying.