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Since I sincerely doubt that Hotz had the money to meet Sony's claimed losses in settlement, it looks a lot like Sony was doing as much backstepping as Hotz in the matter. Perhaps they are getting sick of the bad publicity and anonymous attacks.

And it doesn't keep him from doing anything. He can easily buy a used NGP, still boycott, and hack it anonymously like most intelligent hackers. He was doing it publicly only to make a statement. Like it or not, the statement has been made and people who like their civil rights and dislike corporate greed and control were listening.

I love how the anti-hacking people come to joystiq and comment about how the console is "ruined" and then they probably go right back to gaming on their "ruined" console. Did anything change on your console or are you really just pissed that you had to download a software update? Do you even know anyone who actually hacked their console? Did that effect you in some way, really? I doubt it. There were problems with a few older games, but really, not much changed. I'm not going out of my way to hack my console even though I know it is easy, because like 99.9% of users, we're happy with the product as is. But that doesn't mean that it should be illegal to do whatever we want with our stuff. The illegal part is stealing software. Having your firmware reverse engineered is something that every manufacturer takes the risk of by selling it to you. No one complains when an aftermarket performance car company reverse engineers a car's computer and starts manufacturing performance chips, and they're making money off of it! No one makes money off of this hack except for the much MUCH bigger problem in countries like China, but that's been going on since the beginning of time. That may be getting resolved tho by publishers opening branches based in those countries, and that's good! So, hacking will lead to more jobs, better business, and better living conditions in those countries by forcing companies to change the way they do business.

Yay, a playstation phone that does everything except play playstation games that are newer than 1999! I still can't understand why they can't do PSP games. And then release yet another portable gaming device that DOESN'T do everything, the NGP. Way to live up to the slogan Sony. Yes, I want to lug around an NGP AND a cell phone, that sounds like fun. But that's corporate marketing for ya, don't release what should be released, only enough to make money until someone else does it.

@MDizzy I feel it's more crescent fresh. What? No one watched Siffle and Ollie?

And where is the ad?

They could phase out the go altogether if they would use their brain and let the xperia-play do PSN PSP games.

VERY very disappointed. Yup, not getting this POS now. You're welcome sony.

I'll be interested if I can get more than just PS1 games. Give me PSP games, and I'll get one.

Common misconceptions on EVERY comment section:

- CONSOLE security DOES NOT equal ONLINE security. Games like MW went down because they stupidly relied on CONSOLE security. Any publisher worth their salt relies on ONLINE security.

- Doing ANYTHING to your OWN EQUIPMENT is NOT illegal. Writing software to make it easier and then sharing it publicly IS illegal.

- Hacking into your own equipment DOES NOT EQUAL online hacking. I see a lot of comments equating this to theft. Sony sold the PS3 to you and that includes everything therein just like owning the software on your games. SHARING it publicly is illegal.

- It is not illegal to lend a game to your friends. The problem arises from the fact that you can copy the game and share it with your best friend, the internet. This is illegal, but it does spurn on advances in distribution technology. More and more games are being distributed digitally, or in the case of OnLive, not distributed at all. If you don't want to sell the software, don't sell the software. You can't give out copies without being able to copy. You CANNOT have your cake (internet, ownership, and freedom of information) and eat it too (prevent communication, piracy, and information sharing).

@Demachine I like my bank robbing analogy. Hacking into someone else's server is like robbing a bank, obviously illegal and should be. I don't see the bank getting paid to put safes in people's houses, only to tell them not to touch it. "It's for making you look rich. But we can bust in your house anytime to see how much you touch it, or to put a cover on it so it doesn't look like a safe, or share your personal info with advertisers."

I really don't understand why no one gets this. If you sell me a piece of equipment I can do what I want with it.

Although, publicly distributing a way to do the work I did, IS illegal. People seem to confuse those two points. However, it isn't illegal for me to tell my friend about it, just as it is not illegal to borrow a game from him. And now technology has made the world your best friend. Get used to it. You can't have your cake (internet) and eat it too (keep people from sharing).