PS3 homebrew caught on video, Sony promises 'fix'

@Jacksons

Yeah. Before you people stick up for the hackers, stop and think: if it weren't for piracy and hacking, we wouldn't have this crap like DRM, system checks, and other intrusive protection measures.

Yep, hackers sure are great and helpful types.

@Red Runner

You are so naive. You actually think DRM wouldn't exist without piracy? Sure, that's the reason media publishers will tell you it exists and I'm sure it's one of the primary reasons, but it's not the only reason. They don't like Fair Use. If they could get away with it they would lock every game, song, or movie to a single device and make you "purchase" them over and over. And I put purchase in quotes because in their minds all we're actually doing is licensing media anyway. You think the push for digital distribution is actually to prevent piracy and for convenience? Hell no. They want to kill off the used media markets and your ability to loan to friends. They want to able to flip a switch and remove access to everything you "purchased". They want to leave you with as few of your consumer rights as they can get away with. Piracy is certainly an issue, but it's also just scapegoat for all their other goals as they chip away at yore rights. Open your eyes and quit being so damned naive.

@Vidikron

Do you wear a designer tin foil hat, or is it imitation?

@GordoJones88

Geohot Teaches Hacking, coming soon.

@JackieChandler

If you really think anything that comes of this will be better than the amazing stuff Sony has done with the PS3, then you're mentally damaged.

Seriously. I have no problem with homebrew, but it will be inferior. And the great stuff on the PS3 is only there because ti makes money. Piracy will damage the greatness of the PS3 if it takes off. There will be fewer Demon's Souls. Fewer GT5s. Fewer Warhawks.

There is absolutely no doubt that the criminals here, who are creating devices to circumvent copyright, are actually making life worse for PS3 gamers. No doubt at all.

@OMMad

k....that awsome

sorta....

@OMMad

Cool story, bro.

@OMMad

One solution to piracy is to ensure games all take up the full 50 gbs on the disc and are difficult to reduce in size because of convolution.

It's hard for poor losers to download 50 gb after 50 gb. They could do it once in a while, but piracy would be hampered a lot.

Sony should also drastically infest torrent sites with pirated games that brick consoles after a time period (maybe 14 days?) Long enough to snag lots of people before warning signs show up. Enough to make loser pirates paranoid. Hopefully get their IP addresses, not that much can be done with that.

They should make it much easier to accidentally get a fake version of a pirated game than a real pirated game. they could go a step further and make this the case for exploits, but I prefer they target game pirates.

@Dustin F i'd actually love to see this implemented.

@JaseH

If your idea of "benefits" includes banning consoles/IPs from PSN, constant network security updates, stricter policies and the consumer being the one to ultimately lose from this, that's exactly how this "benefits" the world.

@Red Runner I'm not asking what the benefits are of Sony "fixing" this. I'm asking what the benefits are of this 'homebrew' stuff are, and what all the fuss is about in relation to the average gamer.

I really don't understand this root key crap.

@JaseH

The PS3 is capable of a lot of interesting stuff. It can rip a DVD much faster than a normal computer, even if the computer is years newer technologically. It's also just an interesting and different architecture.

However, it's a gaming console that plays HD movies really well. That's the primary function, and Sony's games and blu-ray movies, along with online streaming of video, are obviously the best things the PS3 can do. Homebrew will not be remotely as interesting to 99% of people.

@Jacksons

Whenever I reply from an e-mail link, it mucks up. You'd think I'd learn by now.

@Jacksons

Yes, and those "There are no refunds for this purchase/item" disclaimers on every piece of content you can buy from XBLA/Wii Shop/PSN aren't enough of a clue for some people.

@ghostdog

banded? really?