PS3 Hacks Force Infinity Ward to Rethink Game Security

[RvLeshrac]

It takes time to generate good homebrew. It doesn't take nearly as long to pirate software.

You shouldn't support Sony because they brought this entirely upon themselves. They removed a console feature that the hackers, specifically, paid for. The entire reason most of them purchased a PS3 in the first place was because OtherOS gave them access to far more processing power (at the time) than they could purchase in a PC for the same price.

None of the involved parties, just like the original PSP homebrew community, are interested in piracy. They do know that they've opened that door, but they don't care - the DRM was simply a roadblock, to regaining the features they had already paid for, that they were forced to bypass in order to keep other features of the console up to date.

Had Sony not placed that roadblock, the individuals with the knowledge to bypass it never would have bothered.

To give you another example:
Imagine, if you will, that you have an entirely software-controlled vehicle (which is not much of a stretch, really). You've purchased the vehicle with the understanding that it has a climate control system and radio. Now imagine that, several years later, the company which sold you the car decides that they're no longer going to allow you to access the air conditioning, nor are they going to allow you to listen to the radio - because they feel that those features use too much energy, are slightly reducing gas mileage, and are making the company look bad.

Are you going to care that, in order to bypass the system and regain access to the air conditioning and radio, you'll also have to bypass the limiter that prevents the car from doing 200mph?

Didn't they remove the feature in fear of pirates?

Yes. And look what happened: Now, instead of being able to update and lock the actual pirates out, while not affecting the OtherOS users, they completely compromised both the PS3 AND the PSP.

 

[Jaker the Baker]

Oi! I just started getting back into MW2 last night, then dropped into some hacked game where some douchecanoe maxed all of my stats and achievements for some reason! Now it's just...boring D:

 

[Ghengis John]

Yet another topic I'd like to see Kevin Butler do a commercial on.

"Sure you can hack our system to high heaven, that's just cause the pussies on other platforms aren't man enough to put the power in YOUR hands."

I also think Demon Soul's has a problem where people will invade your game and have infinite health.

Yay

Yeah I heard about that. I make sure to always be in soul form now. Kinda sucks though, not like I wouldn't love to bring in some blue phantoms for kicks.

 

[ButanicXpandA]

Oi! I just started getting back into MW2 last night, then dropped into some hacked game where some douchecanoe maxed all of my stats and achievements for some reason! Now it's just...boring D:

yeah, same, join a game on mw2 on rust, minimal gravity, one shot kills and interventions... and my level is maxed with all guns & perks unlocked... hmmm

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

The 360 still has it's fair share of hackers and boosters as well. Everything from hacked CoD4 lobbies with super speed to MW2 gamertags that flash in rainbow colors.

I think multiplayer developers need to learn that no matter what security measures are in place, some douche is going to find a way to ruin the fun of everyone else. It's just the way the world works unfortunately. The best security measure is a swift and accurate ban hammer, and a better way to detect cheaters. Don't try to stop them, just find them and squash them.