Sony Issues Official Statement About Hacked PS3s

Notice: Unauthorized circumvention devices for the PlayStation 3 system have been recently released by hackers. These devices permit the use of unauthorized or pirated software. Use of such devices or software violates the terms of the “System Software License Agreement for the PlayStation 3 System” and the “Terms of Services and User Agreement” for the PlayStation Network/Qriocity and its Community Code of Conduct provisions. Violation of the System Software Licence Agreement for the PlayStation 3 System invalidates the consumer guarantee for that system. In addition, copying or playing pirated software is a violation of International Copyright Laws. Consumers using circumvention devices or running unauthorized or pirated software will have access to the PlayStation Network and access to Qriocity services through PlayStation 3 system terminated permanently.  

Important: Access to the PlayStation(R)Network and Access to Qriocity(TM) Services Notice

Unauthorized circumvention devices for PlayStation(R)3 system have been recently released by hackers for the PlayStation(R)3 system. These devices permit the use of unauthorized or pirated software.

Use of such devices or software violates the terms of your “System Software License Agreement for the PlayStation(R)3 System” and the “Terms of Services and User Agreement” for the PlayStation(R)Network/Qriocity(TM) and its Community Code of Conduct provisions. In addition, copying or playing pirated software is a violation of International Copyright Laws.

A circumvention device and/or unauthorized or pirated software currently resides on your PlayStation(R)3 system.

Immediately cease use and remove all circumvention devices and delete all unauthorized or pirated software from your PlayStation(R)3 system. Failure to do so will result in termination of your access to PlayStation(R) Network and access to Qriocity(TM) services through your PlayStation(R)3 system.    

Dont hack it's naughty!!

" Dont hack it's naughty!! "

Hackers = Ginormous basement dwelling virgins

Yeah, that's IF Sony can even detect hacked consoles on PSN....

" @Alpha1 said:

" Dont hack it's naughty!! "

Yes "

Just play games and hack PCs.

" @benpicko said:

" @Alpha1 said:

" Dont hack it's naughty!! "

Yes "

Indeed! "

Is it really a smart idea to advertise the fact that your system can now be hacked to play pirate games?  Why not just run a TV campaign while you're at it.

I haven't been keeping up on the homebrew scene, but the PS3 has the potential to become the best home theater box available. Between Blu-Ray, the ability to play any format without transcoding, streaming internet video, bluetooth support, etc. a hacked PS3 would be worth it even if you couldn't connect to PSN. Hell, get a second one just for media. I just wish it had a built in IR receiver for my Harmony remote.
 
edit: Oh, and I obviously don't care if people hack their consoles to do stuff like that. It's your machine, do what you want with it. That in no way is me being accepting of piracy. I'm also against taking hacked consoles onto PSN. It may be your console, but it's Sony's service, and a hacked console that can easily cheat ruins things for everyone.

" Hackers = Ginormous basement dwelling virgins "

" Yeah, that's IF Sony can even detect hacked consoles on PSN.... "

Support the products. Play legit and buy games. Not the other way around.

They could easily ban them by MAC addresses of the system and they should if that's what they feel they need to do. It's the best way to keep them off the system.
 
That being said, we'll see how well this goes for them. They should have been more awake to their hackers problems YEARS ago. This is not something new for sony, people have been hacking Playstations since the first playstation came out. 
 
They are only now taking notice apparently since so much rides on being online capable these days.
 
All I can say to them is good luck with that.

" @MooseyMcMan said:

" @benpicko said:

" @Alpha1 said:

" Dont hack it's naughty!! "

Yes "

Indeed! "

For reals!! "

" Is it really a smart idea to advertise the fact that your system can now be hacked to play pirate games?  Why not just run a TV campaign while you're at it. "

I`ve never seen much point in "hacking" consoles, fair dues if people want to, they bought it after all *shrugs*

More like: 
 
"OH GOD PLEASE DONT HACK PLEASE STOP IT"

Fair enough, pirating games is stealing, and given how many people in the industry are being laid off (even at mammoth Activision) there is no way of claiming it hurts no-one. 
 
Also, I love how they repeatedly refer to Qriocity (took 3 tries to spell that right) -- like these hackers would actually use Qriocity (only two goes that time)

price of 5 ps3 games at retail: $300. 
price of a second, unhacked ps3: $300. 
 
hmmm

" I`ve never seen much point in "hacking" consoles, fair dues if people want to, they bought it after all *shrugs* "

Oh god yes I love this story just for the "don't copy that floppy" reference. 
 
That was the best video I was ever forced to watch in school.

I'm so glad I returned my PS3. Screw Sony.

" The PC games market died cuz of piracy. Lets not kill the console market too.   "

If you install custom firmware, you're giving a huge amount of control over your system and information over to the hackers. They could, for example, steal your credit card information if it's stored on your account.

"The PC games market died cuz of piracy. Lets not kill the console market too.   " 

 

 PC market has dried up a lot because of the costs and the time it takes to make a PC game.  I could go deeper into it but I don't believe there is the need.  The consoles stole the PC thunder pretty much.

good, i think they just should advertise as not using the hack. they're advertising for pirating the games. they should start console banning the people that hacked their ps3. pretty crazy stuff in the world of video games. 
 
i think that every console now i starting to get hacked. people are going to find another way around getting past stuff.

  edit: Oh, and I obviously don't care if people hack their consoles to do stuff like that. It's your machine, do what you want with it. That in no way is me being accepting of piracy. I'm also against taking hacked consoles onto PSN. It may be your console, but it's Sony's service, and a hacked console that can easily cheat ruins things for everyone. "

" I haven't been keeping up on the homebrew scene, but the PS3 has the potential to become the best home theater box available. Between Blu-Ray, the ability to play any format without transcoding, streaming internet video, bluetooth support, etc. a hacked PS3 would be worth it even if you couldn't connect to PSN. Hell, get a second one just for media. I just wish it had a built in IR receiver for my Harmony remote.  edit: Oh, and I obviously don't care if people hack their consoles to do stuff like that. It's your machine, do what you want with it. That in no way is me being accepting of piracy. I'm also against taking hacked consoles onto PSN. It may be your console, but it's Sony's service, and a hacked console that can easily cheat ruins things for everyone. "

It's a shame that 1 guy had the determination to potentialy terminate Sonys success. 
This could have such ripple effects that Sony stops making consoles,people lose their jobs and we gamers get less choice and more stale games built on the 'itll sell formula' and nothing original or risk taking. 
Screw you Geohot.

" @Arker101 said:

" @MooseyMcMan said:

" @benpicko said:

" @Alpha1 said:

" Dont hack it's naughty!! "

Yes "

Indeed! "

For reals!! "

Absolutely. "

" The PC games market died cuz of piracy. Lets not kill the console market too.   "

"@louiedog said:

" I haven't been keeping up on the homebrew scene, but the PS3 has the potential to become the best home theater box available. Between Blu-Ray, the ability to play any format without transcoding, streaming internet video, bluetooth support, etc. a hacked PS3 would be worth it even if you couldn't connect to PSN. Hell, get a second one just for media. I just wish it had a built in IR receiver for my Harmony remote.  edit: Oh, and I obviously don't care if people hack their consoles to do stuff like that. It's your machine, do what you want with it. That in no way is me being accepting of piracy. I'm also against taking hacked consoles onto PSN. It may be your console, but it's Sony's service, and a hacked console that can easily cheat ruins things for everyone. "

I'm in complete agreement with you. The user buys the device, it is theirs to do with as they desire. Sony provides PSN not the other way around. They have all the rights in the world to limit the access as they see fit. If people want to make homebrew games and media centers and what not go for it, just don't expect to get access to the PSN stuff. Besides, all those people buying another PS3 (one for hack and one for legit access) just means an extra sale for Sony. "

" Hackers = Ginormous basement dwelling virgins "

" The PC games market died cuz of piracy. Lets not kill the console market too.   "

Despite the millions of console players who would vehemently proclaim that PC gaming is dead, the numbers just don’t support that conclusion. The analyst firm Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment estimated Steam’s sales for 2010, which they claim for the first time almost topped $1B.

The grand total ended up being $970M with $230M in sales in December alone. These numbers are impressive, but it should be noted that it neither counts other portals of digital distribution for games (though Steam does have about 70% of that market) nor brick and mortar sales of games, meaning that the PC market is even bigger still.
 
 
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so this is the tech equivalent of a slap on the wrist? Bold, Sony.

" @MooseyMcMan said:

" @benpicko said:

" @Alpha1 said:

" Dont hack it's naughty!! "

Yes "

Indeed! "

For reals!! "

I have no problem with Sony banning people for modding or hacking their PS3 - the PSN network is a service they provide at their own discretion. I've also got no problem with them dropping support for customers who do mod their PS3 or hack it. Again, that's a service they provide at their discretion. You don't have a "right" to PSN or Customer Support if you violate their terms of use.  
 
I also don't have a problem if Sony bans or sues people who try to pirate games. It's their software, they have a right to prevent it from being copied.  
 
Where I draw the line is when Sony tries to sue the modders like Hotz. Modding isn't illegal - don't you own the PS3 console you paid for? Isn't every single plastic/silicon/metal BIT of it yours? You don't have the right to reproduce it, but you do own THAT particular console. So shouldn't you have the right to do ANYTHING you want to it?  
 
You don't have the right to do anything you want WITH it (like kill a guy by bashing him over the head with a PS3, or play Pirated games), but you DO have a right to do anything TO IT. If I wanted to, I have a right to take a baseball bat to my PS3. I'm not renting it from Sony, I bought it outright. The processor, the chips, all that stuff, it's mine. Not the design, but the physical stuff in the PS3 is MINE and MINE alone.  
 
So I have the right to mod my PS3 to make it run whatever code I wish. I don't have the right to pirate any game at all, I don't have the right to hack the PSN - but I do have the right to change my console in any way I wish. Of course, if you use a modded PS3 for illegal activities, it is illegal. But the process of Modding itself is not illegal. Just like owning a pair of bolt cutters doesn't make you a robber, modding your PS3 doesn't make you a Pirate - Pirating GAMES makes you a pirate. Not modding a console. 
 
Sony doesn't have the right to sue Hotz. Sue the pirates who are actually copying the data off the discs? GO for it. Sue the modder? No. If apple can't sue people for jailbreaking their iPhone (and believe me, they tried), Sony won't be able to bring down Hotz.

" @Elusionar said:

" The PC games market died cuz of piracy. Lets not kill the console market too.   "

 

Despite the millions of console players who would vehemently proclaim that PC gaming is dead, the numbers just don’t support that conclusion. The analyst firm Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment estimated Steam’s sales for 2010, which they claim for the first time almost topped $1B.

The grand total ended up being $970M with $230M in sales in December alone. These numbers are impressive, but it should be noted that it neither counts other portals of digital distribution for games (though Steam does have about 70% of that market) nor brick and mortar sales of games, meaning that the PC market is even bigger still.
 
 
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http://blogs.forbes.com/insertcoin/2011/02/04/steam-sales-close-to-1-billion-in-2010/     forbes web "

" Yeah, that's IF Sony can even detect hacked consoles on PSN.... "

" Fair enough, pirating games is stealing, and given how many people in the industry are being laid off (even at mammoth Activision) there is no way of claiming it hurts no-one.  Also, I love how they repeatedly refer to Qriocity (took 3 tries to spell that right) -- like these hackers would actually use Qriocity (only two goes that time) "